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help broken down in Luxembourg - swampy - 07-08-2014
En route to lake Geneva
Strong smell of diesel when going slow , had an investigate at the over night stop and the water in diesel sensor at the bottom was cracked, tried to remove it and it's now snapped totally off.
Can I wind a bolt in to the hole and cement it in place with epoxy resin as a make do till we get back to Britain?
RE: help broken down in Luxembourg - bashbarnard - 07-08-2014
Should be fine. If it really is an issue stick a little filter in and bypass for now
RE: help broken down in Luxembourg - swampy - 07-08-2014
This is on my alfa so can't put a smaller filter on.
Idea is to get some silicone sealant or epoxy resin, coat the threads of a bolt in it, wind it in to the filter hole, then coat over the top
Wasn't sure if it would work though
RE: help broken down in Luxembourg - toseland - 07-08-2014
how deep is the threaded hole? if its deep enough then some PTFE tape, around the thread and a really nice thick wadge around hte bolt head should be enough for a get you home..
RE: help broken down in Luxembourg - Dum-Dum - 07-08-2014
Get the black oil and fuel resistant sealant. Might as well be a permanent repair then.
RE: help broken down in Luxembourg - bashbarnard - 07-08-2014
Agree bung it up with sealent
RE: help broken down in Luxembourg - swampy - 07-08-2014
Do you have a name for the sealant that they would recognise out here?
Have had the breakdown services out, they are picking me and the filter up tomorrow and taking us to a garage to do the repair
RE: help broken down in Luxembourg - bashbarnard - 07-08-2014
Just shout really loud the english word for what you want. They love that over there
RE: help broken down in Luxembourg - swampy - 07-08-2014
(07-08-2014, 08:18 PM)bashbarnard Wrote: Just shout really loud the english word for what you want. They love that over there
Have tried that (well not that loud)
Even showed them a google translate page of what I wanted and that didn't work either.
RE: help broken down in Luxembourg - bashbarnard - 07-08-2014
Hylomar should be a universal one. Hermatite
What part of Luxembourg are you in they speak three languges therw
RE: help broken down in Luxembourg - swampy - 07-08-2014
Just out the city center close to the airport.
Most speak French pity I don't
RE: help broken down in Luxembourg - 1616six - 07-08-2014
How long are you stopped for? Happy to try and locate one & post it to you if you cover it when your home if it's any use?
See how nice I am even when you're a cock to me lol.
help broken down in Luxembourg - Jtrigga - 07-08-2014
Try not to let the sealant get into the fuel though probably don't want that to suck through. You could try bypass the housing for now just to get home.
RE: help broken down in Luxembourg - swampy - 08-08-2014
Only stopped for the night.
Can't bypass it as there is three hoses attached to it with quick snap connectors.
The sensor that is broken is available seperatly as a spare so worst cases cani to is we get a new one of those via the garage .
Should all be covered under our breakdown cover
RE: help broken down in Luxembourg - Ruan - 08-08-2014
If you find a bolt big enough, you won't need sealant.
If it's still leaking, take it apart, drain fuel out, clean of fuel, put sealant around threads and put bolt back in... If it's leaking with the bolt in there, putting sealant on there with fuel everywhere will do nothing, it won't seal when there's fuel about, it has to be TOTALLY dry of fuel.
RE: help broken down in Luxembourg - r3k1355 - 08-08-2014
Yep what Ruan said above, you've gotta take the part off/drain the fuel out and clean it up.
Best use some carb cleaner or similar to clean the threads up before the sealent go's in.
Do it right tho and it will be a permanent fix, it won't pop out again.
RE: help broken down in Luxembourg - swampy - 08-08-2014
Ended up getting recovered to the local main agent!
135euro later I drive out with a new filter
RE: help broken down in Luxembourg - 1616six - 08-08-2014
Least it's sorted... Get off here & enjoy your hols now!
RE: help broken down in Luxembourg - Seb_Ryan - 08-08-2014
This on a 156? Stupid sensors, 22 quid for a filter at trade price with sensor! The cheap ones come with just a bolt in there so maybe grab a cheapo one and leave it in boot just in case it happens again? Mine did the same