i'm afraid i won't be able to race any more this season as my car decided to loose a bottom hose on the way home from my workshop today
i was moving slowly in traffic an the temp was doing its usual creep up to around 180 and seemed to level out as usual wasn't till around ten minuets later when the traffic cleared and i started moving that i noticed somthing wasn't quite right by this time i was very near home about a 30 seconds away infact car still seemed to be driving fine but the box felt like it was slipping a bit, anyway pulled up outside my garage turned the car off and it dissapeared in a cloud of smoke with the sort of smell you get in a bad car crash. popped the bonnet and there it was the bottom hose had failed didn't see any steam when it went so i thought mybe it had just gone hence the smoke but there was no water under the car or in the hose left it for while to cool then went back and gave it go at restarting it fired up pretty much straight away but it don't sound good sort of anything that can rattle does ,with the oil pump having let go last week and this having happend now i think the engine is a goner so i'm afraid that's me out for the rest of the year as i can't afford a new lump and not to the spec this one was at . I have my other project cortinas that i have to get done so i have decided to either sell it or loose it in the garage for a few years either way it not what i want to do
if anybody wants to buy it it does still run and drive but thats whats wrong with it , over the last few years it has had over £14,000 spent on it with over half that on the running gear its a great car and I don't want to get rid of it but i just can't afford it at the moment so its up for sensible offers bearing in mind the spec and the ammount it has had spent hope to see everyone soon
Mark .
i was moving slowly in traffic an the temp was doing its usual creep up to around 180 and seemed to level out as usual wasn't till around ten minuets later when the traffic cleared and i started moving that i noticed somthing wasn't quite right by this time i was very near home about a 30 seconds away infact car still seemed to be driving fine but the box felt like it was slipping a bit, anyway pulled up outside my garage turned the car off and it dissapeared in a cloud of smoke with the sort of smell you get in a bad car crash. popped the bonnet and there it was the bottom hose had failed didn't see any steam when it went so i thought mybe it had just gone hence the smoke but there was no water under the car or in the hose left it for while to cool then went back and gave it go at restarting it fired up pretty much straight away but it don't sound good sort of anything that can rattle does ,with the oil pump having let go last week and this having happend now i think the engine is a goner so i'm afraid that's me out for the rest of the year as i can't afford a new lump and not to the spec this one was at . I have my other project cortinas that i have to get done so i have decided to either sell it or loose it in the garage for a few years either way it not what i want to do
if anybody wants to buy it it does still run and drive but thats whats wrong with it , over the last few years it has had over £14,000 spent on it with over half that on the running gear its a great car and I don't want to get rid of it but i just can't afford it at the moment so its up for sensible offers bearing in mind the spec and the ammount it has had spent hope to see everyone soon
Mark .
