Thread: 01 TD4 noisy and dark smoke

Originally Posted by PaulP38a

It was as JC suggested.

Apparently the pipe is split open. The NRMA guy has duct taped it up so my wife could drive 15mins up the road to her sister's place for the night. Hopefully my bro-in-law can have a look at it in the morning and put a sleeve on so she can drive home and I'll put a new hose on.

Thanks again,
Paul.

Good result Paul, but annoying to have to wait that long, it seems these pipes may have to be chucked at 60K intervals I reckon, yours will be the lowest km I have seen, but probably not the last.

Glad she's safe and sound now

JC

The Freebie, carrying spouse and dog, made it home today without incident. My bro-in-law removed the cheap duct tape the NRMA guy put on (my wife said it had been making flatulent sounds) and replaced it with something stronger. It can stay on there until I get a new hose.

Seems that it was the hose on the RHS of the engine rather than the LHS.
Perhaps I should replace both to be sure to be sure...
Cheers, Paul.

When you replace them, replace both. The other one will also fail soonish. The one on the LHS was the one that failed in my better half's FL a while ago. I am still looking for substantial replacement parts that won't be subject to failure of this kind again. Shouldn't be impossible to manufacture some steel replacements if one is somewhat more handy than me...

Originally Posted by Jojo

When you replace them, replace both. The other one will also fail soonish.

That is my thinking too. The replacement ones should be here by the weekend.
In the meantime, the tape is still holding up
Cheers, Paul.

gee paul, you should have called me. That was only 20 minutes away.

Originally Posted by andrew e

gee paul, you should have called me. That was only 20 minutes away.

Thanks Andy - I did consider it. It was bad, but no so bad that I was going to ruin your family day. Belinda's sister went and sat with her until the NRMA van arrived.

cheers, Paul.