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[Cord Fourteener]

This is a bad idea, but I'm thinking out loud, so to speak. 

Any shitters with a You Tube or other social media, do you want to experiment with diesel engine runaway?

My Mondeo is literally trying to run away right now, any heavy or full throttle makes it start. Currently I'm able to bring it back down using the brakes as its only happening when I'm loading it up eg giving it the beans up hills. An overtake would end up in disaster, not least because of the smoke screen it produces in this condition that HMS Belfast would consider adequate to withdraw behind. 

Therefore this could be used to test and therefore educate the wider public if you can prevent runaway from static by using full braking power and high gears and dumping the clutch therefore stalling the engine. 

You'd have to have access to waste land, say an ex-industrial unit, you'd have to give me scrap value for the car and transport it to the location (it won't make a long journey safely under its own steam).

You'd probably have to make sure no-one is going to want to breathe down wind, that there's not many people to complain about the noise and you might want to tell the fire brigade that there's not a fire, it's just a social media stunt. 

You'd probably want to consider the possibility of the radiator exploding in a hot steamy mess of plastic shrapnel and have more than just a hanky and hand gel as a first aid precaution. 

You might want to plant a small forest to re-absord the co2 released...

If the above is deemed possible, the method i would employ would be to drive the car, warm it up, then go for a second gear full throttle run. This will result in a runaway, then you can film the attempt to recover both from moving and also from static simply by going into neutral and coming to a stop, then attempting recovery. 

The car is goosed right now so it won't mind sacrificing itself for the greater good. 

Though, as I said, I'm fully aware this is probably just a silly and very dangerously polluting idea.

[Leyland Worldmaster]

19 hours ago, clayts450 said:

Squeaked over Snake Pass before they shut it at 1pm this afternoon for safety reasons. Gawd bless Michelin Cross Climates. Enabled me to overtake 6 strugglers whose wheels were spinning like crazy up the last big hill before the downhill section to Glossop.

TBF, I really was chancing my arm. Pissing with rain in Sheffield and I reckoned it could turn to snow over the Pass. It did....and then some. 

Other motorists felt the best thing to do was drive slowly at 10mph - up a hill. Fuck that, I wasn't gonna get stuck behind them when they inevitably failed to reach the summit. [clarkson mode]POWER[/clarkson]. Coasted up the hill at 30mph leaving a quickly disappearing trail of slow moving ve-hickles behind me. No skids, no loss of traction, no skid marks in the undercrackers. Win.

https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/live-updates-heavy-snow-closes-6308962

So bloody glad I've got a set of Crossclimate 2 on Alison! 👍 👍 👍 😎 😎 😎 

[SiC]

Speaking of which... @barefoot

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/zz-top-kermit-and-the-beast-among-most-unusual-car-names-dvla-reveals

ZZ Top, Kermit, and The Beast among most unusual car names DVLA reveals

Research by DVLA shows that 1 in 6 motorists have named their car, with 27% of those surveyed admitting they had given their motor a moniker.

[wuvvum]

Re diesel runaway - when I had a Movano which was doing the same thing I loosened the Jubilee clip on the pipe into the air filter box and carried an old HBOL in the cab with me.  The idea was that if the engine did properly run away, I could pop the bonnet, yank the pipe off the air box and hold the HBOL (other large useless hardback books are available) over the intake to starve the engine of air.  That might be worth doing as a failsafe if someone does go down that route and the engine can't be stalled on the clutch - it might prevent the engine from seizing suddenly at 5,000rpm and yeeting its DMF through the radiator.

[wuvvum]

2 minutes ago, SiC said:

1 in 6 motorists...  27%

Glad to see the DVLA's mathematical skills haven't been affected by lockdown.

[Leyland Worldmaster]

I was wasting time on YT the other day and one person experiencing  a Runaway Engine used a Carbon Dioxide Fire Extinguisher. Another used some sort of textile thing and stuffed it into the turbo. 

Fuck getting anywhere near any of that! 

😱

[New POD]

1 minute ago, wuvvum said:

Glad to see the DVLA's mathematical skills haven't been affected by lockdown.

I wonder how many people they asked?  6 random civil servant office worker types in a Welsh city beginning with SW and not far from Cardiff. 

