That smells like petrol

[DohNut]

 

And then the engine died

On the A316 at 7.15 this morning

Look in the mirror to see a trail of fluid 😳- turn off ignition

Road is 3 lanes 50mph no hard shoulder concerete walls both sides.

 

Indicate left freewheeling (decided waving arm in the air and indicating was more informative then hazards - besides the switch does not fall to hand.)

 

Get the warning triangle out as still in boot from french trip 😬

Push car 100 yards into bus layby

Go back to get triangle and more than a little worried to see lorries swerving and missing it by inches. (me jogging toward them in carrigeway- 6inch wide "pavement".)

 

A quick turn of the ignition shows fuel coming out the engine bay. The return line of the fuel piping had come adrift and was chucking fuel out at 4bar - kind of pleased there is nothing hot on that side of the engine - but there is a distributer

So actually a pretty simple fix -I had first thought that some debris had split a fuel pipe at the back which would have been a harder fix.

Only 10 minutes late for work 😬

Nick

 

 

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