bouncer
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C200 w202
Stuck on the M55 This morning due to a Lorry shedding its load of carpets on the M6, car stood in standing / slow moving traffic for 50 mins. . . . Then BOOM, Very loud bang and the windscreen fills with white smoke. First thought I'd been hit by a missile.
Turns out the header tank on the radiator has exploded. Just my luck as soon as I'm at the side of the motorway the traffic starts moving. I make a distress call to Ian at 124 Works and within 15 mins I'm being removed off the motorway back to Ian's.
By the time I arrive at 124 Works Ian has ordered the radiator. He drops what he's doing and strips out the rad just as the new one arrives. Can't find a reason for the rad exploding. Ian did a pressure test on new rad with his fancy gear and its normal.
Take a look at the pictures . . . WOW. . . NO warning, NO warning lights on the dash, Engine temp gauge slightly above 90. . . but it has done this every time I have been in standing traffic for the last two years, cooling fan never cut in, but I think it only does that when it reaches 100 ?
No oil in the water, no water in the oil. water pump working, thermostat working. . . but radiator cap pressure release did not function.
Anybody got any clues.
So if your vehicle does the same. . . slightly raised temp in standing traffic, check your rad cap. . when its cold of course Car is 10 years old this year
Must say many many thanks to Ian and Co at 124 Works who were superb. . . service here is second to none every time I've had need.
Can't thank them or recommend them enough.
Stuck on the M55 This morning due to a Lorry shedding its load of carpets on the M6, car stood in standing / slow moving traffic for 50 mins. . . . Then BOOM, Very loud bang and the windscreen fills with white smoke. First thought I'd been hit by a missile.
Turns out the header tank on the radiator has exploded. Just my luck as soon as I'm at the side of the motorway the traffic starts moving. I make a distress call to Ian at 124 Works and within 15 mins I'm being removed off the motorway back to Ian's.
By the time I arrive at 124 Works Ian has ordered the radiator. He drops what he's doing and strips out the rad just as the new one arrives. Can't find a reason for the rad exploding. Ian did a pressure test on new rad with his fancy gear and its normal.
Take a look at the pictures . . . WOW. . . NO warning, NO warning lights on the dash, Engine temp gauge slightly above 90. . . but it has done this every time I have been in standing traffic for the last two years, cooling fan never cut in, but I think it only does that when it reaches 100 ?
No oil in the water, no water in the oil. water pump working, thermostat working. . . but radiator cap pressure release did not function.
Anybody got any clues.
So if your vehicle does the same. . . slightly raised temp in standing traffic, check your rad cap. . when its cold of course Car is 10 years old this year
Must say many many thanks to Ian and Co at 124 Works who were superb. . . service here is second to none every time I've had need.
Can't thank them or recommend them enough.
sTeVe
New one on order, picking it up today.
guess i'm taking up too much room these days. 
