Ditto,
I think I have done the heater matrix and the radiator in the
Rickman....bloody caravan, tent next time.
Russell
On 07/05/2013 19:54, Steve Kodz wrote:
Hamish,
Glad Trish and yourself made it home safely and I hope you are both well.
I too had a coolant leak in the Xtreme, which saw me being recovered home
from Aylesbury, as the heater matrix looks to be leaking. I have 2 foot
wells covered in anti-freeze. Not long to fix this before the Wales tour.
Regards,
Steve
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On Tuesday 07 May 2013, Hamish Freeman wrote:
We would like to add our Thanks to all those who worked so hard to make
this year’s Stoneleigh another great success.
Our return journey was to say the least frustrating! Yesterday we found
that the whole of the area 10 miles in any direction around Warwick was
in gridlock, mostly because the police were on point duty on the A46/M40
interchange trying hard to avoid back-ups on the motorway but actually
causing a 5 mile tail back through Warwick and any other route we tried.
Certainly a day to throw away the GPS as it seemed to have a magnetic
attraction towards snarl-ups - probably because everyone else’s GPS
systems were trying to use the same route. It seemed that all the major
roads were solid and it took 5 hours to get to Marlborough, a journey of
usually about 1 hour!
Today I thought I might just check that everything had survived the
roasting in the traffic jams – Oil: OK, Brake fluid: OK, Power steering
Oil: OK; hey wait a minute – No water in the header tank!!!!! No leak
was evident and there was no evidence of any water under the car. A
full big kettle of water later we had water in the header and decided to
chance it back. It is surprising how fast one can go on nothing more
than ¼ throttle all the way home to keep the temperature gauge almost on
its lower stop. The fuel economy was incredible; made up for
yesterday’s maxi swallowing effort for no distance. We just got back
home with no apparent loss of water and I was talking to the neighbours
with the engine idling when the leak finally decided to show itself –
all over the driveway! It appears that the side junction on the pipe
that goes between the pump and the rad had decided to fail – underneath
so it could not be seen – and was finally going to give its all. This
is possibly the worst hose for accessibility but as there will be no
water in the rad it is probably better to take that out first so I can
get to the water pump end, which is sandwiched between the power
steering pump and the engine mount. Other practical suggestions are
welcomed. Let’s hope the hoses are still available as I drew a blank on
replacing the engine mounts last month.
Hamish and Trish
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