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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Kevin Wood on 13 December 2010, 14:35:36
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You pop to the stealers in your 3.2 saloon at lunch time for 20 litres of oil and 5 litres of coolant. Chuck same in the boot along with the shovel that's a remnant of the recent snowy weather.
You come to pull out of the stealers' car park. It's a busy road and you need to turn right. You spot a gap between an approaching car to your left and one that's just passed from the right.
Do you:
1) Be patient. There'll be a larger gap soon.
2) Unleash everything the V6 has got to give and then wonder what the "thud" and subsequent smell of antifreeze emanating from the boot was all about.
>:(
Kevin
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:-X :-X :-X :-X ::) ::) :o :o Mustnt.
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Id rather clean up the 5ltrs of coolant than the 20ltrs of oil ;D
I can think of worse things your boot could smell of.
hopefully you managed to save some of the coolant?
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carpet out, spray with TFR, then pressure wash :y
And be glad it wasnt the oil ::)
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Anyone round your way sell Febreze in bulk, Kevin?
;) ;D ;D
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LPG Tank out, carpet out, spray with TFR, then pressure wash :y
And be glad it wasnt the oil ::)
Fortunately the oil seems to have survived, and only a little coolant leaked out. There's now more packing tape than plastic around the can, thanks to our amenable stores guy. ;D
Have washed my hands about 15 times but can still smell it. ::)
Kevin
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I spilt oil in the Carltons boot - never managed to get it clean again :( :(
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fantastic. made me smile.
When I was a lot lot younger my good friend had an egg delivery business. He was belting through York one day and had to make a choice between hitting a Porsche or a stone wall. Not many of 600 dozen eggs survived. ;D ;D
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fantastic. made me smile.
When I was a lot lot younger my good friend had an egg delivery business. He was belting through York one day and had to make a choice between hitting a Porsche or a stone wall. Not many of 600 dozen eggs survived. ;D ;D
so which did he hit? the porsche or the wall? ;D ;D
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Hate to say I told you so, but I wedge those cans in behind seat....
....because I too know what a boot smells like when covered in oil/coolant/brake fluid/screenwash/petrol/milk ::)
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Hate to say I told you so, but I wedge those cans in behind seat....
.. ahh, but where would I put all the other shi.... OK. I think I need to tidy my car out. :-[
Kevin
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Hate to say I told you so, but I wedge those cans in behind seat....
....because I too know what a boot smells like when covered in oil/coolant/brake fluid/screenwash/petrol/milk ::)
Oh dear.............
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Hate to say I told you so, but I wedge those cans in behind seat....
....because I too know what a boot smells like when covered in oil/coolant/brake fluid/screenwash/petrol/milk ::)
Oh dear.............
Yep. Sounds like a pink job to me. :-X
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Hate to say I told you so, but I wedge those cans in behind seat....
....because I too know what a boot smells like when covered in oil/coolant/brake fluid/screenwash/petrol/milk ::)
once had a couple of friends (1 male 1 female) use one of my cars as a motel room, suffice to say they left a fluid in my car that is worse to clean up than any of the above... :o :o :o
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Hate to say I told you so, but I wedge those cans in behind seat....
....because I too know what a boot smells like when covered in oil/coolant/brake fluid/screenwash/petrol/milk ::)
once had a couple of friends (1 male 1 female) use one of my cars as a motel room, suffice to say they left a fluid in my car that is worse to clean up than any of the above... :o :o :o
uuurrrrrrgh yer mates baby gravy on yer upholstery eeew
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Option 2 every time.
....and another disadvantage oh having the LPG tank bolted to the boot floor I suppose, that carpet ain't coming out in a hurry. Something go be said for abbot full of crap as it all wedges itself in and doesn't fly about, so much. :-/
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You pop to the stealers in your 3.2 saloon at lunch time for 20 litres of oil and 5 litres of coolant. Chuck same in the boot along with the shovel that's a remnant of the recent snowy weather.
You come to pull out of the stealers' car park. It's a busy road and you need to turn right. You spot a gap between an approaching car to your left and one that's just passed from the right.
Do you:
1) Be patient. There'll be a larger gap soon.
2) Unleash everything the V6 has got to give and then wonder what the "thud" and subsequent smell of antifreeze emanating from the boot was all about.
