20-05-2019, 09:05 AM
(This post was last modified: 20-05-2019, 09:06 AM by Mike Costigan.)
I suppose I can add two more incidents, although neither really involved roadside repairs.
The first was in my van, when I appeared to run a big-end whilst down near Swindon. I took a chance, bought a can of STP oil treatment and poured that in to the sump. It appeared to quieten the knocking somewhat, so I was able to drive - carefully - the 150 miles home. On dismantling the engine, the crankshaft came out in two pieces!
The second was less succesful: I had just visited Jack French down near Gloucester (he said he could recognise the sound of the Speedy cam ten minutes before I arrived!) when I had a comprehensive blow-up, resulting in a great oil slick along the A38 before I came to a halt. At that time the AA only offered recovery from a mechanical breakdown rather than a road accident, so the first question I was asked was was it an accident ... I replied I hadn't done it on purpose. Not much Speedy survived that incident
The first was in my van, when I appeared to run a big-end whilst down near Swindon. I took a chance, bought a can of STP oil treatment and poured that in to the sump. It appeared to quieten the knocking somewhat, so I was able to drive - carefully - the 150 miles home. On dismantling the engine, the crankshaft came out in two pieces!
The second was less succesful: I had just visited Jack French down near Gloucester (he said he could recognise the sound of the Speedy cam ten minutes before I arrived!) when I had a comprehensive blow-up, resulting in a great oil slick along the A38 before I came to a halt. At that time the AA only offered recovery from a mechanical breakdown rather than a road accident, so the first question I was asked was was it an accident ... I replied I hadn't done it on purpose. Not much Speedy survived that incident