car is no more

[sauce]

well thats the end ov my t5

while driving home last night a oil pipe from the intercooler split covering the car and road in oil, was doing 50 at the time on daul carriage way.by the time i knew the car had cut out and left me in the middle ov a round about,as a result the engine is now seized so its parked outside ma drive till i can decide what to do.

[p fandango]

damn, i've had the same pipe come off on me. But luckily it was as i parked up in a car parked & i noticed the pool of oil underneath

hoep you fix it back up

[phil_woods]

never say its no more mate. New engines arent that expensive now and you could salvage most of the ancilaries from the old engine. Look on the up side, with a new engine you may find that the car may possible run better and be faster!

[walter leever]

Sorry to hear that,always a shame when one of these cars goes.

But keep the faith and do like me,put a new engine in(reconditioned)and then you'll be on your way for the next 10 years at least.


gr,walter

[Johnny5]

Get this one cheap for spares for yours! lol

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1994-VOLVO-850...d=p3286.c0.m14

[Tomcat]

Aw mate that's grim, hope you can afford to fix her up again, would be a shame to give in after something like that.

[Rhys]

Last time I was there the place in Scarborough where we bought our car from had 3 T5 engines laying around. They are a T5 dismantler and said most folks are after the little parts like trims etc. They are on fleabay.

[sauce]

managed to get a t5 engine with 140k on the clock . now need to see if i can get it going again.no real facilities doesnt help and work wont let me into the mechanics area anymore so could be fun times ahead.

[Dangerous Dave]

I had the same problem, I was miles away from home, and just gone through Cannock when my oil light came on. I knew straight away what it was, as there aren't that many things that can dump that amount of oil quickly.

Anyway, I managed to get to the nearest petrol station, had a look underneath the bonnet and the bottom oil haose had come off, and dumped almost all the oil. Fortunately the clamp was still attached to the hose. So I purchased a hose clip and a tub of oil and repaired it there and then on the forecourt. It has still got the hose clamp on it now and it happened a year ago. I was very lucky that I knew what it was and caught it in time.

Hope you get it sorted matey

[Volvostorm]

Anybody got a pic of said pipe? I want to check mine!

[Dangerous Dave]

Its at the bottom left of the radiator (looking from the front of the car), the pipe is about 2.5cm in diameter, you cant miss it. There is one exactly the same at the top left of the radiator (obviously inlet/outlet). They're held on by some crappy metal clamps/clips.

Number 4 for the bottom hose, and 8 for the top hose