This does not sound good!
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So whilst I am at university, my Allegro is down in Devon, some 200 miles away.
The car hasn't been moved for a while as I got very drunk and lost the keys. However, they arrived in the post the day I left. The engine started with a bit of battery juice from my Rover.
Anyway, 3 weeks roll on and my dearest Mother has decided to move the car on the drive to make it easier to jump start when it comes to MOT time (next week).
There is a patch of oil on the drive, which is to be expected, but what isn't to be expected is that there were BALL BEARINGS(!!!!!!) in the oil.
This to me sounds pretty serious, any ideas on what it could be? Will I be able to get it to the garage which is about a mile away through a small village?
Quite nervous about a serious sounding problem here.
Cheers,
Bob
The car hasn't been moved for a while as I got very drunk and lost the keys. However, they arrived in the post the day I left. The engine started with a bit of battery juice from my Rover.
Anyway, 3 weeks roll on and my dearest Mother has decided to move the car on the drive to make it easier to jump start when it comes to MOT time (next week).
There is a patch of oil on the drive, which is to be expected, but what isn't to be expected is that there were BALL BEARINGS(!!!!!!) in the oil.
This to me sounds pretty serious, any ideas on what it could be? Will I be able to get it to the garage which is about a mile away through a small village?
Quite nervous about a serious sounding problem here.
Cheers,
Bob
What are you nervous about, I get an immense sense of wellbeing knowing Allegros are a long way away from me !
It would be quite impressive if an Allegro could poo out ball bearings whilst stationary, am thinkign perhaps a driveshaft cv has popped but it has a gaiter, perhaps the diff but when I detonated a Montego diff all over the road there were bits of casing, four liters of hypoid oil, some cogs and no bearings, there arent any ball bearings in the engine afaik, cant see it being a wheel bearing as the wheel would be at a jaunty angle and not given to moving.
Nope, a mystery !
It would be quite impressive if an Allegro could poo out ball bearings whilst stationary, am thinkign perhaps a driveshaft cv has popped but it has a gaiter, perhaps the diff but when I detonated a Montego diff all over the road there were bits of casing, four liters of hypoid oil, some cogs and no bearings, there arent any ball bearings in the engine afaik, cant see it being a wheel bearing as the wheel would be at a jaunty angle and not given to moving.
Nope, a mystery !
I think some one may be winding you up to be honest.
IIRC the crank is in plain bearings, the big ends are white metal, the little ends are caged rollers and the cam also runs in a plain bearing. Where abouts in the engine are there any ball bearings? I think some one has seen the oil slick and tossed a few under there as a wind up.
Waits for somebody who knows more about Allegro engines to come along prove me wrong
IIRC the crank is in plain bearings, the big ends are white metal, the little ends are caged rollers and the cam also runs in a plain bearing. Where abouts in the engine are there any ball bearings? I think some one has seen the oil slick and tossed a few under there as a wind up.
Waits for somebody who knows more about Allegro engines to come along prove me wrong
Maybe its some Petrolhead having fun by going round putting random stuff under cars to freak owners out.
I bet you could remove part of a 747's Hydraulic system and leave it under a Mini and freak the owners out, if they noticed, or perhaps a RWD axle off a Capri, or drop a fwd driveshaft under the front of a 1 series
I bet you could remove part of a 747's Hydraulic system and leave it under a Mini and freak the owners out, if they noticed, or perhaps a RWD axle off a Capri, or drop a fwd driveshaft under the front of a 1 series
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