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SeedyV6

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Mayday Mayday! MiG going down!
« on: 12 August 2009, 07:51:45 »
So there I am, Homer and I cruising in the sun after a day at work.... Pull up to a set of lights and see a whiff of smoke rising from under the bonnet....white smoke.

So i figure either Homer has chosen a new Pope....or more likely, the coolant is cooking :(

Not a good place to stop and i'm just a few miles from home, so steadily carry on with heater on max.....but then the Coolant low check comes up on MFD.....Doh!

So i pull into a layby, switch off in neutral, and once the smoke stops pop the bonnet.....no coolant in the header!

Round to the boot, dig out coolant that was in there and start to pour in......hiss! The 15mm dia plastic tee that joins the bottom heater matrix hose to the main coolant supply has a split in it!

Is this a common problem with MiG's or am I just unlucky?

Call the RAC man out to find that they only carry straight pipe joins, so make him drive me to the nearest DIY centre for a 15mm dia copper tee.

We fitted that, but the legs of the tee were short, so RAC man follows me the rest of the way, as he ain't convinced we are gonna make it and starts talking about towing @ 20mph for a max of 10 miles......not with my autobox methinks!

Get home, RAC man says great! lets just check that for leaks, shines a torch down there and it looks good.....till he touches it and pop! matrix hose comes off! soo lucky!

I'd recently dropped the coolant, so am wondering if my new mix had found the weak spot in the system whilst under pressure??

Trip to VX dealer at lunchtime for a new one....assuming they have it in stock  ;)
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Re: Mayday Mayday! MiG going down!
« Reply #1 on: 12 August 2009, 07:56:08 »
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 and starts talking about towing @ 20mph for a max of 10 miles......not with my autobox methinks! .....

The book says omething like a max of 30 mph for about 50/60 miles. The RAC's suggestion of a tow would have been preferable to cooking your engine.  :y
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Re: Mayday Mayday! MiG going down!
« Reply #2 on: 12 August 2009, 08:00:15 »
the RAC man rang his technical centre and they were the figure he was quoted.

We did refill with water, purely to get it home...engine does not appear to be cooked in any way, pulls fine, no nasties from the exhaust or in the oil either  :y
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Re: Mayday Mayday! MiG going down!
« Reply #3 on: 12 August 2009, 08:01:14 »
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 and starts talking about towing @ 20mph for a max of 10 miles......not with my autobox methinks! .....

The book says omething like a max of 30 mph for about 50/60 miles. The RAC's suggestion of a tow would have been preferable to cooking your engine.  :y


its max 50mph and 60 miles  :y so 10 miles no worries  :y

suspect your hose will be special order  :'(
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Re: Mayday Mayday! MiG going down!
« Reply #4 on: 12 August 2009, 08:01:33 »
Lucky escape me thinks  :y
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Re: Mayday Mayday! MiG going down!
« Reply #5 on: 12 August 2009, 08:02:29 »
range and speed sound good, but you're right i am an old worrier!!  ;D
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Re: Mayday Mayday! MiG going down!
« Reply #6 on: 12 August 2009, 08:05:04 »
suspect your hose will be special order  :'([/quote]

Bugger! Family truckster for the next couple of days!!
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Re: Mayday Mayday! MiG going down!
« Reply #7 on: 12 August 2009, 08:11:36 »
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its max 50mph and 60 miles  :y so 10 miles no worries  :y ......

It's not often you're wrong, but you're right again!  ;)  ;)  ;)

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« Reply #8 on: 12 August 2009, 08:13:24 »
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its max 50mph and 60 miles  :y so 10 miles no worries  :y ......

It's not often you're wrong, but you're right again!  ;)  ;)  ;)

Page 176  :y


its almost as if that were my source  ::)
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« Reply #9 on: 12 August 2009, 08:15:20 »
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its max 50mph and 60 miles  :y so 10 miles no worries  :y ......

It's not often you're wrong, but you're right again!  ;)  ;)  ;)

Page 176  :y


its almost as if that were my source  ::)

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Re: Mayday Mayday! MiG going down!
« Reply #10 on: 12 August 2009, 08:46:25 »
would the black plastic tee be part of the lpg install, rather than original?
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Re: Mayday Mayday! MiG going down!
« Reply #11 on: 12 August 2009, 08:57:11 »
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would the black plastic tee be part of the lpg install, rather than original?

Well spotted... I hadn't seen the LPG Part!

Yes it will be. :y :y
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Re: Mayday Mayday! MiG going down!
« Reply #12 on: 12 August 2009, 09:49:39 »
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would the black plastic tee be part of the lpg install, rather than original?

Well spotted... I hadn't seen the LPG Part!

Yes it will be. :y :y

I have a drawer full of these things from LPG conversions where we didn't use the supplied parts. If SeedyV6 would like to PM me his postal address I'll chuck a couple in a jiffy bag.

If you need a quicker solution any motor factors will have one.

Kevin
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Re: Mayday Mayday! MiG going down!
« Reply #13 on: 12 August 2009, 10:47:22 »
BandQ do white plastic(polly?) pipes in various diameters and configs. They are in the hardwhare section at our local branch, presume your branch will be the same. I know, as i needed elbow connectors, as opposed to the supplied t pieces.

Just wondering if that set up for the evaporater cooling is the best? Certainly different to mine/ours.  But probably difficult to say without seeing it?
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Re: Mayday Mayday! MiG going down!
« Reply #14 on: 12 August 2009, 10:48:28 »
thanks for the replys fellas!

I've just taken a work colleague down to local VX dealer....he's got a 2002 astra with a blown egr valve (surprise, surprise ;))
Spoke to the parts boys and it would appear that this plastic tee piece may have been a bodge repair..
On their splodey diagram, there is a lower matrix pipe for AC cars that has a pukka rubber tee built into it......so rightly or wrongly, i've bought this part for the princely sum of £27.

But looking at your posts, i'm not so sure i've done the right thing! 

I'll let you know how i get on with it.....but thanks again for the advice / offer of parts  :y
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