Its on its way out isnt it!!! :(...thread now the offical bad luck dan club :(

[RX7Speedy]

Damn good show at the NEC. As for your car Dan. After spending all that time and money making it look good, get it rebuilt and singled and you know where you are. You could end up buying a bag of problems if you go for another car. Although if you want to upgrade then i`ll sell you the Supra at mate rate.

[Carl]

Dan,
It does sound very much like your engine maybe ok and you have an external leak somewhere,get the car hot in the daylight andn try to see where the steam is comiong from.
A good way to do this is to use a bit of card as a fan and fan the steam away to try to trace where it is coming from.
Hope this helps.
Kind regards
Carl

[Dan Norton]

Thanks for all your help carl, i\'ll have another look tomorrow .

Its very strange i must admit....at least i know how to bleed them properly now

Thanks carl.

Dan!!

[Dan Norton]

Originally posted by RX7Speedy
Damn good show at the NEC. As for your car Dan. After spending all that time and money making it look good, get it rebuilt and singled and you know where you are. You could end up buying a bag of problems if you go for another car. Although if you want to upgrade then i`ll sell you the Supra at mate rate.

Yea, thats the thing dave....if i sell it and try to source another from japan....with a single turbo set-up....i wont know what state the engine is in and i will have to spend a good chunk on it to make it look how i want :rolleyes: ....at least i\'m there now  looks wise

As for upgrading....theres nowt to upgrade too, the rx7 is the pinacle of japanese performance cars......why you bought a heavy ass supra i shall never know :rollin

Dan!!

[Dan Norton]

Ive had the most amazing 24 hours ever :reallymad :reallymad :reallymad

As you know about the coolant issues, then last night the rear veilside spat getting knocked off...........well it topped it off completely this morning:reallymad :reallymad

I went upto the bodyshop and dropped off my rear spat.....phoned my dad up to tell him i was on the way (was going to classic car show)...go the back way to mum and dads, get upto about 80mph....then ....BANG...i thought what the hell was that...must have been a pot hole or summit....car seemed fine so i carried on....at the next junction the guy in the van behind shouts "mate...summits just flown off your car, go back down the road, its still there".

I thought What the f%*K:mad:

Go down the road, pull up and it looks like the other rear spat....i thought bollox, and as i get out the car to look at the damage.......there it is...........THE WHOLE LEFT SIDE SKIRT HAD RIPPED OFF :reallymad :reallymad :reallymad

Went straight back upto the bodyshop, and they just couldnt believe it  


I really cany explain how bad i feel right now, it seems to just get worse and worse and worse....i\'m gutted....feel like just setting fire to the effing thing after this week :reallymad

needless to say, i\'m not in any mood to look at some mint classic cars after that just happened.....so i went home!


Dan:(

[Shark]

Keep your chin up mate,

I know how gutting it is when things just keep going wrong, but try not to forget that almost everything can be fixed.

it;ll feel that much better when it;s sorted

[Dan Norton]

Originally posted by Shark
Keep your chin up mate,

I know how gutting it is when things just keep going wrong, but try not to forget that almost everything can be fixed.

it;ll feel that much better when it;s sorted

Cheers mate.....i know what you mean....it just seems its all happening at once, and this latest episode is such unecessary expense

Dan!! (who is proper fooked off)

[gsb876]

Bloody hell Dan,

you are getting some very bad luck at the mo, but once everything is sorted and working correctly you\'ll be happy again:)

In the mean time take her MR2 off her:rollin :rollin :rollin

[Dan Norton]

Cheers gurj,

Its really been an awful week, i darnt go out the house today....doomed!

Haha....yea, i asked gemma if i could borrow it, she said with the luck you are having at the mo, no chance


Dan!!

[ds2000]

Dan,

I\'ve not read all of this thread yet so if this has been said then I\'m sorry.

Must be something about BigStu as my car has started doing the same, after Stu was interested :rollin

Mine has very similar symptoms.

Fill the coolant up and then start the car, get underneath and have a look for water leaks.  If you don\'t see anything leave the car to warm up properly (get the heaters on full whack too)

Once its heated up, blip the throttle a few times, give the car plenty of revs.

Look under the car again, if its the rad or the coolant hoses then you should see steaming water leaking out, depending on the size of the leak, mine absolutely gushes it out once the system is hot and under pressure

New hoses and or a new rad and you\'ll be sorted

I\'ve tracked a standard rad down in the US for £140 or an aftermarket aluminium one for £220.

Hoses will rush you about £75 if your using silicone (sfs performance or samco)

Good luck

Dave

[grinder]

Originally posted by Dan Norton
Also on the selling it point.what would i get for it if its playing up....unfortunatly, not much even tho its in nice nick now and with it looking how it does
Dan!!

and theres me thinking i could pick up a cheap car

[ds2000]

Just read all of this, chin up matey, bad things usually come along at once, just be glad its your car n not a loved one (I use the term loved loosely there )

I had similar gip with my Prelude 3 years ago, turned out all right in the end!

[Dan Norton]

Thanks for the kind words dave.

I cant do anything at the moment because the car is still in the bodyshop cos of what happened,

But as soon as its out,i have to look straight into it......things are looking a bit more positive with it tho, carl and yourself and others seem to think it could be a leak from the coolant system, and not necessary the water seals gone.

Love the prelude you had.....thats one car i have always wanted (specially when i was in my crx stage a few years ago), i would still like one now.
What went wrong with that?

Dan!!

[Dan Norton]

Originally posted by grinder
and theres me thinking i could pick up a cheap car

Hehe....hmmm....maybe not


Dan!!

[Dan Norton]

To make matters worse....ive had about 12 phonecalls from potential buyers

Dan!!