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My Car is Dead, long live the car....
Ferrettbadger. The Renegade Master Started conversation Dec 16, 2004
Boo hoo 
My luvly car died, in a really inconveneint place, the busiest road in Plymouth right at a junction, stopped in the bus lane. Towed it home and we have no clue whatsoever what is wrong with it. B*gger!
My Car is Dead, long live the car....
Ferrettbadger. The Renegade Master Posted Dec 16, 2004
Allthough I have just discovered that despite filling the radiator with water on Monday it is empty..... hmmmm.....
My Car is Dead, long live the car....
Number Six Posted Dec 16, 2004
Ouch. At least you've got an idea now.
I've had to call out Green Flag twice in the last week. The glow plugs had gone, unknown to me, which has meant that for months the battery has been struggling to turn over my diesel Citroen lump and been slowly having the life force drained from it. So I had to call them out on Sunday to get me home and then again this morning so I could drive it to a garage.
It seems fitting new glow plugs necessitates taking off the pump, which will set me back £145 + VAT.
My Car is Dead, long live the car....
Ferrettbadger. The Renegade Master Posted Dec 16, 2004
ouch!
Well it looks as though some fuse has blown, also I think I might have a oil leak somewhere. But apparantly it is not so bad, might even be back on the road this weekend! Hurrah!
My Car is Dead, long live the car....
Ferrettbadger. The Renegade Master Posted Dec 16, 2004
Cheers!
My Car is Dead, long live the car....
Pimms Posted Dec 17, 2004
It is that time of year. My car was also very sick in the last week, overheating, and causing me to call International Rescue. Diagnosis: head gasket blown and radiator damaged. Cost of repair: uneconomic - more than I paid for the car!
What am I to replace it with? (rhetorical)
Pimms 
My Car is Dead, long live the car....
Number Six Posted Dec 17, 2004
I can do you a very nice reliable 8 year-old Citroen Xantia Turbo Diesel Estate...
My Car is Dead, long live the car....
Ferrettbadger. The Renegade Master Posted Dec 17, 2004
Well car is now fixed, I even replaced the radiator all by myself 
...
However Oil is leaking out of the Sump Gaskett so I am going to have to try to fix that on Sunday, still I have wheels again! Hurrah!
My Car is Dead, long live the car....
Ferrettbadger. The Renegade Master Posted Dec 19, 2004
Wahey have got some I.C.E. in my car now hooray, no more inging to myself like a mad crazy eejit!
My Car is Dead, long live the car....
tookeyg Posted Dec 30, 2004
First cars normally die early, especially if its a complete donkey like yours was!! Did you fill it with diesel instead of petrol?
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My Car is Dead, long live the car....
- 1: Ferrettbadger. The Renegade Master (Dec 16, 2004)
- 2: Ferrettbadger. The Renegade Master (Dec 16, 2004)
- 3: Number Six (Dec 16, 2004)
- 4: Ferrettbadger. The Renegade Master (Dec 16, 2004)
- 5: hellboundforjoy (Dec 16, 2004)
- 6: Ferrettbadger. The Renegade Master (Dec 16, 2004)
- 7: Pimms (Dec 17, 2004)
- 8: Number Six (Dec 17, 2004)
- 9: Ferrettbadger. The Renegade Master (Dec 17, 2004)
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- 11: tookeyg (Dec 30, 2004)
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