 

[TheOtherStu]

43 minutes ago, SiC said:

Speaking of which... @barefoot

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/zz-top-kermit-and-the-beast-among-most-unusual-car-names-dvla-reveals

ZZ Top, Kermit, and The Beast among most unusual car names DVLA reveals

Research by DVLA shows that 1 in 6 motorists have named their car, with 27% of those surveyed admitting they had given their motor a moniker.

Kermit unusual? I would have thought anyone with a bright green car (I'm looking at you in particular Focus RS owners) would call theirs this?

And "The Beast" being unusual? I bet half the people with a collection of shite have a "beast" in their collection.

[barefoot]

48 minutes ago, SiC said:

Research by DVLA shows that 1 in 6 motorists are utter twats.

See, it's official.

[wesacosa]

46 minutes ago, Leyland Worldmaster said:

I was wasting time on YT the other day and one person experiencing  a Runaway Engine used a Carbon Dioxide Fire Extinguisher. Another used some sort of textile thing and stuffed it into the turbo. 

Fuck getting anywhere near any of that! 

😱

when I was at uni we were doing some work in an engine Dyno, there was about 5 engines in the room  on dyno. Pre heath and safety days as the students were just stood next to the running engine and not in the control room.  Next thing it lunches its turbo and starts running away on its oil.  Luckily the lab technician was at the other side of the room and sprang to action, running over and almost leaping through the air to stuff his white lab coat down the intake and shut it off before any of us dipshits even knew what was going on

[stuboy]

On 11/28/2021 at 10:14 AM, stuboy said:

I broke the autoshite rule... I spent more than £3.62..was in aldi and thought do these fuggers work, the galaxy is my 2nd motor so spends lot time parked up, and get steamed up so thought stop being a tight miser and get one... better work at £7.99...

Daddy wagon sitting about for 10 days, jump start and a good long drive, and this moisture trapping so far..

[captain_70s]

12 minutes ago, TheOtherStu said:

And "The Beast" being unusual? I bet half the people with a collection of shite have a "beast" in their collection.

Not in Scotland...

[grogee]

14 minutes ago, TheOtherStu said:

 

And "The Beast" being unusual? I bet half the people with a collection of shite have a "beast" in their collection.

Christ my big impact gun is called that. Also the larger iron swing press

[TheOtherStu]

6 minutes ago, grogee said:

Christ my big impact gun is called that. Also the larger iron swing press

Let's be honest, if you had a garage full of Seicentos and 2CVs and then you happened to have a big ol' Jag V12, I mean, what else could you call it?

[grogee]

4x new Toyos fitted to the Brokus. Well, nearly. To minimize cost I bought 4x 205 55 16 Toyos (new) from the bay, £175 delivered. Then I got my tame wheel repair man to put them on. The downside is that I had to drive the wheels there and back and take the wheels off the car and refit myself. Also I've now got four scrap tyres in the garden waiting* for me to do something about them. Anyway he wanted £20 to do all four, so that's less than £50/corner for four new, decent tyres which I reckon is alright. Got to be better than the motley collection of ditchfinders that came off. 

Hopefully I've got a few days before Mrs Grogee notices them and tells me to get rid. 

[artdjones]

28 minutes ago, barefoot said:

See, it's official.

Just check the driving standards thread for confirmation.

[Cord Fourteener]

1 hour ago, wuvvum said:

Glad to see the DVLA's mathematical skills haven't been affected by lockdown.

Funny, the dvla have screwed up my vehicle ownership. 

I sold my Passat, it was transferred online. 

Next thing the new owner is getting tax dd for her old car,  I'm getting tax dd for the Passat, I'm not getting charged for my new car. 

That works out even if it's wrong, at least for me,  until I got a parking fine that the new owner did. 

I've appealed, and I told the dvla, awaiting response. It's been thee weeks...

[barefoot]

33 minutes ago, grogee said:

Christ my big impact gun is called that. Also the larger iron swing press

Twat

[sdkrc]

20 minutes ago, Cord Fourteener said:

Funny, the dvla have screwed up my vehicle ownership. 

I sold my Passat, it was transferred online. 

Next thing the new owner is getting tax dd for her old car,  I'm getting tax dd for the Passat, I'm not getting charged for my new car. 

That works out even if it's wrong, at least for me,  until I got a parking fine that the new owner did. 

