An nervous wait

[LAMBRETTLAD]

Driving along thought i run over a tin can ,stopped looked around nothing ,drove three miles car great parked up in a cloud of steam !!!!!!!!! the overflow bottle had broken free hit the fan ,tore three gashes in the radiator and was hanging under the engine with a pool behind the car .The temperature gauge hit 3/4 plus a bit ,but not all the way .Fingers crossed the head gaskets haven't gone and the fan isn't ruined . 2020 IS Getting on my wick ,up until today it was purring

[wilf]

Fingers crossed for you.

[LAMBRETTLAD]

Thanks Wilf

[garyf]

Bloody hell
hope its ok

[desmk11]

2020 is certainly a very strange one for sure.

I truly hope all will turn out to be OK for you, my fingers are crossed.

Today I will be making a visit to the garage just to check that my bottle is safe and secure with no chance of breaking loose.

[dasadrew]

Fingers crossed for you.

+1

[DJT]

Hope it is all ok.

As a matter of interest, how come the bottle ‘broke free’? Is it the OE type? If so, was the clamp missing?

[LAMBRETTLAD]

DJT It is an OEtype ,the clamp worked its way down the bottle ,I had just gone over a speed bump !

[LAMBRETTLAD]

At least the engine isn't seized ,turned over easily this morning

[DJT]

DJT It is an OEtype ,the clamp worked its way down the bottle ,I had just gone over a speed bump !

Thanks. Unusual, but I can see how it has happened.

[dasadrew]

IIRC the "U" bracket welded onto the car has a couple of bends in it to prevent exactly that from happening; it is fiddly however to get the bracket into the correct position before tightening up.

[LAMBRETTLAD]

New ( my old ) radiator is in THANKS TO NOEL who helped me today , system bled ,temperature gauge back to normal with 15 min tick over then 5 mile drive ,gauge still normal will take it for a longer drive tomorrow to Solihull and hopefully back ,as well as topping the rad up if needed .Fingers Crossed

[wilf]

Good news.

[LAMBRETTLAD]

Thanks every one

[LAMBRETTLAD]

TEMP.jpeg
Temp after 60 mile round trip ,back to where it's been for the last 6 years