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Originally Posted by torque2me
I was using my 44 year old Triumph 2500 a few months back when it suddenly lost power and stopped. After a bit of head scratching I started it up again and off I went on my journey. A few miles later it conked out again. Repeated procedure until I got home 
Next day determined it was a crack in the manifold which the engine heat would expand and cause air/fuel issues and thus loss of power. However, the car didn't know it should have illuminated the EML (I suppose it did go into limp mode though  ). And if the handbrake should seize on the rear brakes then a gentle (or slightly less gentle) tap would probably release it at the princely cost of nowt!
No manufacturers emissions data and thus able to go into London for nowt! Of course this could change in the future.
A lot to be said for older cars but it all depends on spares availability.
Kev |
I'm sorry OP a little off topic. 
My first employer after I left school to be an apprentice in a garage was Hungarian, he went back to see his family every so often and his pride and joy was a Triumph 2.5 pi estate, as an apprentice (I did all the manure jobs) he had me cleaning that thing every other day.
One summer he went to see family in Budapest in the pride and joy and on returning through Austria the diaphragm split on the fuel injection pump, it ran but very very rich, black smoke trails on acceleration and just 6mpg all the way back
The plugs were a bit black but otherwise no damage. he only ever used best petrol too (5 star).
It's a good job fuel was very cheap back in the early seventies and it was fixed before his wife could even unpack.