[doc] My first De Lorean breakdown!

[Thomas Mc Auley <dmc4087@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,
Tonight, my De Lorean decided to overheat on the motorway! All the coolant was pouring out of a coolant pipe under the car. So after filling it up with my coke bottles full of water (necessity) we made the 1 mile drive (barely) to the off ramp and pulled up in a car park. Unfortunatly, we had to call the RAC.
After half an hour and lots of people surrounding the car, they arrived. Turns out that someone made a half assed job before on the cooling system and used a small pipe which was barely long enough to do the job, so the pipe was just hanging off. After replacing that we had to bleed the system, and then fill her up. THEN the cooling fans wouldnt come on so it overheated again. Once we were sure the water was definately circling round, we decided to risk it and go home. Fortunately, it was all motorway, and the temp. stayed normal.
Once into the garage, the cooling fans came on! 
So tomorrow it will be going down to Paul O'Malley to have a new door put on, and get my gearbox sorted out. I'm sure it will come back a much better car, if it gets there!
 
Thomas
Vin #4087 (resting after a long day)

            
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