how lucky am i

Steve42 · 2nd May 2017, 19:13

had some work done on the v6 a few weeks ago.
cam belt ,water pumps and a service .

have drove it around since then with no problems . even had a few days away for eden camp meet doing over 400 miles over the few days .
well I had fitted a led temp gauge and its run between 93 and 95.
well today I had travelled about 5 miles and the warning on the led temp went off reading 110c . got to a car park as it hit 120 when the cars temp gauge shot up and dash lit up with over heat.
left it to cool down and as luck had it had liquid with me so topped up .and boy did It take some coolant .
as it is the garage I use was a mile away so drove it to him. after looking around found the bottom hose had come off. he had forgot to put the clip back on. so the hose was only push fit on .
so I have driven around 600 miles with the hose like that up and down motorways at 69.9 and it never moved. and it let go 1 mile from the garage .
so I think that was lucky and the new led temp gauge did its job with the early warning .

Madderz · 2nd May 2017, 19:16

Could've been a lot worse! Great save

LotusLC · 2nd May 2017, 19:19

Blimey that's amazing it had not blown off a lot earlier...

Lynyrd Skynner · 2nd May 2017, 19:21

Quick buy a lotto ticket it must be your turn this week....

Steve42 · 2nd May 2017, 19:26

if I hadn't see it I would not believe it .
that daft circlip was half way up the pipe .
all that driving up to the meet most of it on motorway and it used a cup full of water . 400 miles for the long weekend
and it stayed on.

2nd May 2017, 19:13	#1
Steve42 I really should get out more....... mg 190+ Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Bedworth Posts: 2,267 Thanks: 191 Thanked 368 Times in 248 Posts	how lucky am i had some work done on the v6 a few weeks ago. cam belt ,water pumps and a service . have drove it around since then with no problems . even had a few days away for eden camp meet doing over 400 miles over the few days . well I had fitted a led temp gauge and its run between 93 and 95. well today I had travelled about 5 miles and the warning on the led temp went off reading 110c . got to a car park as it hit 120 when the cars temp gauge shot up and dash lit up with over heat. left it to cool down and as luck had it had liquid with me so topped up .and boy did It take some coolant . as it is the garage I use was a mile away so drove it to him. after looking around found the bottom hose had come off. he had forgot to put the clip back on. so the hose was only push fit on . so I have driven around 600 miles with the hose like that up and down motorways at 69.9 and it never moved. and it let go 1 mile from the garage . so I think that was lucky and the new led temp gauge did its job with the early warning .

2nd May 2017, 19:19	#3
LotusLC This is my second home MG ZT CDTi Auto / ZT-T Trophy Blue Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: York Posts: 3,981 Thanks: 3,329 Thanked 1,644 Times in 1,238 Posts	Blimey that's amazing it had not blown off a lot earlier... __________________ Lotus Carlton - Number 852 (My old car) https://i.imgur.com/Cwa3376m.jpg

2nd May 2017, 19:21	#4
Lynyrd Skynner Regional Secretary: South Central None at the moment Join Date: May 2013 Location: Leighton Buzzard Posts: 1,726 Thanks: 676 Thanked 526 Times in 286 Posts	Quick buy a lotto ticket it must be your turn this week.... __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]Started out with nothing , and still got most of it left!....

2nd May 2017, 19:16	#2
Madderz Gets stuck in MG ZT-T Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Barnsley Posts: 594 Thanks: 233 Thanked 132 Times in 121 Posts	Could've been a lot worse! Great save

2nd May 2017, 19:26	#5
Steve42 I really should get out more....... mg 190+ Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Bedworth Posts: 2,267 Thanks: 191 Thanked 368 Times in 248 Posts	if I hadn't see it I would not believe it . that daft circlip was half way up the pipe . all that driving up to the meet most of it on motorway and it used a cup full of water . 400 miles for the long weekend and it stayed on.