P38A Bloody potholes

keithcanfixit said:

Yes we have all had some sort of damage in the past with potholes, cracked alloys, broken springs etc etc but here is a new one for you, started Rangy and drove down road flooring it turbo kicks in with a good old surge, stopped at end of close, turned right and surged it again then suddenly hit pothole and loss of power. Had a short journey to do so decided to carry on but no real power as turbo not kicking in or so I thought, kickdown huge black smoke out of both exhaust pipes like something built by Gas Monkeys, so gingerly drove it back home thinking turbo cracked, oil seals blown or engine completely f..ked, imagine my relief when upon lifting bonnet I spy the problem straight away, the intercooler pipe had blown off the end of the EGR valve, 2 mins with a screw driver and new jubilee clip and jobs a gooden, could have kissed her

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gold rover said:

Yep we've nearly all become victims of the acne craters of the tarmac ribbon, these days. Most of us by merrily driving along and not being able to avoid the buggers , either because its dark/ wet/ hidden by the big truck that went over it without touching it.
However, have to say the opening post is making the former cop in me scream, and also think 'well hell mend you, maybe you wont "floor it" , whilst still in an obviously built up area of a "close" . If you hadn't been flooring it , you' just might have seen it and avoided it. You got off lightly this time, next time it might be a wheel.
As I am no longer a cop , I won't say any of that. Instead I will just think 'prat'.[/QUOh I see, so flooring it to a speed of 25mph on a clear road is now illegal, no wonder some people hate the police with that sort of attitude, a lighthearted post I put up earns me an insult from a retired Policeman, all I can is thank God your retired.
For the record I have held a completely clean driving license for 44yrs, no points, no speeding fines, not even a parking ticket despite having driven over 1,600,000 miles and as well as passing my driving test first time . Pothole, should maybe have been a sleeping Policeman lol

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keithcanfixit said:

I see, so flooring it to a speed of 25mph on a clear road is now illegal, no wonder some people hate the police with that sort of attitude, a lighthearted post I put up earns me an insult from a retired Policeman, all I can is thank God your retired.
For the record I have held a completely clean driving license for 44yrs, no points, no speeding fines, not even a parking ticket despite having driven over 1,600,000 miles and as well as passing my driving test first time . Pothole, should maybe have been a sleeping Policeman lol

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Grrrrrr said:

You have to floor the P38 turbo-wheezle to get it to move! Until that turbo kicks in @1700 it is decidedly nonchalant.

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Grrrrrr said:

You have to floor the P38 turbo-wheezle to get it to move! Until that turbo kicks in @1700 it is decidedly nonchalant.

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Datatek said:

Rubbish.

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Datatek said:

Rubbish.

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