>:(
Kevin
in my case it would be the other motor smacking you in the arse splitting his rad due to the crappy traction control cutting the engine power for a fortnight. ::)
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Hate to say I told you so, but I wedge those cans in behind seat....
.. ahh, but where would I put all the other shi.... OK. I think I need to tidy my car out. :-[
Kevin
I am so glad to see that it is not just my car then...
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Oh bugger, It could have been worse though like the half gallon of cream that went walk about in the boot of one of my previous motors. It ran into every nook and cranny possible and then solidified :o. No matter how hard I tryed to remove it I ended up driving round in what smelt like a cheese factory on wheels. The car had to go after that as much as I like cheese the stink made me baulk!
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Boot of my car is full of so much crap nothing can slide around! And I'm in no fit state to do anything about it either :'( :'(
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http://motors-parts.shop.ebay.co.uk/Vehicle-Parts-Accessories-/131090/i.html?_trkparms=65%253A12%257C66%253A2%257C39%253A1%257C72%253A3445&rt=nc&_nkw=bungees&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_sop=15&_sc=1
:-X
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should have bought a 4 pot ;D
1) You would never have made the gap, so you have to be patient
2) Acceleration is rather gentle with 4 pots, which reduces any spillages
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should have bought a 4 pot ;D
1) You would never have made the gap, so you have to be patient
2) Acceleration is rather gentle with 4 pots, which reduces any spillages
3) I wouldn't have been buying oil and coolant for it anyway, as its' demise would have been a perfect excuse to fit a real engine. ;)
Kevin
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should have bought a 4 pot ;D
1) You would never have made the gap, so you have to be patient
2) Acceleration is rather gentle with 4 pots, which reduces any spillages
3) I wouldn't have been buying oil and coolant for it anyway, as its' demise would have been a perfect excuse to fit a real engine. ;)
Kevin
Its real enough to tow dead V6's :P
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Thought only TB did things like that... ;)
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Thought only TB did things like that... ;)
Well, funnily enough I was wondering if I'd have to fit something to my rear-view mirror to counter the smell of the antifreeze. :-X
Doesn't seem to bad today though. :y
Kevin
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Thought only TB did things like that... ;)
Well, funnily enough I was wondering if I'd have to fit something to my rear-view mirror to counter the smell of the antifreeze. :-X
Doesn't seem to bad today though. :y
Kevin
Now we all now why he's into the unmentionables ;D
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Could've been worse Kevin.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1336779/Family-overcome-emulsion-Car-crash-covers-white-paint.html
It's when you realise what you've done and brake sharply only for it to hit the other end. ;D ;D
Regards
Alan
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Could've been worse Kevin.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1336779/Family-overcome-emulsion-Car-crash-covers-white-paint.html
It's when you realise what you've done and brake sharply only for it to hit the other end. ;D ;D
Regards
Alan
imagine if that had been gloss :o :o :o
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Many years ago, I bought an Air Compressor (Just the pump part) from ebay, Thought it looked like a good size compressor for the DIY jobs at home (The fact it used to be powered by a MASSIVE 3 phase motor didn’t ring any alarm bells!)...
I wasn't old enough to drive at the time so got my grans friend to pick it up with me.
Anyway, when I saw it in the flesh, it was a LOT bigger than I thought it would be (Size wise, Its bigger than a 1.0 corsa engine I would think).
Next problem was fitting it in the boot (Saloon Nissan Sunny).
The only way it would go in was sideways, sitting on its belt pulley. (ie shaft was vertical)...
10 miles later (and lots of twisty country roads), we arrive back home. Open the boot and :-X :-X :-X
My god! Oil was EVERYWHERE. Black oil too!
I was told that the seller had drained all the oil out of it... quite clearly he hadn’t!
Anyway, I spent a couple of hrs with old rags, kitchen roll etc etc cleaning it up the best I could!
Good news is that the monster compressor is rigged up in the garage at home, and works perfectly! :y
Fairly quite too - Guessing it runs at about 150-200 rpm(must check one day)
;D
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Hate to say I told you so, but I wedge those cans in behind seat....
....because I too know what a boot smells like when covered in oil/coolant/brake fluid/screenwash/petrol/milk ::)
once had a couple of friends (1 male 1 female) use one of my cars as a motel room, suffice to say they left a fluid in my car that is worse to clean up than any of the above... :o :o :o
:o eerr , feel sick now :o