Viva Tea Party or Bust - September 2022
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Gazcw
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Was I in the pic?
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Sorry to hear that, what a pain.Casualty no 3.Sudden coolant loss having just conquered Mont Ventoux. Probably pipe of doom at the back of the engine. Amazingly Matt has the replacement and willing to dismantle everything to fix by the side of the road! However have decided to play safe and join the other 2 hire cars for the rest of the trip. Fun and games!
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Thanks for telling me that, I was wondering whether to get my cossie on or not! Having a bit of a rest after a nice breakfast in the hotel. The water looks very inviting.
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yes 3 failure of the older 4.2’s sadly
1 x clutch collapse
1 x f1 pump failure
1 x pipe of doom split
the later I had and was willing to take all the scuttle and plenum off and replace but as the breakdown would only pickup and drop once, the chance of possible head gasket or other complication would have left the owner having to arrange and pay for his own repatriation it was risky and rightly declined.
It happens to us all at some point, myself a clutch collapse on my grey GS, they are all in hire cars now, smiling again and stripping somebody else’s tyres.
1 x clutch collapse
1 x f1 pump failure
1 x pipe of doom split
the later I had and was willing to take all the scuttle and plenum off and replace but as the breakdown would only pickup and drop once, the chance of possible head gasket or other complication would have left the owner having to arrange and pay for his own repatriation it was risky and rightly declined.
It happens to us all at some point, myself a clutch collapse on my grey GS, they are all in hire cars now, smiling again and stripping somebody else’s tyres.
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It'd never keep up!