Say you blow your engine up ?
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Was just pondering the cost per month thread and someone mentioned crying "if it went pop" and was wondering what the usual response to it is ?
So, you are on the way home, its early afternoon on a nice nice day, some music on, accelerating hard onto an A road, 20 miles to go, you hear a loud bang, some grinding and then there is silence and no drive, you coast to a halt on the hard shoulder, you see a trail of fluid, steam, some oily smoke and some "chunks", a quick look under the bonnet confirms it is pretty terminal.
What next ?
So, you are on the way home, its early afternoon on a nice nice day, some music on, accelerating hard onto an A road, 20 miles to go, you hear a loud bang, some grinding and then there is silence and no drive, you coast to a halt on the hard shoulder, you see a trail of fluid, steam, some oily smoke and some "chunks", a quick look under the bonnet confirms it is pretty terminal.
What next ?
Phone around to find someone to pick me up, having picked up my fixed tow bar on the way. Tow car home.
Then buy a second-hand Honda K20 engine from ebay and a conversion kit and fit it.
Actually it's probably quite likely to happen over the next few days since I just changed the cambelt.
Then buy a second-hand Honda K20 engine from ebay and a conversion kit and fit it.
Actually it's probably quite likely to happen over the next few days since I just changed the cambelt.
Edited by kambites on Friday 6th March 13:05
CaptainSlow said:
I'd be cursing being too tight to buy breakdown cover.
This!First step would be some fault finding ..... It the engine toast, or is it an electrical problem, or is the fluid loss from a split hose?
Next step would be to assess the scale of the problem ...... Is the engine toast, or has it snapped a belt and bent a few valves. Sump off and then head off to look for the root of the problem.
Next step would be damage limitation and economics ...... Is the engine toast, or can it be repaired cost effectively?
Repair? Replace with brand new? Replace with unknown quantity eBay engine? Replace with properly refurbishment, or the correct PH answer ......
Replace with something bigger and better, with uprated parts in place of the junked standard kit
bqf said:
Actually, heres a funny story. One of the dads at my sons school bought a Bentley Conti convertible. Brand spanking new.
2,000 miles in - kaboom - conrod destroys engine.
Bentley gave a loan car and are replacing the engine. I'd be furious.
I'd be annoyed, but hardly furious.2,000 miles in - kaboom - conrod destroys engine.
Bentley gave a loan car and are replacing the engine. I'd be furious.
Stuff like this happens, sounds like Bentley are doing everything right.
mat205125 said:
This!
First step would be some fault finding ..... It the engine toast, or is it an electrical problem, or is the fluid loss from a split hose?
Next step would be to assess the scale of the problem ...... Is the engine toast, or has it snapped a belt and bent a few valves. Sump off and then head off to look for the root of the problem.
Next step would be damage limitation and economics ...... Is the engine toast, or can it be repaired cost effectively?
Repair? Replace with brand new? Replace with unknown quantity eBay engine? Replace with properly refurbishment, or the correct PH answer ......
Replace with something bigger and better, with uprated parts in place of the junked standard kit
i'm looking for some clarity here, are you checking if the engine is toast or not? First step would be some fault finding ..... It the engine toast, or is it an electrical problem, or is the fluid loss from a split hose?
Next step would be to assess the scale of the problem ...... Is the engine toast, or has it snapped a belt and bent a few valves. Sump off and then head off to look for the root of the problem.
Next step would be damage limitation and economics ...... Is the engine toast, or can it be repaired cost effectively?
Repair? Replace with brand new? Replace with unknown quantity eBay engine? Replace with properly refurbishment, or the correct PH answer ......
Replace with something bigger and better, with uprated parts in place of the junked standard kit
mat205125 said:
CaptainSlow said:
I'd be cursing being too tight to buy breakdown cover.
This!First step would be some fault finding ..... It the engine toast, or is it an electrical problem, or is the fluid loss from a split hose?
Next step would be to assess the scale of the problem ...... Is the engine toast, or has it snapped a belt and bent a few valves. Sump off and then head off to look for the root of the problem.
Next step would be damage limitation and economics ...... Is the engine toast, or can it be repaired cost effectively?
Repair? Replace with brand new? Replace with unknown quantity eBay engine? Replace with properly refurbishment, or the correct PH answer ......
Replace with something bigger and better, with uprated parts in place of the junked standard kit
Kind of interested int he different approached, do people have breakdown cover, scrap it, fix it, would you do it yourself or pay ?
Only happened to me with our £500, wife driving, it dropped a valve and destroyed the engine, so made a good one with the broken one and a spare but that is a tiddly 2 cyl, not sure with the 350Z, probably a S/H engine and get on with it
I'd be waiting for aforementioned chunks to cool down before pocketing them for future "cool starry bra" moments.
Then phone recovery while having a look under the bonnet at how impressive the holes in both the front and back of the block are.
Quick guesstimate as to how much it'll cost to fix "this time", before browsing for a new engine or new car
Then phone recovery while having a look under the bonnet at how impressive the holes in both the front and back of the block are.
Quick guesstimate as to how much it'll cost to fix "this time", before browsing for a new engine or new car
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