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Tubes

Tubes

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im in the terminal 5 short stay car park (level 3 row v) with smoke pouring from what I think is the ACE pump and a horrible acrid smell. The ace reservoir is empty but when I bought the car I was told ACE had been removed (lesson learned). I also have a steady drip of pure water from below the car which has cant be coolant because I filled up with OAT mixture only this morning. That might be from running the recycled air for about an air accidentally, and he car doesn't have aircon.

AA is called and I'm hoping it's just a case of refilling the reservoir and coasting home for a long term repair and "proper" ace removal, but any ideas or opinions appreciated. Not desperate for anyone from here to come help just yet but I'll update if it looks like I need some more help.

Oh and the f up is that I'm supposed to be picking up my mother in law... From T3 :rolleyes:. what a day!
 
blue beasty said:
Risky, if it's been running dry the pulley bearing is probably dying, if/when it seizes you'll lose the belt and everything else it drives.
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Agreed. I wouldn't drive it more than few yards without the system oil tight - IME, its just adding to your repair costs..... if you loose the water pump for more than a minute or two, ( for example ), then it isn't going to end well:(
 
I'm in Holborn & not back to Langley until 7pm.

If it is the air-con pump, then best option is to bypass with a shorter serpentine belt. Maybe option two is to disconnect the pump clutch power ?

Even if the AC has no gas, I have seen some cars where the ECU tries to engage the pump for a few seconds at a time. Not sure if the P38 HEVAC does this or not.
 
Just to add to the flavour of how my day is going... I called the AA at 1:30 from Heathrow to take me to Kettering. They picked me up at about 3 and I was dumped at the services in toddington on the M1 and told another truck would pick me up. An hour later another truck took me to the next services on the M1 (Newport Pagnell) where I am now waiting until 11:30 for a third truck to hopefully take me home to Kettering.

Do you still have to pay if it would have literally been faster to push the damn thing home yourself?
 
Tubes said:
Just to add to the flavour of how my day is going... I called the AA at 1:30 from Heathrow to take me to Kettering. They picked me up at about 3 and I was dumped at the services in toddington on the M1 and told another truck would pick me up. An hour later another truck took me to the next services on the M1 (Newport Pagnell) where I am now waiting until 11:30 for a third truck to hopefully take me home to Kettering.

Do you still have to pay if it would have literally been faster to push the damn thing home yourself?
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Oh man that's seriously rubbish :eek:

Still, at least you've not got the MIL aboard :D
 
Tubes said:
Just to add to the flavour of how my day is going... I called the AA at 1:30 from Heathrow to take me to Kettering. They picked me up at about 3 and I was dumped at the services in toddington on the M1 and told another truck would pick me up. An hour later another truck took me to the next services on the M1 (Newport Pagnell) where I am now waiting until 11:30 for a third truck to hopefully take me home to Kettering.

Do you still have to pay if it would have literally been faster to push the damn thing home yourself?
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I experienced this a couple of years ago although I did not have too long a wait between each drop-off changeover. I then understood why they call it AA RELAY! It started at about 10am and didn't get to its destination( a garage) until 8pm when it was closed for the night so they had to drop it and me at my home, another 10 miles away - not a lot of use to me as I could do nothing with it!:( He told me to ring up the next morning and try to persuade them to come out again, although this was not normally done. I had been a member for 50 years and NEVER had to use the service before. Fortunately, they did understand the difficulty of living rurally and a local break-down came about 15 mins. after I rang and they not only took my car to my garage but then brought me home.:)
 
derwendolly said:
I experienced this a couple of years ago although I did not have too long a wait between each drop-off changeover. I then understood why they call it AA RELAY! .:)
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Gone are the days of a mechanic doing 8-5 in the workshop, then being on call, and driving from Inverness to Southampton (and back). The Selby train crash put the focus on tired driving, and changes to the Recovery operations were put in place. We are now subject to Tacho regs if going outwith a 100km (64 mile) radius of base - hence the Relay system.
Having said that - three trucks to go 85 miles is pretty poor. :(
 
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