expatscot
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Well knew it had to happen.... was only a matter of time. I would just rather it hadn't happened when I was 50 miles from home.
Yes, it's the dreaded, but ever-present favourite... the friggin' HCV.
Knowing the engine can run hot and revvy anyway - am always keeping regular checks on oil/water. All fine this morning.
Drove up towards Birmingham, luckily got into suburbia, off motorways, before I got that smell of screwed, ancient, decayed rubber/plastic and coolant coming into the car, accompanied by the wafting tendrils of steam from under bonnet.
Feck! :crazy:
Dont know if the HCV unit still capable of doing it's thing.. that's irrelevant as the plastic hose connectors have decayed/perished - and snapped clean off...
:'(
Walked to store nearby for a mahoosive bottle of finest Welsh spring water to top things up if I managed a miraculous cure....
Cleared all the shitty, knackered remnants of connectors from inside the hoses...
And then, obviously channeling the spirits of MacGyver/A-Team (or maybe it was The Wombles!?)..... dug in my pockets and thought of a 'bodge' involving, the existing clips, some zip ties, lots of 'black nasty' and the covers from when I renewed my spark plugs.
:hmm:
But in the end.. chickened out and let the nice RAC man come and do me a slightly more professional bodge/temp job..... using a connector to by-pass the HVC/heater matrix.
Sorted! for now.... :drive: :yay:
So - sorted..... just hope we don't have a cold snap... or I'll freeze in that car!!
Yes, it's the dreaded, but ever-present favourite... the friggin' HCV.
Knowing the engine can run hot and revvy anyway - am always keeping regular checks on oil/water. All fine this morning.
Drove up towards Birmingham, luckily got into suburbia, off motorways, before I got that smell of screwed, ancient, decayed rubber/plastic and coolant coming into the car, accompanied by the wafting tendrils of steam from under bonnet.
Feck! :crazy:
Dont know if the HCV unit still capable of doing it's thing.. that's irrelevant as the plastic hose connectors have decayed/perished - and snapped clean off...
:'(
Walked to store nearby for a mahoosive bottle of finest Welsh spring water to top things up if I managed a miraculous cure....
Cleared all the shitty, knackered remnants of connectors from inside the hoses...
And then, obviously channeling the spirits of MacGyver/A-Team (or maybe it was The Wombles!?)..... dug in my pockets and thought of a 'bodge' involving, the existing clips, some zip ties, lots of 'black nasty' and the covers from when I renewed my spark plugs.
:hmm:
But in the end.. chickened out and let the nice RAC man come and do me a slightly more professional bodge/temp job..... using a connector to by-pass the HVC/heater matrix.
Sorted! for now.... :drive: :yay:
So - sorted..... just hope we don't have a cold snap... or I'll freeze in that car!!