I've appealed, and I told the dvla, awaiting response. It's been thee weeks...

I SORNed my V90 in August. The direct debits came out for a further 3 months. I called up the DVLA, talked to someone who blamed an absolutely implausible system error and she sorted out a mailed cheque refund within a rapid 6 weeks. 

 

Bunch of donkeys

[Cord Fourteener]

New car (for Wifey)

1.4 pez. Collected from neighbour so no pez shots etc etc, but look at the blue! It's definitely blue. 

[wuvvum]

2 hours ago, Cord Fourteener said:

Funny, the dvla have screwed up my vehicle ownership. 

I sold my Passat, it was transferred online. 

Next thing the new owner is getting tax dd for her old car,  I'm getting tax dd for the Passat, I'm not getting charged for my new car. 

That works out even if it's wrong, at least for me,  until I got a parking fine that the new owner did. 

I've appealed, and I told the dvla, awaiting response. It's been thee weeks...

They carried on taking the direct debit for the Dodge Caliber tax for two months after I'd sold it, despite having sent me the confirmation that I was no longer the registered keeper.  

[wuvvum]

3 hours ago, Leyland Worldmaster said:

I was wasting time on YT the other day and one person experiencing  a Runaway Engine used a Carbon Dioxide Fire Extinguisher. Another used some sort of textile thing and stuffed it into the turbo. 

Fuck getting anywhere near any of that! 

😱

Those are two other options, but textiles can get sucked into the engine and the CO2 from an extinguisher can shock cool the engine and cause things to crack.  Not an issue if the engine is being scrapped anyway obvs.

[reb]

Walked out of a busy shift at work because the shift manager was shouting at me for not knowing how to do things I hadn't been trained how to do. This comes less than 48 hours after talking with the store manager about how my disabilities affect me in the workplace. I didn't just up and go, I told them if they kept shouting I'd leave, they kept shouting.

Fast food can do one.

[Fumbler]

1 hour ago, wuvvum said:

Those are two other options, but textiles can get sucked into the engine and the CO2 from an extinguisher can shock cool the engine and cause things to crack.  Not an issue if the engine is being scrapped anyway obvs.

I've always know the go-to runaway prevention kit is to have a Yellow Pages or a slab of thick plywood handy. There's a video of someone's turbocharged Detroit diesel running away and the piece of plastic he used to try block the turbo was sucked in and ruined the turbo blades. At least that item's replaceable I suppose.

[brownnova]

The chap I bought my Volvo off told me when I was viewing it that it had most of the options except for Cruise control. Hence I never even looked for it.

Yesterday whilst groping in the dark for the wash wipe (on the wrong side… too many cars it gets confusing) I found a switch which felt very much like a cruise control switch. Sure enough it is… and it works…. Bonus! 
 

Have a bonus black and white Volvo photo in celebration! 

[captain_70s]

8 minutes ago, reb said:

Walked out of a busy shift at work because the shift manager was shouting at me for not knowing how to do things I hadn't been trained how to do. This comes less than 48 hours after talking with the store manager about how my disabilities affect me in the workplace. I didn't just up and go, I told them if they kept shouting I'd leave, they kept shouting.

Fast food can do one.

Can probably rule out production and most other "low skill" jobs. Being treat like dirt comes with the territory. 

[captain_70s]

Just now, brownnova said:

found a switch which felt very much like a cruise control switch. Sure enough it is… and it works…. Bonus! 

You jammy bastard. The only thing I really wish my 740 had is cruise, although I suspect it'd make the already bad fuel economy even worse.

[reb]

1 minute ago, captain_70s said:

You jammy bastard. The only thing I really wish my 740 had is cruise, although I suspect it'd make the already bad fuel economy even worse.

I find in my 850 cruise actually helps the fuel economy. I've had 50+mpg out of it with the cruise set at 55 on the dual carriageway.

[reb]

4 minutes ago, captain_70s said:

Can probably rule out production and most other "low skill" jobs. Being treat like dirt comes with the territory. 

This is just a stop gap until I finish some training for higher paid/skilled jobs. I don't really need it to be honest, so I was very comfortable walking out. It was either that or say/do something that would definitely lose me the job.

[brownnova]

Cruise is one of my favourite features if I’m going long distance. Adaptive cruise on the wife’s modern… now that’s weird.