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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:32 am |
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Joined: Jun 20, 2012 Posts: 64
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Location: Torquay
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Car ran perfect on the way to work this morning, about a 10 mile drive, not a problem whatsoever! She was parked outside work all day untouched, I left work, bird poop all over it!! 
Anyway, they somehow managed to get some on the inside of my coolant tank, and I am currently fairly confident that the head gasket is gone!! Awaiting the AA as the car has no power at all, sounds like a rubbish tractor and I am very hungry and no where near a food establishment, or my mums kitchen!
I also noticed that a little plastic pipe coming from the fuel rail, into the air box has a slight breakage in it... well its actually snapped in half and seems to be letting fuel leak out of it
Can find a gasket for just over £60 but cannot find this little fuel thing anywhere, not sure what name it goes by and cannot get any pics currently as I am at work and the net is about as useful as my car right now... Any ideas on this part and if someone has one for sale, I want it please
Umm... now the point of this thread, anyone had the head gasket changed before? If so, how much was it?
Cheers 
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:39 am |
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Joined: Jan 29, 2011 Posts: 6526
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Location: Westhoughton, Lancashire
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Clever birds. They can open the door, pop open the bonnet, lift it up, unscrew a expansion tank cap, s**t in it and replace it. Bit clumsy though breaking a pipe off in the process.

Think you've been watching the Cravendale milk advert too much and are imagining cats with thumbs.
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Last edited by macca1411 on Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:49 am; edited 1 time in total
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:49 am |
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Joined: Mar 07, 2012 Posts: 512
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Location: 2 Places at once
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i feel your pain

have to park my car under a tree every night and thats what i get in the morning
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:54 am |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2012 Posts: 247
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Location: Isle of Man
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Some w**ker feeds them near me and birds always s**t on mine, no one elses
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 12:19 pm |
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Joined: Jan 05, 2011 Posts: 2985
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Location: North Manchester
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You have birdshit in the inside of your coolant tank? And you don't know how it got there.
You are joking right.
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 12:22 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 3935
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lol!!
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 12:24 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 5575
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Location: Moscow
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This has to be thread of the year.
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 12:33 pm |
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Joined: Jun 28, 2012 Posts: 540
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Location: Torbay, England
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Must be a torbay thing because just as i was leaving work heard a massive splat.... it was everywhere. Straight home to wash it off obviously!
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 12:38 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 5575
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Location: Moscow
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Dan - did it manage to get inside your socks or anything?
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 12:51 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 13077
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Location: England
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oh yes

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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 12:55 pm |
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Joined: Feb 10, 2010 Posts: 4014
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Are you only giving web addresses now Lee lol
Where's the pics!
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 12:55 pm |
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Joined: Jul 21, 2011 Posts: 791
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Location: Bourne, Lincs
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| Ford Focus RS in white of course 
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 1:01 pm |
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 1:03 pm |
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Joined: Feb 10, 2010 Posts: 4014
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Dont you get viruses from youporn??
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 1:05 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 13077
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Big_Rich180 wrote: |
Dont you get viruses from youporn?? |
Nah, I have a decent virus checker.
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