CAR TROUBLE. (1 Viewer)

[Corey]

My Britney's over-heating like a motherlover in next to no time at all. Drowned her with pints of coolant last month but it seems to be doing very little. She's ancient; and they're prone to heating up quickly, but pulling into the driveway every morning with a hissing steaming shitbox and then having to give the bithch a good kick out of frustration is starting to make the neighbours look at me funny.

I cant live if living is without this car. And i sure as fuck cant afford another. So. Asides from coolant, woould aaaanyone be aware of a sly tip or two for keepimg the engine temp down? She goes for about 30 mins before she gets all turned on.

 

[RSJ]

Turn the heater onto hot and put it up full blast. Usually buys you some time.

 

[therealjohnny]

oooohhh Peeee-eeeet?

sub-forum?

go on

 

[Janer]

What area do u live in Corey?
If I didn't need a car for job I wouldn't bother me arse.....you not got a good bus service?

 

[RED(tape)MENACE]

Are you sure it's not something fully lame like the gasket going?
You're in our prayers, brother.

 

[Pantone247]

What area do u live in Corey?
If I didn't need a car for job I wouldn't bother me arse.....you not got a good bus service?

kids on buses is a whole new circle of hell, once in a while for a novelty might be a laugh, but as regular thing, what with Dublin bus's improvisinational attitude to it's time tables, it is a pain in the face

 

[Janer]

Suppose I'm spoilt by living in town

 

[therealjohnny]

I keep thinking of this song when I see the title of this thread


You got you got you know what

 

[M. Stratosphere]

get yourself a Haynes manual, http://www.haynes.com/ and get your hands dirty
you'll get every car motorbike under the sun, if its too old you'll find them handy enough on ebay too.
watch out that the coolent isn't leaking, you'll notice this by the blue gear being sprayed over the engine grill/fan. if its the pipe you can get a bottle of something, which name escapes me now, and that usually cloggs it, it worked for me and that was over a year and a half ago.

 

[c0De_n1NjA]

Corey, open up the hood and find the frontal rad-box. Turn the middle-side topwise. If the timing belt is cogged, release the flip switch twice.

hope this helps!

 

[Pantone247]

run through the loop four times, explode it, and get out of there

 

[broken arm]

 

[shower another shower]

Radiator hoses could be blocked. Leak in the rad? If it is a leak, crack a raw egg into the rad and it will seal it for months.
I'd pull the hoses off the rad a see that there's not an obstruction. Cars overheating in this weather usually means a pretty simple fix.

 

[Lili Marlene]

I'll see that and raise you

 

[Corey]

Thumped aint just for hippies. Thumped is for men and trucks. You are all bastions of manhood and machienery.It's either the pipe or the gasket, cos the radiator can barely cool soup theses days.

I loved that car. I rebuilt her twice and crashed her once. Beat her round every day, but she'd always take me home after. Britneys on her knees. Again.

Thanks Pricks.

 

[HMD]

 

[broken arm]

I'll see that and raise you

i'll see that and raise you

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[c0De_n1NjA]

Thumped aint just for hippies. Thumped is for men and trucks. You are all bastions of manhood and machienery.It's either the pipe or the gasket, cos the radiator can barely cool soup theses days.

I loved that car. I rebuilt her twice and crashed her once. Beat her round every day, but she'd always take me home after. Britneys on her knees. Again.

Thanks Pricks.

what the fuck is he on about?

 

[Goff]

If you're stuck, and if you're not driving too fast, drive with the bonnet popped, but still held by the fastener. It'll help keep the engine cool. But be careful and don't drive too fast. Better to have some wire or something securing the bonnet on the fastener latch thingy though. To be extra safe.

Otherwise, try this: http://www.aa1car.com/library/overheat.htm (First decent Google I came across).

 

[therealjohnny]

Interesting

i was having a look around in my cars engine yesterday- seeing if i could identify any of the parts i was looking at- i'm pretty sure the fan shaped thing was the fan.

There is sticker on the rim of the engine bay saying " Warning- asbestos- protective gear must be worn"

So....what the hell is that about?

(If there was a sub-forum for cars and motoring I woulndt have hijacked this thread...just saying ..like)