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  • 02-09-2007 11:37pm
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    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 38,975 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    My car's temperature light came on yesterday as I was heading towards Leixlip (about a mile from home).
    I pulled over and took a look and the coolant cap was loose and no coolant inside the bottle :(
    I tried ringing home but no answer! I rang the AA but it would be ages before they could get to me.
    Anyhow, Gerry from boards happened to pass, recognised me and pulled over. He brought me back to my house where I grabbed some water and coolant from the shed, went back and sorted the car*. He had somewhere else to be at the time but still took time out to help a stranded boardsie.
    Cheers Gerry!

    The car is fine now!

    * eventually! The plastic bleed valve screw at the top of the rad decided to break whilst half open! Thankfully a spare screw with the same thread fitted!


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    Mr Magnolia
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,429 Mod ✭✭✭✭Mr Magnolia


    Well done Gerry!

    Was it Gerry the Admin?


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    markpb
    Registered Users Posts: 9,254 ✭✭✭markpb


    I presume it was this guy. Fair play to him, that was nice.

    How did he recognise you? I mean, how does the secret boards.ie handshake work when you're in your car and he's driving past?


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    Mr Magnolia
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,429 Mod ✭✭✭✭Mr Magnolia


    markpb wrote:
    I presume it was this guy. Fair play to him, that was nice.

    I see. Thanks. Well done again Gerry.
    How did he recognise you? I mean, how does the secret boards.ie handshake work when you're in your car and he's driving past?

    It was probably the uber sekkrit boards wave that done it.


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    Gerry
    Registered Users Posts: 4,428 ✭✭✭Gerry


    Cool, wasn't very far out of my way at all. Glad you got it sorted. I presume the bleed screw broke when you were bleeding it after refilling, not beforehand.
    That plastic bleed screw is a stupid design, the same thing happened on llatsni's car.
    So, any idea why the coolant decided to leave in the first place? I had a similar problem on my car over the weekend, eventually found a pinhole leak in one of the large water hoses. It only leaks when the car is revved up, so all my searching while the car was idling revealed nothing.


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    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 38,975 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    My coolant cap had somehow worked itself loose and leaked out.
    When removing the air from the system (shortly after you left) via the bleed screw, I went to tighten it and the top broke off it.
    As for the secret boards.ie handshake - I adopted the secret boards.ie stance waiting for said handshake.
    To the unfamiliar, as the handshake a secret, I can't tell but this may help...
    http://jsalt.vodpod.com/video/101301-monty-python-architects-sketch


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