Yet another thank you
Discussion
Hi Guys,
Well let me start with the well worn "It was a great day at Silverstone on Sunday, lovely people and every thing seemed to run like clockwork". It was great to finally put faces to the posting names.
More significant for me though was the support and advice offered when my "steed" for the day started to mis-behave. Given that my car wasn't even a TVR it would have been terribly easy for people to gloat and take the piss. Not a bit of it. When the fault first appeared, causing me to pull over to investigate, the entire convoy pulled over to see if they could help. The advice and sympathy continued on arrival at Silverstone. The incident slightly marred an otherwise brilliant day.........but it would have been far worse without people to sound ideas off and offer support. It's true....Pistonheaders/TVR enthusiasts are a fabulous bunch of people. Thank you everyone.
For those of you interested after much discussion I nursed the car home, watching the guages like a hawk. This afternoon my worst fears were put to rest as the fault turned out to be a dodgy connection in one of the injector plugs. A few minutes of old fashioned diagnostics followed by some contact cleaner and all was well. Big pat on the back for all those who said it sounded like it was running on 7 cylinders....no fuel going into the number 2 cylinder. No harm done, no big bill;in fact no bill at all and the car is back to it's normal state. Being the masochist I am I asked the question about how much an engine rebuild would have cost had the fault been one of the many "worst case scenarios" suggested. £10,000........I went cold at the thought!
Thanks again everyone.
Kevin
Well let me start with the well worn "It was a great day at Silverstone on Sunday, lovely people and every thing seemed to run like clockwork". It was great to finally put faces to the posting names.
More significant for me though was the support and advice offered when my "steed" for the day started to mis-behave. Given that my car wasn't even a TVR it would have been terribly easy for people to gloat and take the piss. Not a bit of it. When the fault first appeared, causing me to pull over to investigate, the entire convoy pulled over to see if they could help. The advice and sympathy continued on arrival at Silverstone. The incident slightly marred an otherwise brilliant day.........but it would have been far worse without people to sound ideas off and offer support. It's true....Pistonheaders/TVR enthusiasts are a fabulous bunch of people. Thank you everyone.
For those of you interested after much discussion I nursed the car home, watching the guages like a hawk. This afternoon my worst fears were put to rest as the fault turned out to be a dodgy connection in one of the injector plugs. A few minutes of old fashioned diagnostics followed by some contact cleaner and all was well. Big pat on the back for all those who said it sounded like it was running on 7 cylinders....no fuel going into the number 2 cylinder. No harm done, no big bill;in fact no bill at all and the car is back to it's normal state. Being the masochist I am I asked the question about how much an engine rebuild would have cost had the fault been one of the many "worst case scenarios" suggested. £10,000........I went cold at the thought!
Thanks again everyone.
Kevin
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