Phil ( snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :
Oh, yes. We're all jealous of somebody who sees a co.car on a par with a
1.6 Zafira as a status symbol. Green with envy, we are.
Not any more, I think. It used to be an inflexible rule, but they've stopped doing it when it's clearly silly.
Or a hydropneumatic Citroën with a dead engine.
The message from Ian Dalziel contains these words:
I called the RAC when my auto-box oil cooler leaked into the radiator. I explained what had happened and the woman said "We'll send out a patrol first" so I told her that it would be a complete waste of time and resources as the car wasn't going anywhere till it'd had a new radiator. After about 40mins a towtruck arrived.
Guy King ( snipped-for-privacy@zetnet.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :
Exactly what happened last time I needed 'em. Burst front-rear suspension hydraulic pipe on an XM.
"We'll send a patrol, then they'll organise a flatbed if one's needed" "If you do that, then by the time the flatbed gets here, they'll have a much harder job loading it, because it'll be flat on the ground"
Flatbed turned up, loaded me, and we were on the way by the time the van had initially been due to arrive.
Actually an AA bloke told me that too... what he was meaning though was if say the red oil lamp came on then to stop immediately but if say the engine management light came on (yellow) to drive gently and slowly to the nearest garage and no further.
The message from Adrian contains these words:
My Audi does. Has a little dot-matrix display for things like bulb out and fuel low. Normally orange, but backlight changes to red for things like "Shit, the brakes have failed".
Not my experience with the RAC.
"What's wrong with the car?"
"Head gaskets gone, I've no water, oil is coming from the head gasket, exhaust has made red arrows impersonations and the coolant pipes have blown off the bulkhead."
A patrol turned up first. TWICE. Both times the patrolman said, I guess you know what's wrong with your car.
I also had a broken driveshaft and said so. Only to have a patrol turn up and say, you have a broken driveshaft sir. Well no shit, sherlock.
No they don't...a handful do.
No it isn't.
--=20 Conor
I'm really a nice guy. If I had friends, they would tell you.
Quite common on modern lorries.
The engine check light (amber) comes on to indicate that the ECU has logged a fault code. This is not generally a reason to stop as a matter of urgency. However, common sense suggests treating the engine gently.
At this point I, like all the others replying to the post, would have taken it *really* easy, hoping not to provoke anything worse.
This means that unburnt fuel is passing into the catalytic converter. Time to stop. Because the catalytic converter needs to run *very* hot to work and having unburnt fuel in it will destroy it. Or possibly cause it to detonate.
Really, really, *really* time to stop now!
The unburnt fuel in the cat (or possibly some other part of the exhaust system) has just detonated, as predicted by the engine check light.
The original engine check light steady illumination was probably indicating some sensor or control failure that triggered the rest of the sorry tale.
Jonathan
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