fantastic echo in here :ph34r:
[quote=“His Holiness Da Dalai Lama, post: 721067”]Jesiz, looks like it’s pissing out of there. From the pic looks like water pump… Almost certainly not radiator. As fast as it’s coming out you wouldn’t get far before it overheats again… maybe nurse it over to the garage if it’s close by. Be safer to have it towed though.
Depending on make and model, some water pumps are easy enough to replace. Some others are an absolute pain in the hole. You could do it yourself if you have the time and the tools, it’s not rocket science.
But you’re grounded until you get it fixed.
The raw eggs might work on a small hole leak in a radiator, but i doubt they would do much good on a leak that big.[/quote]
I presumed the raw eggs was just a trick at my expense. Yeah it’s a fairly constant flow. Will see if there’s a garage nearby - timing isn’t great obviously.
[quote=“Rocko, post: 721070”]
I presumed the raw eggs was just a trick at my expense. Yeah it’s a fairly constant flow. Will see if there’s a garage nearby - timing isn’t great obviously.[/quote]
I’d say you have two chances of getting that done today.
Rocko, you can take a loan of my 2nd car if you’re stuck mate
You’d think flattythehurdler would step in and offer help to an Irish based TFK member.
No thats absolutely genuine. I saw that in an episode of the New Avengers. Anyway it might be a simple enough thing and the radiator might just need bleeding. Do you have a radiator key?
[quote=“Fagan ODowd, post: 721074”]
No thats absolutely genuine. I saw that in an episode of the New Avengers. Anyway it might be a simple enough thing and the radiator might just need bleeding. Do you have a radiator key?[/quote]
:lol:
[quote=“Fagan ODowd, post: 721074”]
No thats absolutely genuine. I saw that in an episode of the New Avengers. Anyway it might be a simple enough thing and the radiator might just need bleeding. Do you have a radiator key?[/quote]
Was it Joanna Lumley?
No it was the Mike Gambit character played by Gareth Hunt
I can’t speak for the Mixer’s intentions when he suggested it, but the raw egg in radiator trick is actually not a joke, it’s been around a long time as a temporary fix (as have things like putting oatmeal in a radiator). Can’t see it working on a leak that big though.
A slice of Christmas Cake in the boot is meant to work too.
Fuck off Bandage with your piss taking
Totally genuine your Holiness, I seen it on MacGyver one night. Like you said its not for a leak like that tho. Rocko if you’re badly stuck, try ringing your insurance company. There’s usually a provision to recover your car and offer a replacement.
Thanks mate. Just icing it now and will pop it in later.
[quote=“the mixer walsh, post: 721082”]
Totally genuine your Holiness, I seen it on MacGyver one night. Like you said its not for a leak like that tho. Rocko if you’re badly stuck, try ringing your insurance company. There’s usually a provision to recover your car and offer a replacement.[/quote]
Thanks, have now managed to borrow a car for a couple of days.
Did you ring your insurance company or did you leave it to Mrs Rocko?
[quote=“farmerinthecity, post: 721084”]
Did you ring your insurance company or did you leave it to Mrs Rocko?[/quote]
Oh I just borrowed my mother’s car. No phone calls.
:lol: yes mate… they recommend that you should also place your frankfurter in the exhaust pipe
[quote=“Bandage, post: 721073”]
You’d think flattythehurdler would step in and offer help to an Irish based TFK member.
[/quote]Figured I was getting a bit like a stuck record. I did 800 miles in my car last year so if any responsible adult wanted to borrow it they would.be welcome. Those may be in short supply. Spends most of the year sitting on the drive. I only drive it to training. I heard about the egg thing before but took it as an urban legend. The mechanic might get his breakfast out of it though. Put him in a good mood.
A bit of advice required, folks. A few weeks ago i noticed quite a bit of mouldy/fungus growth in the back seats of the car. I had played astroturf soccer a few days before that in the pouring rain, and i mean lashing it down. When i came back to the car i threw the jacket soaking in water and a hat onto the back seat which i left in the car for a few days. It was only after i removed them from the car that i noticed the growth so that might well have been the cause.
I have wiped it off with a cloth a few times but it keeps coming back, it is all over the back seat and on the carpet on the ground too. The other day i was throwing something in the boot and there is a gap where i can see where the two back seats meet, this was wrecked in fungus growth. Now just there for the first time i have noticed it starting on the side of the passenger seat. What is the likely cause of this? Was it when i left the wet gear in the back seat? How do i remove this nasty stuff from my car? Thanks in advance.