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luv_my_mv6

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Round and round
« on: 23 August 2007, 16:20:41 »
Hi all, been a while since I was last on here, I have been on a road trip up north to see my parents in wakefield, car was perfect until the trip home  :-[ I had an average mpg of 36.3 over 561 miles of mostly motorway driving at 70 (ish) no engine problems which to be honest I was expecting.
 Anyway, the trip home the other night turned out to be a real 'life flashing in front of the eyes' experience, I was happily cruising along at 50 through the roadworks on the M1 when the car suddenly seemed to cough and lose power but recovered after a couple of seconds of panic, all was well until re-joining the 70 section again, and upon flooring the accelerator the engine 'chugged' really hard and the loudest bang you can ever imagine possible under the car, before I realised what happened the car had spun 2 360's and landed in the verge of the hard shoulder, me the mrs and kids were all fine given the panic and shock, all the following cars seemed to be swerving around something in the road so I checked the tyre thinking I'd suffered a rear blow out and lost the tyre, it was still there but flat and ripped to shreds, the mrs called the police who turned up amazingly after about 5 mins and recovered the obstruction in the road - my back box!!!! it had exploded on the bottom part and fired a piece of metal into the tyre causing the spin, luckily the only injury was the car, the defect was still blocking the backbox which when the cop shined his light in there looked like an animal that had crawled up the pipes and got stuck and inevitably died and the exhaust pressure pushed it and blocked the pipes exit causing the whole lot, the AA came picked up the stricken car and took us all home before leaving my car in a garage around the corner fromn where I live, phoned up my insurance and amazingly they seem to think the damage is covered but they need to asses the damage before releasing any payment to the garage, hopefully be back on the road soon, but i'll always check my backbox from now on  ;D
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Re: Round and round
« Reply #1 on: 23 August 2007, 16:41:23 »
Yup - we have bl**dy big rats in Wakefield!

Please you were all safe.
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Re: Round and round
« Reply #2 on: 23 August 2007, 16:51:10 »
Sh*t that sounds a scary ordeal :o glad to hear everyones o.k
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« Reply #3 on: 23 August 2007, 17:01:13 »
Wow can really feel with you on that...... Glad that you and your Family are all ok, lucky that nothing else

happened to you. :-/

Lets hope that the Insurance come up with a positive answer for you :y
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« Reply #4 on: 23 August 2007, 17:43:31 »
Christ the little buggers'll get in anywhere - probably trying to get out of the rain!!!

It's good everyones OK :y

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Re: Round and round
« Reply #5 on: 23 August 2007, 19:11:58 »
glad to hear you're all ok.

baffling wadding come out and blocked exhaust, not uncommon, but the end result is...
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Re: Round and round
« Reply #6 on: 30 August 2007, 13:28:15 »
Well got my car back today, insurance paid the garage for all repairs, only downside is that im minus an alloy as the one that blew buckled and damaged the rim, but I can get another dirt cheap of fleabay, glad to be driving about again, I did miss the old girl  :)
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« Reply #7 on: 30 August 2007, 13:47:21 »
Blimey a scary experience  :o
Glad you & yours were OK & now sorted  :)
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« Reply #8 on: 30 August 2007, 16:02:57 »
Glad that the Insurance squared it all up, could of easily been the other way...............

Good Driving :y :y
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« Reply #9 on: 30 August 2007, 16:45:18 »
lucky to get off without much more damage too  :y

i always carry a bogroll and a fresh pair of boxers in a bag in my boot :D
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« Reply #10 on: 30 August 2007, 16:58:37 »
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lucky to get off without much more damage too  :y

i always carry a bogroll and a fresh pair of boxers in a bag in my boot :D


A man after my own Heart  (you never know who will take you home) ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Round and round
« Reply #11 on: 30 August 2007, 17:41:49 »
unless i get knocked unconscious and dont get chance to wipe clean and change my pants before the paramedics arrive!!
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« Reply #12 on: 30 August 2007, 17:49:50 »
I've heard of (and seen) the wadding hanging out of the backbox before, but never heard of such a dramatic consequence. Glad you and the family are OK.

I would have thought the engine would stall before that much back pressure built up. Phew!
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Re: Round and round
« Reply #13 on: 30 August 2007, 18:30:21 »
The 2 rubber bits on the SAI had both blown off on the way up there, but I didnt really give it much thought as the engine was running fine apart from the loud blowing noise from the engine bay, only when I floored her did she tell me off, though the engine was shuddering at about 60mph and really coughing and spluttering just before it went bang, good things come from bad though, I have got an almost complete rear re-build, the garage have replaced the exhaust from cat to back box, complete suspension on rear (both sides although only one side was buggered, bumper and fuel tank. Only thing im missing is the alloy which aparrently the insurance say is not being replaced due to it not being a wheel that was standard (I have elite alloys). She drives like nothing happened though im still a bit reluctant to give the engine any stick lol
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