Unfortunate start to Chim ownership

[brazenskies]

Hey all. Today I picked up my chim from the garage after being treated to a new clutch, wheels brakes and a damn good service.

Took it on the road and was wetting myself with excitement for the first 10 miles until *BOOM*

Sounded like the engine had exploded.

Fortunately it was just this...



Any ideas of the best place for a replacement?

Cheers,
Greg

[brazenskies]

Bearing in mind it's a 500, is there a particular type I need I look out for?

[brazenskies]

quattrophenia said:

Bet that sent a huge cloud of steam out of the bonnet? That split opens right on to the manifolds! Glad there is no internal damage done.

Absolutely SHAT myself.

Thanks to everyone, will check out ACT

[brazenskies]

shake n bake said:

The way the hose has failed I'd say it's more likely to have been an airlock finding the quickest route out unfortunately.
Race tech hold a good parts supply from my experience.

The whole system had been flushed and bled and seemed to be fine. Once the pipe has been replaced it'll be done again so we'll see how that goes.

When I got the car home initially it did seem to have a bit of a leak directly under where it eventually blew so I'm guessing it was probably on it's way out already

[brazenskies]

Excuse my novice ignorance but how do I know if my engine is pre-serpentine or not?

[brazenskies]

Thanks everyone.

I've ordered a full replacement silicon set from Viper so will hopefully be back on the road in a few days!