Bottom end failure. Drivable?
Bottom end failure. Drivable?
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whythem

Original Poster:

773 posts

206 months

Tuesday 5th April 2011
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Getting a car deliverd that I intend to break for parts. Due to poor access problems it may be neccessary to drive the car 100 yrds up hill. The car has bottom end failure. If I drive the car 100 yrds what damage am i likely to cause. I dont need the engine, just all the bits I can take of it.

cheesesliceking

1,577 posts

269 months

Tuesday 5th April 2011
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i drove mine for abuot a mile and it was fine.. well apart from the engine still being knacked.

StottyZr

6,860 posts

192 months

Tuesday 5th April 2011
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Go for it, I drove my last car around for about 3 weeks with the bottom end going. Just did about 4mpg and sounded like a tractor (oil in the cylinders)

miniman

30,040 posts

291 months

Tuesday 5th April 2011
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If it runs and drives, and it's only 100yds, drive it up the hill and report back!

whythem

Original Poster:

773 posts

206 months

Tuesday 5th April 2011
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thanks chaps, I managed to tow it in the end.

mybrainhurts

90,809 posts

284 months

Tuesday 5th April 2011
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That sounds painful...