A night to remember
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Tonight was a night which will not be forgetting quickly!
Was out with a mate who has just finished his 205 Gti. I was in my D-turbo 306 and him in his, testing it to sort out any problems before we headed to the Evo Triangle tomorrow. I decided that I would take mine just incase we had any problems. Started off on the A55 duel carrage way everything seemed fine, his was running perfectly. Soon we ventured onto back roads which I knew better than him so was in front. When on the backroads it started to suffer a bit of power loss but soon lost my mate driving behind me, being worried something had happened I pulled over to allow him to catch up. Once he had we just started to set off when there was an almighty bang, smoke pouring out of engine and the car stalled as it threw oil all over the floor. But wait this was not the 205 no, it was my good ol' reliable 306 which was taken out incase HE ran into difficuties!
After the smoke stopped we opened the bonnet to discover something shiny where there would usually be a crankcase, but no instead was a piston! Walking up the lay-by picking up any bits of engine which were lying on the floor waiting for the recovery vechile to come which took 90 minutes from the time I called the RAC. Soaked through and covered in oil the recovery van arrived and was told that the power loss was the bottom end going and the stress from pulling away threw a rod!
New engine here I come!
Was out with a mate who has just finished his 205 Gti. I was in my D-turbo 306 and him in his, testing it to sort out any problems before we headed to the Evo Triangle tomorrow. I decided that I would take mine just incase we had any problems. Started off on the A55 duel carrage way everything seemed fine, his was running perfectly. Soon we ventured onto back roads which I knew better than him so was in front. When on the backroads it started to suffer a bit of power loss but soon lost my mate driving behind me, being worried something had happened I pulled over to allow him to catch up. Once he had we just started to set off when there was an almighty bang, smoke pouring out of engine and the car stalled as it threw oil all over the floor. But wait this was not the 205 no, it was my good ol' reliable 306 which was taken out incase HE ran into difficuties!
After the smoke stopped we opened the bonnet to discover something shiny where there would usually be a crankcase, but no instead was a piston! Walking up the lay-by picking up any bits of engine which were lying on the floor waiting for the recovery vechile to come which took 90 minutes from the time I called the RAC. Soaked through and covered in oil the recovery van arrived and was told that the power loss was the bottom end going and the stress from pulling away threw a rod!
New engine here I come!
Edited by Perry_1990 on Sunday 13th April 11:34
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