Mark Piercy

Mark Piercy

Well fumbled member....
Full Member
Excuse me for this... But fùcking baßtard car... You won't believe how lucky I was just then.....
IMG_20190207_094559.jpg
IMG_20190207_093954.jpg

I was just stood there in front of the radiator looking at the cracks in the top thinking I'll post this up on the farm....my arm didn't get away so well though...
15495294349612857676545981544109.jpg
 
Ouch!
That's the trouble with Plastics/resins, when they go, they just "GO".
I had the top-hose spigot just "snap" off the rad on my old Merc in the same manner. Luckily I was safely inside the car looking through the cloud of steam, not fending it off with my forearm.
Hope you both get patched up pronto.
 
Yep rads do that now and again. Have one in the garage with exactly the same problem.
 
I have had 2 go, I now have an all metal one in the project car. I will be fitting a GEMS V8 RAD when the one in my daily driver goes again but a metal version.
Plastic is not up to the expansion and contraction that occurs with the temperature changes.
Never work with bare arms.:(
 
Rather an arm than an eye! Go get it checked out dude, it's not just water in there that burned you. My granny would have cut a spud in half and held it on there, something to do with the starch?
Good warning to us all that even following safety procedure you are only so safe
 
Mark Piercy said:
Turin? Wash paint off?

Damn it.. 2nd degree burn to my forearm and seven days off work...
The fan and shroud have been replaced with a large diameter electric fan and dedicated shroud. .
Click to expand...
Not sure what kind of work you do, but 7 days?
 
Last edited:
Mark Piercy said:
Turin? Wash paint off?

Damn it.. 2nd degree burn to my forearm and seven days off work...
The fan and shroud have been replaced with a large diameter electric fan and dedicated shroud. .
Click to expand...

Was the fan running when the rad popped?
 
myfirstl322 said:
Not sure what kind of work you do, but 7 days?

Poof.
Click to expand...
Self employed mechanic at my own garage at home
I have to fill in paperwork and keep some of it and send the rest of it to myself:rolleyes:...

wammers said:
Was the fan running when the rad popped?
Click to expand...
All sat quite happily ticking over and no fan at that point. I'll check the electric thermostat.
I had no concerns about an overheat..:(
 
Mark Piercy said:
Self employed mechanic at my own garage at home
I have to fill in paperwork and keep some of it and send the rest of it to myself:rolleyes:...


All sat quite happily ticking over and no fan at that point. I'll check the electric thermostat.
I had no concerns about an overheat..:(
Click to expand...

Had you been driving it then stopped and left it idling or was it just idling for a while after start up?
 
wammers said:
Had you been driving it then stopped and left it idling or was it just idling for a while after start up?
Click to expand...
I had done a twenty minutes drive,
parked outside the garage, turned it off,
Restarted 5 minutes later and it sat idling while I checked around the engine bay.
The whole length of the radiator was cracked both sides along the top ridge.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

feyniriel
P38 EAS problems
Replies
18
Views
1K
pwood999
pwood999
T
Creative air con installation
Replies
4
Views
700
lynall
L
malcolm_durant
Fitting a Second-hand IRD - sensible precautions?
Replies
5
Views
759
malcolm_durant
malcolm_durant
marjon
L322 Key fob case replacement.
Replies
5
Views
539
marjon
marjon
dconnrt
80's 110 - Braking pulling to the right in wet conditions
Replies
5
Views
564
dconnrt
dconnrt