lesapandre Posted June 20 Author Share Posted June 20 Still-life with Peugeots motorpunk, Dyslexic Viking, Asimo and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted June 20 Author Share Posted June 20 Quel désastre! W124 has sprung a comically bad fuel leak! It's got an undertray so I don't think this is damage - corrosion or a dried out union - or maybe the pump. Saabnut, Dyslexic Viking and Scruffy Bodger 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted June 21 Author Share Posted June 21 It's squirting out when the fuel pump fires. As usual lots of advice on the web. I'll need to get it on ramps and have a good look. So that's it for this car for a bit. My hunch is a union has failed - but who knows. https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Mercedes+W123+Fuel+Lines+(Rear)+Replacement/33386 I could have it recovered and looked at by a local garage (it's too dangerous to drive though it runs fine) but it will be €€€'s. So no I will come back for it with some kit after doing more research. New one on me - never had a fuel line leak on anything - but the car is 32. I thought I could smell ⛽️ over a few days. Should have bought the XM 😄 Rust Collector, Scruffy Bodger, Saabnut and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted June 21 Author Share Posted June 21 My attempt to buy a 2nd hand car at the local garage came to nothing - all the cheap cars had gone - was a nice AX I fancied. Something will turn up - or I will have to get the train home - if there are any. Better the 124 breaks down here than in Lithuania or in Spain - both of which were (are) on the agenda. It's pretty minor but fiddley - struck me it might be rodent damage. The philosopher Montaigne says we have a better time when things go wrong not right - at least some of the time... 🐁🐀🐁🐀🐁🐀🐁🐀🐁🐀🐁🐀🐁🐀🐁🐀🐁🐈⬛ nomiST, motorpunk and mk2_craig 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motorpunk Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 paulplom, lesapandre, djim and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted Wednesday at 05:56 AM Author Share Posted Wednesday at 05:56 AM Ce matin je va a la garage dans le bomb surprise... Gotta get something that works or get it fixed. Anyway I'll have a nice lunch... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted Wednesday at 06:09 AM Author Share Posted Wednesday at 06:09 AM 10 hours ago, motorpunk said: I'll look and see what Montaigne says about buying 2nd hand cars - some wise words probably🤺 motorpunk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Pastry Posted Wednesday at 06:13 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 06:13 AM 7 hours ago, lesapandre said: Ce matin je va a la garage dans le bomb surprise... Er, Montaigne would say, Je vais au garage dans la bombe surprise... lesapandre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted Wednesday at 06:35 AM Author Share Posted Wednesday at 06:35 AM I have French 0-Level Grade C - could do better... I realised France was a cool place when our French teacher (who was French) used to smoke whilst teaching us...zut alors. But no smoking aux bomb surprise ce matin... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Pastry Posted Wednesday at 07:01 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 07:01 AM 15 minutes ago, lesapandre said: I have French 0-Level Grade C - could do better... Soz, I wasn't having a go, I got to A level and learnt nothing, then spoke it a bit in real life and learnt a lot, so stuff like that sort of jumps out. Of course it's far better to speak bad French than expect them to speak English - why should they? I hope you can get the motor sorted without too much bother. lesapandre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted Wednesday at 12:32 PM Author Share Posted Wednesday at 12:32 PM Au garage...they are going to look at it...nice man. This is nothing I can tackle at the roadside - the undertray needs detaching etc. No offence taken - I sometimes mangle my French... In the meantime I put the car in a ditch - they have deep 'fosses' each side of the lanes and getting by passing cars can be dicey. Still some good ol boys pulled me out with a tractor. BeEP, mk2_craig, Asimo and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted Wednesday at 12:34 PM Author Share Posted Wednesday at 12:34 PM Good lunch - but these ditches are lethal. Epic car wrecks at the garage - lethal country lanes here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2_craig Posted Wednesday at 01:14 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 01:14 PM I trust you have bought the LN, cleaned the screen briefly and chucked some french pez in the tank. It’s even the same* colour as the Merc! lesapandre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted Wednesday at 01:38 PM Author Share Posted Wednesday at 01:38 PM I am driving one of these temporarily. Just had the brakes seen to - these are discs on the front. Sticking calipers. 2.0 petrol engine and 50€ fill-up. 😊 Bit different...very slow and rattly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted Wednesday at 01:41 PM Author Share Posted Wednesday at 01:41 PM Asimo, Dyslexic Viking, BeEP and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted Wednesday at 01:48 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 01:48 PM le tow bar le a frame ? repatriate merc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted Wednesday at 01:50 PM Author Share Posted Wednesday at 01:50 PM It's now at the garage awaiting it's turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted Wednesday at 09:59 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 09:59 PM 8 hours ago, lesapandre said: It's now at the garage awaiting it's turn. Nominated for a shite award. No, no clue which one. Just, mega. lesapandre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted Thursday at 01:16 PM Author Share Posted Thursday at 01:16 PM Well it's the fuel pump. The Benz stood for a decade and I only use it a few times a year - so the poor old fuel pump has had enough. Expensive but better it packs up in a nice French village than out on the Autoroute or a Spanish mountain or on the Baltic coast somewhere. Probably a week or 2 to get it fixed by the time the parts have come. Nice plaque at the garage - they are Citroen dealership. Asimo, mk2_craig and RobT 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted 13 hours ago Author Share Posted 13 hours ago Biding my time in France. May get the Benz back Wednesday...🤞 J W Pepper, motorpunk, Rust Collector and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motorpunk Posted 8 hours ago Share Posted 8 hours ago Am thoroughly enjoying your posts. Thanks for sharing. lesapandre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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