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Help needed - Stratford upon Avon
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04/03/2017 19:57
04/03/2017 19:57
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Hi guys -
In a bit of a spot here! Drove most of the way down to Stratford this afternoon, after a successful visit to Brum, when the car overheated because it lost all its water. Got it towed to The Stratford Limes Hotel, Stratford, CV37 7AS, where it is now gracing their car park and we are trying to work out what to do next. In terms of what we planned to do, it's a disaster.
If there is anyone local who would be generous enough to pop in to the hotel and help me to sort it out, whatever might be needed, I would be immensely grateful. Frankly, I have no idea how I'm going to get this resolved, unless it's a perished hose that can be fixed.
Any help for Sunday would be brilliant - Thanks.
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Re: Help needed - Stratford upon Avon
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04/03/2017 20:34
04/03/2017 20:34
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Hi Enforcer Are you in a Coupe? I have a couple of hoses from a 20v NA and I am only 10 miles away in Alcester.
Mike
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Re: Help needed - Stratford upon Avon
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04/03/2017 20:38
04/03/2017 20:38
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Hi Mike - and thanks for the quick response.
I'm in the trusty steed, yes. 20VT. The thing is, I'm not yet sure what's broken. When I top up the bottle I get a stream of water coming down from the back of the undertray, driver's side. Under the reservoir bottle, but a bit further back.
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Re: Help needed - Stratford upon Avon
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04/03/2017 23:56
04/03/2017 23:56
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Re: Help needed - Stratford upon Avon
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05/03/2017 00:26
05/03/2017 00:26
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GrahamL
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Could be CHOD failure. Long "L" shaped coolant hose running from thermostat at right side of engine then around the back and along to rear/left side. Usually fails at the bend or sometimes where the hose clips are compressing it.
Quite tricky to change due to limited access (strut brace will need removed if you have one), but doable in under an hour.
If you're lucky someone nearby will have changed to silicone hoses and kept the old CHOD.
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Re: Help needed - Stratford upon Avon
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05/03/2017 08:53
05/03/2017 08:53
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Thanks everyone - as always, the FCCUK forum is the place to be, and I appreciate everyone's willingness to help. Thanks! I'll be at this hotel until Wednesday morning.
The bottom line is that I am now ready to let go of my beloved Coupe, owned for 11 years, so if anyone would like it they are welcome to come and get it. All I ask is that they pay for me to get back home, in Abergele. My long weekend has been utterly [cloud9], frankly, and I'm ready to move on. My brother in Bristol, who has Down's, and was depending on me visiting in the week, will have to be told I'm not going to make it. A true bummer.
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Re: Help needed - Stratford upon Avon
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05/03/2017 10:47
05/03/2017 10:47
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magooagain
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My my this is a sad thread.
Do you think you cooked it Brian?
If not it's an easy fix I think,unless the block has a major(unseen) hole in it. Which I very much doubt.
I can see you are feeling a bit bad about it all at the moment,but I'm sure help is at hand and you will get it sorted.
Last edited by magooagain; 05/03/2017 10:48.
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Re: Help needed - Stratford upon Avon
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05/03/2017 11:01
05/03/2017 11:01
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Thanks.
Mike from Alcester has already been over to look at it, and we agree that it needs to be taken away for attention. Joe has come back to me with an arrangement, so it is all done and dusted. I'll be saying goodbye on Wednesday. Sad, but inevitable, I think.
Thanks again everyone. This forum is to die for. My beloved coupe agrees.
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Re: Help needed - Stratford upon Avon
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05/03/2017 11:49
05/03/2017 11:49
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This is very sad news Brian but I can appreciate right now at the time you had the commitment to seeing your brother that it's a way to direct your frustration. Hopefully you'll still make it down to Bristol albeit briefly and something good will crop up in the near future - forward and up and all that.... Over the years many of us including myself have suffered severe blows to our P&J's but remarkably, as you say thanks to this forum, many have enjoyed a new lease of life (and that's something I can testify to ) Anyhow even if coupe-less you don't need to leave our merry gang of reactionaries
BumbleBee carer
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Re: Help needed - Stratford upon Avon
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06/03/2017 00:14
06/03/2017 00:14
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Sorry to read the news that after all this time of Coupe ownership, you're getting rid of it I know visiting your brother was important, but surely a vehicle breakdown like this isn't a reason to give up on it? This could have happened with any car Either way, looks like you've made your decision. I hope you still manage to get to see your brother while you're there though and that things turn out well. Please stay around on the forum, even if you won't have a Coupe any more!
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Re: Help needed - Stratford upon Avon
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06/03/2017 05:34
06/03/2017 05:34
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I appreciate all the supportive pleas not to get rid, but it seems that the engine has been well and truly fried, as I couldn't even start it yesterday. Rather odd, as it started easily when we got it to the hotel.
The fact is that it had become unreliable. Every long journey was a worry, and there was no specific thing that needed fixing or replacing. It's old.
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Re: Help needed - Stratford upon Avon
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07/03/2017 04:09
07/03/2017 04:09
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Nello
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Sorry Enforcer - only just seen this - I'm in Coventry but work in Warwick so not far. If you need a lift anywhere etc. just shout.
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Re: Help needed - Stratford upon Avon
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07/03/2017 08:31
07/03/2017 08:31
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That's very kind, Nello. I've booked my train tickets, though, so more or less sorted. I just need to get to S-u-A station by 10:00am. I certainly wouldn't ask you to come all the way over here just for that. Very, very kind of you, though, so many thanks.
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Re: Help needed - Stratford upon Avon
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07/03/2017 20:01
07/03/2017 20:01
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Nello
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No problem - I would've got you but Nights currently so only just saw your reply as well! Although things don't sound too great - hope you get it all sorted though.
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Re: Help needed - Stratford upon Avon
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08/03/2017 20:09
08/03/2017 20:09
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It's all sorted now, thanks, Nello.
I just want to mention that each of the wonderful people who has contacted me about this has been overwhelmingly generous and giving, each in his or her own way.
It is a very moving experience, I have to say.
Thanks!!
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Re: Help needed - Stratford upon Avon
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25/03/2017 04:58
25/03/2017 04:58
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Jimbo
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The link isn't working Joe
Last edited by Jimbo; 25/03/2017 12:29.
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