Irishrover
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Here we go for a long story......Once upon a time an Englishman who came to Ireland a few years ago to educate the Irish 
went back to England on 13th December and returned home on 25th January. During that time, Er Indoors Mitsubishi Colt was parked tight to the garage doors for security reasons wth the handbrake off and in 1st. gear. The wicked fairy decided to freeze all the water supply to the house and fortunately, a good neighbour found that we had a couple of burst pipes when the water came back on. Following a phone call, I told her where the stop tap key was to be found in the garage. The Colt was rolled forward, key found and water turned off. Colt was rolled back and the handbrake firmly applied. When we returned home, rear brakes seized solid. Started V8 P38 in garage..fired straight up. Drove Colt off the drive with one rear wheel still locked. Drove P38 out of garage onto road. Colt was put in garage for repairs..went to P38 would not start, eventually started it and kept cutting out at idle, revved arse out of it and saw lump of something shoot out of tailpipe similar to a RPG, car ran better. Left P38 idling on drive until up to temperature then switched off. Now a pain in the ass to start again, my thoughts are that the condensation in the exhaust froze during the ultra cold weather of Dec./Jan and when it thawed, parts of the rusty interior of the exhaust broke away and partially blocked the system which in turn restricted the engine from "Breathing" properly, hence the bad starting/poor running. The exhaust system s around 4-5 years old and is mild steel.
You see folks that I not only reply to a few queries on here, but I also suffer from problems, albeit very rarely !!
That said, I would rather work on the P38 than the fiddly rear brakes on the Missus's Colt anyday.
went back to England on 13th December and returned home on 25th January. During that time, Er Indoors Mitsubishi Colt was parked tight to the garage doors for security reasons wth the handbrake off and in 1st. gear. The wicked fairy decided to freeze all the water supply to the house and fortunately, a good neighbour found that we had a couple of burst pipes when the water came back on. Following a phone call, I told her where the stop tap key was to be found in the garage. The Colt was rolled forward, key found and water turned off. Colt was rolled back and the handbrake firmly applied. When we returned home, rear brakes seized solid. Started V8 P38 in garage..fired straight up. Drove Colt off the drive with one rear wheel still locked. Drove P38 out of garage onto road. Colt was put in garage for repairs..went to P38 would not start, eventually started it and kept cutting out at idle, revved arse out of it and saw lump of something shoot out of tailpipe similar to a RPG, car ran better. Left P38 idling on drive until up to temperature then switched off. Now a pain in the ass to start again, my thoughts are that the condensation in the exhaust froze during the ultra cold weather of Dec./Jan and when it thawed, parts of the rusty interior of the exhaust broke away and partially blocked the system which in turn restricted the engine from "Breathing" properly, hence the bad starting/poor running. The exhaust system s around 4-5 years old and is mild steel.You see folks that I not only reply to a few queries on here, but I also suffer from problems, albeit very rarely !!
That said, I would rather work on the P38 than the fiddly rear brakes on the Missus's Colt anyday.
