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06-10-2013, 04:06 PM
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Just had myself a lovely run in with a 'run away diesel' in my ZR TD
Basically driving home from Tesco, my turbo made a strange clunking sound then started screaming and tinging and lost all power.
Decided to baby the car home as I was like half a mile from my house, got into my street and my street was COVERED in white smoke, then she started to run away.. got to 3kprm luckily I reacted quick as I was expecting it foot on brakes into 5th stalled first time.
Oh yeah second turbo in 6 months..
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Haha good job getting it stalled. If it doesnt....RUN!
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06-10-2013, 04:10 PM
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https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=214...=2&theater
The video just before it ran away driving home.. no i wasn't talking to myself I had a mate in the car
Listen to the sound
(06-10-2013, 04:08 PM)4WayDiablo Wrote: Haha good job getting it stalled. If it doesnt....RUN!
Second car I've had run away on me -_-
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That wasn't it running away, that was it trying to be racecar
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06-10-2013, 06:25 PM
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Linky no worky mate. Might be FB's privacy settings?
My old 306 dieing its death. Had to drop the clutch in 5th to shut the damn thing up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv8QFq1YzcA
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(06-10-2013, 06:25 PM)Pete Wrote: Linky no worky mate. Might be FB's privacy settings?
My old 306 dieing its death. Had to drop the clutch in 5th to shut the damn thing up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv8QFq1YzcA
Oh dear, mine wasn't even close to being that bad..
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(06-10-2013, 10:57 PM)Scott Wrote: -1 point for MG reliability
That must be -90129823048239042 points by now.. :/
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New turbo on, ran away as soon as I fitted it because I'm a tool and just started it.. least to say I shit myself.
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11-10-2013, 08:23 PM
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