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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: pletis143 on 23 June 2013, 00:09:34
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Travelled 150 Miles up to nottingham in the miggy today. Didnt skip a beat. 5 miles on return heater bypass went boom. Worse part about it is just scraped an old 2.2 yesterday. Guess what part i didnt take off it. Grrr .
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Crank sensor and hbv are both carefully stowed in my boot. :)
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think that is my No1 priority after tonight chris. HBV packed in at 8pm tonight and just walked in the door now after poor old miggy has been towed on 2 recovery wagons from nottingham to oxford then oxford to home. Mayday call going out to fellow OOFERS for a new HBV first thing in the morning . Felt like beating it with a branch Basil Fawlty style earlier but its sad eyelids staring up at me made me just feel for it. Bless her.
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Oh dear :( Still at least its a quick fix and miggy didnt get a beating ;D :y
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Crank sensor and hbv are both carefully stowed in my boot. :)
You carry an HBV as well? Hmmm, worth a thought...
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think that is my No1 priority after tonight chris. HBV packed in at 8pm tonight and just walked in the door now after poor old miggy has been towed on 2 recovery wagons from nottingham to oxford then oxford to home. Mayday call going out to fellow OOFERS for a new HBV first thing in the morning . Felt like beating it with a branch Basil Fawlty style earlier but its sad eyelids staring up at me made me just feel for it. Bless her.
you should have let me know-would have brought one up + fitted for you :y
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Crank sensor and hbv are both carefully stowed in my boot. :)
You carry an HBV as well? Hmmm, worth a thought...
Yes, I do as well....
In fact I carry an old laptop with Opel Scanner and 'other' diag programs on it.... just in case.
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Crank sensor and hbv are both carefully stowed in my boot. :)
Can these be changed on the roadside then with minimal tools and stripping required ?, May carry them as well then..
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Thanks symes for the offer. Got the part ordered today ,reasonable price as well. All ive got to do is try and get the time to fit it which is near on impossible for the next week or so. So i might be calling the cavalry to come to the rescue.
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Crank sensor and hbv are both carefully stowed in my boot. :)
Can these be changed on the roadside then with minimal tools and stripping required ?, May carry them as well then..
Yup :y
Probably best not trying either on the hard shoulder though ::)
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Crank sensor and hbv are both carefully stowed in my boot. :)
Can these be changed on the roadside then with minimal tools and stripping required ?, May carry them as well then..
Yup :y
Probably best not trying either on the hard shoulder though ::)
Probably not...
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Crank sensor and hbv are both carefully stowed in my boot. :)
You carry an HBV as well? Hmmm, worth a thought...
Actually, on checking, no :-\
Someone else's hbv failed, so I replaced his with my spare, and haven't replaced it. :(
Next trip to the dealers...
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Crank sensor and hbv are both carefully stowed in my boot. :)
Can these be changed on the roadside then with minimal tools and stripping required ?, May carry them as well then..
Yup :y
Probably best not trying either on the hard shoulder though ::)
Probably not...
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Or let the AA man do it.
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Question.
Given the height of the hbv, where would the water level sit within the cooling system and would it still operate efficiently enough to get by?
I suspect the level would still sit above the water gallery around the oil cooler.
I guess it depends how badly the hbv fails and if the system depressurises enough to boil over and hence over heat.
I have driven a 5 miles or so with a failed hbv while watching the temp gauge like a hawk. Didn't move noticeably, although that's quite a short distance.
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Only had hbv fail once. Dumped all the water in about 5 mins,got a mate to bring me out another one,know got one in the back along with crank sensor.
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Touch wood, all my HBV failures haven't been that bad, always managed to get home, occasionally with a top up.
But I've had a couple of more spectacular hose failures, fortunately both times with 5 miles of home.
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Touch wood, all my HBV failures haven't been that bad, always managed to get home, occasionally with a top up.
But I've had a couple of more spectacular host failures, fortunately both times with 5 miles of home.
???
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opps, fixed my post above
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does anyone know of a reasonable priced mechanic near Reading. I havent got the time to do the HBV this week and thought id phone round today for prices. Ha ha Best laugh ive had in ages. Or if there is anyone on here that can help there will be a good drink in it for someone. Please Pm me if anyone has any info.
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Touch wood, all my HBV failures haven't been that bad, always managed to get home, occasionally with a top up.
But I've had a couple of more spectacular host failures, fortunately both times with 5 miles of home.
???
Are you a Goa'uld ??? ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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does anyone know of a reasonable priced mechanic near Reading. I havent got the time to do the HBV this week and thought id phone round today for prices. Ha ha Best laugh ive had in ages. Or if there is anyone on here that can help there will be a good drink in it for someone. Please Pm me if anyone has any info.
Chrisgixer might be able to help, he's in that neck of the woods but is often a tad busy ... worth a try though ..
PM him, he commented on the first page of the thread .. :)