OK,So.........................

[X8 Saggy]

People may or may not, be aware of the slight problems i was having with my Saggy.
Overheating,small leak..etc...

Ok i think to myself,back to the dealership she goes and it will all get sorted...

Tuesday afternoon i set off,all booked in for wednesday
Few miles into the drive.. thats odd i think, fuel tank still shows completely full after a week
oh well they can sort that too

Oh well. know, i have enough for the 30 mile journey.
Contines on..........
Traffic.... starts to heat up......

But moves faster, Phew... cools down.

cheering up a bit at this point sunnies on, windows open....
10 miles from destination....
then







BEEP,BEEP,BEEP, FLASH ,FLASH, FLASH, as everycar behind me starts beeping, yelling from there windows, flashing there lights

Right dont panic it may not be me i think ..............

yeah right.


i pull over hard.


Power steering fluided ejected itself from where it should be, onto the car and road!!!!!

is that all i hear you say........





nope.AT SAME TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Petrol ejected itself from where it should be, onto the nice hot tail pipes and the road, ALL! the Petrol..


Me; Jumps the hell out of the car and watches to see my dream go up in a big way......................
.






it didnt.i have no idea how the hell it didnt,but it didnt.

thank the

But i think its Proper broke..


What more can i say, NOT a good day.



UPdate..
Still in Garage.....

Edited by X8 Saggy on Tuesday 17th July 21:51

Edited by X8 Saggy on Saturday 28th July 20:08

[Pharoah]

Jesus - I started reading that and thought 'yeah minor niggles' but

I hope Dream Machines get it sorted quickly for you, I assume its all under some form of warranty. Let us know what / how / why happened....

[X8 Saggy]

Me too

i will let you know.
I Have A warranty with them.


Its dirty now... more cleaning.

i wont go into the trailor, the cable, and the underside of my front end now

Edited by X8 Saggy on Tuesday 17th July 22:17

[TGJR]

That is all a bit worrying. Has this fuel problem happened on any other Sags? It will be interesting to hear what the actual cause of the fault was!

[X8 Saggy]

worrying...

<----- was/is ,mortified!......

PS. TGJR beautiful sag u have, colour is... wow


yours too pharoah

Edited by X8 Saggy on Tuesday 17th July 22:48

Edited by X8 Saggy on Tuesday 17th July 22:49

[rpa.janwell]

Scary stuff - glad you are OK.

Very interested to hear what happened / caused it all - haven't heard of anything like that before.

Edited by rpa.janwell on Tuesday 17th July 22:52

[X8 Saggy]

i recon flexible pipe under centre rear of car to the fuel tank burst some how.(it shouldn`t)and the pump just pumping the fuel out. but guess i wont know until they look tomorrow.
or if it did burst. maybe just gravity, not sure what side the pump is on, if you get my meaning

Edited by X8 Saggy on Tuesday 17th July 23:03

[X8 Saggy]

rpa.janwell said:

Scary stuff - glad you are OK.

Very interested to hear what happened / caused it all - haven't heard of anything like that before.

Edited by rpa.janwell on Tuesday 17th July 22:52

me too thanks, really thought the car was a gonna ..

[TGJR]

I saw your car at DM a month or so ago. It looked in great condition. I was there to try their demo blue one. Hope they get it back on the road for you soon. Good No. plate too!

[X8 Saggy]

Thanks, i did want it from moment i saw it, for doing 20k in a year or so.it is in good nick, or was, should i say.blue was nice, but bit much for my pocket. love the one i have, kind of
no, yes i do, yes
no plate is cool thanks

[tricky 100]

Sounds like a Hammer House Horror film !, why did the power steering fluid leak as well and which components leaked ?

[Hilti]

Just had a problem with my Saggy not starting. Was down to a broken wire on the "in Tank" fuel pump, whilst it was in they replaced the fuel hose as it was cracked and nearly split!!!

Just had same problem with not starting again, this time it was the fuel pump stuck, gave it a bang and it's ok again. Guess how much for a fuel pump, only available from TVR, not even Bosch will sell you one direct? £183.00, arrrgghhhhh

[Daftlad]

Hilti said:

Just had a problem with my Saggy not starting. Was down to a broken wire on the "in Tank" fuel pump, whilst it was in they replaced the fuel hose as it was cracked and nearly split!!!

Just had same problem with not starting again, this time it was the fuel pump stuck, gave it a bang and it's ok again. Guess how much for a fuel pump, only available from TVR, not even Bosch will sell you one direct? £183.00, arrrgghhhhh

Not sure thats to bad a price for a HP fuel pump?

[tricky 100]

Daftlad said:

Hilti said:

Just had a problem with my Saggy not starting. Was down to a broken wire on the "in Tank" fuel pump, whilst it was in they replaced the fuel hose as it was cracked and nearly split!!!

Just had same problem with not starting again, this time it was the fuel pump stuck, gave it a bang and it's ok again. Guess how much for a fuel pump, only available from TVR, not even Bosch will sell you one direct? £183.00, arrrgghhhhh

Not sure thats to bad a price for a HP fuel pump?

Yes , i thought you were going to say several hundred pound .

[TGJR]

Hilti said:

Just had a problem with my Saggy not starting. Was down to a broken wire on the "in Tank" fuel pump, whilst it was in they replaced the fuel hose as it was cracked and nearly split!!!

Just had same problem with not starting again, this time it was the fuel pump stuck, gave it a bang and it's ok again. Guess how much for a fuel pump, only available from TVR, not even Bosch will sell you one direct? £183.00, arrrgghhhhh

Sounds like it could be worth a visual inspection of the fuel hose. I might also fit a fire ext. in the car too just so I have some form of defense should I ever be unlucky enough to have a similar problem. I'd say £183 is about what I'd expect for a fuel pump on a specialist car. The worrying thing is that these problems occured on a car that is only two years old and suprising considering the levels of testing and quality control were reputably much higher than previously. It makes you wonder that if the factory still existed there may be a case for a recall to check.

[rpa.janwell]

Sounds like it could be worth a visual inspection of the fuel hose. I might also fit a fire ext. in the car too just so I have some form of defense should I ever be unlucky enough to have a similar problem.
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After picking one up for the European runs I have kept it in the Sagaris ever since - tucks in neatly in the fold beneath the boot cover - but can be reached from the side of the cover if in a hurry.

Nowhere else to put it really!!

[X8 Saggy]

Part Deux..

Why they happened at same time no, idea....

Power steering leak..mm

Sir, we found were all the power steering fuild came from, we have to replace the entire steering rack

Me, ok..

really wasnt in the mood today..

they didnt mention the other things and i didnt ask, i will get a run down another day.


one thing i ask myself. will i really trust it ever again?

to go so this wrong so early in its life. dunno.
was going on a 3000mile trip in oct,dunno now,

have aquired a 1 kg fire extinguisher A B C Powder,
not sure where it will be fitted, as my multichanger is under the flap in the back.

[TGJR]

Look on the bright side - at least it happened while you are still under the DM warranty and not at the furthest point of your 3000 mile road trip!!! With regard to the fire ex, the only other place cars tend to mount them is infront of the passenger seat but not sure how this would work on the Sag. I don't have a cd changer so I'll be fitting mine under the luggage screen.

[X8 Saggy]

Still in Garage....

[tvrvenom]

I had the same thing happen too me a few months back -Racing Green had to replace the Fuel pipe...they said it's a common problem and they have made their own replacement pipe's as they don't trust the TVR one's incase it happen's again. The Beast has been fine ever since... Hope your Sag recovers soon.Cheers