[doc] Re: My first De Lorean breakdown!

["nick12dmc" <Tammyfew@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Thomas,
Sorry to hear about your overheat. I would keep a careful eye on
the Thermostat from now on as once you overheat it can cause 
problems. I had a blocked return pipe which caused my first overheat
this then damaged the Thermostat. This coupled with one of my
head gaskets having a weak area from age/storage (basicly rotted)
caused the last more dramatic head gasket failure. On a positive
note the heads did not get hot enough to warp.
Should get my engine back together this weekend!
Best Regards
Nick H



--- In doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Thomas Mc Auley <dmc4087@xxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
> Tonight, my De Lorean decided to overheat on the motorway! All the 
coolant was pouring out of a coolant pipe under the car. So after 
filling it up with my coke bottles full of water (necessity) we made 
the 1 mile drive (barely) to the off ramp and pulled up in a car 
park. Unfortunatly, we had to call the RAC.
> After half an hour and lots of people surrounding the car, they 
arrived. Turns out that someone made a half assed job before on the 
cooling system and used a small pipe which was barely long enough to 
do the job, so the pipe was just hanging off. After replacing that we 
had to bleed the system, and then fill her up. THEN the cooling fans 
wouldnt come on so it overheated again. Once we were sure the water 
was definately circling round, we decided to risk it and go home. 
Fortunately, it was all motorway, and the temp. stayed normal.
> Once into the garage, the cooling fans came on! 
> So tomorrow it will be going down to Paul O'Malley to have a new 
door put on, and get my gearbox sorted out. I'm sure it will come 
back a much better car, if it gets there!
>  
> Thomas
> Vin #4087 (resting after a long day)
> 
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