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Can you damage a car by parking on a slope?

shnaek · 2006-04-06 11:46:12

Can you damage a car by leaving it parked on a 45 degree slope for 2 weeks? My girlfriend did this. Today is the first day she has driven it in almost two weeks and her engine is heating up a lot. She has had to pull over several times to let it cool.

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#32 07-04-2006 3:40pm

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Rover 25?

Oh dear. It's almost certainly head gasket failure. They all do that sir :mad:

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#33 07-04-2006 3:55pm

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Ar*e! How much € is she looking at?

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#34 07-04-2006 3:57pm

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I would doubt that the hill had anything to do with it.

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#35 07-04-2006 4:18pm

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Anan1 wrote:

Brake fluid is not water based! It does, though, absorb water over time, which is why it needs to be periodically replaced. Brake fluid can boil, though, leading to loss of braking.

Ok that was something I picked up in a class sometime ago obviously the instructor needs to read up on brake fluid more. But yeah I know brake fluid boils but when water is present it will cause a vapour lock in the system

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#36 07-04-2006 4:39pm

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shnaek wrote:

Ar*e! How much € is she looking at?

That I don't know. Parts cheap, labour expensive (couple of hundred?).

I just saw that the gasket was already done, was it recently?

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