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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: TheBoy on 20 July 2012, 21:16:32
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TBE. Loud bang, couple of other noises, dash warnings.
*sigh*
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oops
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Nicest thing to do would be swap all the un rusty bits onto the Silver Bullet :P any ideas what it might have been :-\
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Oh, dear. :(
Moving bits meeting stationery bits they shouldn't, or not that bad?
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aux belt (hopefully) or something more serious ?? :(
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I hope it is aux belt and not a slipping cambelt. :'(
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I feel a poll coming :D
Options not looking promising though :-\
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Oh, dear. :(
Moving bits meeting stationery bits they shouldn't, or not that bad?
AFAICT, not driver error. LPG related. The dash warnings were on the LPG switch, and a lot of bleeping going on.
Got home on petrol. I know, a mortal sin.
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Oh, not a "proper" failure then. ;)
Struggling to think what the bang was all about, then. :-\
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Oh, dear. :(
Moving bits meeting stationery bits they shouldn't, or not that bad?
AFAICT, not driver error. LPG related. The dash warnings were on the LPG switch, and a lot of bleeping going on.
Got home on petrol. I know, a mortal sin.
Wonder if the diaphragm in the regulator went "pop" .. it's about the only moving part I can think of, pressure would drop instantly so giving the impression of no gas, so bleeping ......
but pure guesswork I admit ....
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I guess, look for obvious. If nothing then plug it in and read the codes. I wonder if it related to the very feint whiff of gas we can't track down :-\
Might be able to swing past on Sunday on the way home from Basingrad but doubtful :-\
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Blown a pipe off?
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Blown a pipe off?
That was my gut feeling :-\
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Blown a pipe off?
That was my gut feeling :-\
Every time TB mentioned he could smell Gas, I never could. Just hot pipes, or a generally hot engine. :-\
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Smell of gas + hot pipes = BANG!! ;)
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Sounds like a blow back and ignition in the airbox/induction area. You may not have a complete intake system left!
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First prize to Mr Gixer.
I'm guessing the bang was it hitting something.
I knew immediately what it was, just not where - and I heard the feed depressurise. It sounded underneath, and it happened as I drove (slowly!) through a pothole, although it wasn't deep. But initial reaction was caught the gas pipe.
The safety systems worked as expected, and shut the tank valve.
Just hope I have all the required bits still....
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Poly feed to vap?
Position of the pipe under the car means it won't ground on a flat surface. There would have to be high point to protrude into the fuel line run...?
Or the jolt was enough to make a loose join fail under pressure..?
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Yup, the fitting has come out of the liquid filter. Hope the olive is still inside.
Wasn't much of a jolt, that bit of road is like going up a rough track, so walking pace maximum.
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If you're short of anything let me know and I'll rummage in my LPG junk box.
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Olive will be in there, unless the brass nut has come undone?
Or has the poly blown off the bayonet fitting? (edit, ignore the last line)
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Fixed. Thanks for all your help :)
No idea why it came adrift though :-\
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Probably all that retard induced driving you've been doing this week ::)