AlC

Hey, first time I've been spotted Lovely afternoon for a run out. Hope you and everyone else able to take advantage enjoyed too. Al

Sunday 8th Oct approx 12:45 heading West on B3035 near Corhampton.

Friday 12 May. Maybe like me doing the factory tour to see the engineering approaches, or a rebellious member of Morgan staff

Having dinner in Prezzo c19:30 last night. Heard car approaching and got brief glimpse of maroon 7 through window. Lovely evening for a drive - sadly for me I had 3 passengers, so a tintop evening.

Hi Martin Clearly an A in GCSE maths isn't what it used to be! She now says it might have only been two. So probably you. Must catch up sometime. Al

3 spotted enjoying ice cream (drivers that is, not the cars!) at Carlo's early afternoon on Sunday. My daughter had to explain to her work colleagues what the cars were - which at least meant they recognised mine when I turned up to collect her from work later in the afternoon

Green/yellow stripe with clams and what looked like yellow with black stripe parked behind.

On Sunday, in "officials" car park for BTCC

Oops, just realised I pressed wrong button. Hopefully you have a message about the boss, photos etc. If not let me know & I'll write again. Al

BM sent. Can confirm at weekend. Al

Could I take 2 canisters please. Probably also 2 bage, 1 of each type. Cheers Al

Hi Might be interested in the half hood. Which rollbar is it for? What is condition & do you have any photos, any other info? Thanks Al

Seen lunchtime Thursday 10th.

Spotted yesterday sometime before 17:00 by wife & son at Carlo's, West Wellow. Hope you enjoyed the ice cream, and the service was good (one in four chance it was my daughter). Solent Se7ens on way back from Wilton? Edited by - AlC on 23 Jun 2014 21:25:04

Sounds like a plan when back home for the weekend. Sorry, more dumb questions 😳 - no car or reference material to look at before weekend. Presume this would be the fella? Am I likely to be able to get one of these at a local motor factor (assume it is a standard Rover part), so that I can be sure to get it for the weekend? Is it simply a case of undoing the 2 bolts at gasket & 2 others, take out old gasket, insert new, re-tighten & refill (plus airlock removal malarkey)? Does the gasket go in dry? Many thanks

Sorry, a bit long, but trying to give all facts. Thoughts & advice much appreciated - please excuse my lack of knowledge/experience. Engine is 1.6 K series (140 supersport in case that makes any difference - suspect not). The short story: I seem to have sprung a coolant leak. As best as I can tell, it is from around the coolant rail on the side of the engine, around where it joins the engine. The long story: On last day of Wightblat (terrific weekend - thanks all for organising and for all the great people met while there) we decided on a trip to The Needles. On parking up we noticed a few spots of something on the ground pretty much over the last 5 metres or so that we drove. No sign of anything dripping under the car, and all levels looked okay, so filed for future checking - thought at time that it might not have been us. But on leaving the car park the engine temp went higher than normal for probably 20-30 seconds, then very rapidly dropped to normal 80ºC. It stayed there with some very slight wavering until we reached the ferry. So in my head I was thinking "stuck thermostat"/"airlock", although had a nagging doubt about the fluid. We got off the ferry fine, and everything behaved perfectly normally for the 50 minute or so drive home, including through the Lyndhurst queue. We could hear the fan operating normally (ie kicking in and out) in the queue, and when we got back home. But after unloading the car we noticed a few drips on the garage floor, and looking under the car revealed a significant pool of what turned out to be coolant. There were also a few drips on the drive where the car had been idling while I opened the garage, but absolutely nothing on the road outside, including where I had turned round. So it seems I have a leak that appears to only occur when the car is idling. Current theory is that the leak occurs when the coolant is hottest (ie fan running), and hence the system is at highest pressure. Does this seem likely and reasonable? Diagnosis of leak around coolant rail is based on some trace of dried coolant below this point, which is also where there was most splashing when the original puddle found, and underside of rail found to be wet near connection to engine, when everything else is dry. I assume there is a gasket of some sort between this rail and the block - is it easy to access and replace? Or is there some other potential explanation? Unclear now how much coolant is now actually left in engine - expansion tank shows level at minimum mark, but bleed tee near heater is empty. So, a service is due anyway, and I was planning on giving Tom New a call in the next few weeks. My thoughts are just to get him to have a look and fix whatever the leak is while he has the car. My plan to get there is to use breakdown recovery service. However a friend (who is neither a 7 owner, nor a mechanic, but technically savvy) suggests that provided I top up the coolant, do a pre-check to ensure it only leaks while the fan is running, and carefully monitor the temperature, I should be able to drive over to Tom (unlikely to need to stop for more than a few seconds at a time on way). Is this wise, or should I stick with my plan A? Thanks for all advice and thoughts.

Tonight 20:00 Northbound A419 near Swindon, amidst the spray and gloom.

Bit late reporting in, but seen heading South towards Marlborough about 15:30 last Sunday.

Spotted heading NW around 11:30 this morning. I was the black Civic flashing lights and waving as we passed

Well done all yesterday - some good runs. 😬 I was one of your marshalls for the day - up the top of the hill at Shepherds Hut (between finish line & top paddock). Sorry about the off at Karousel. Hope nothing too serious.

Heading South on A27 past Broadlands - just after 12:00 today. Nice day for it Edited by - AlC on 27 May 2013 17:33:25

Just saw you pulling into the BP garage as I came off the roundabout some 300m behind on my way back from WightBlat . 15:30 today.

Hi Martin you have BM Al

Wellow, 18:30 this evening

Didn't get much of a look - I was in the queue for the roadworks this morning 10:45 when you came the other way. Heard you before I saw you Nice soundtrack.