Can anyone guess what this is on this car?
Jul 3, 2007 | 08:16 PM
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Can anyone guess what this is on this car?
Had to take a pic of this.
Jul 3, 2007 | 08:17 PM
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From: scotland
Its a filling loop from a central heating boiler
Jul 3, 2007 | 08:18 PM
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From: peterhead
a t peice with a tap
Jul 3, 2007 | 08:18 PM
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From: Wiltshire
Looks like a diesel engine to me.
Is it a chip fat injection system
Jul 3, 2007 | 08:19 PM
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From: preston
bling
chip
Jul 3, 2007 | 08:39 PM
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From: Wiltshire
yeah, cheap bit of b&q bling
Jul 3, 2007 | 08:40 PM
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From: High Wycombe, Bucks
Looks like a bodge to me
Jul 3, 2007 | 08:41 PM
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From: Wiltshire
In all seriousness, I reckon thats actually a crude attempt at a bleed valve
Jul 3, 2007 | 08:48 PM
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come on, what is it then, need to know before i go to bed or i won't sleep
Jul 3, 2007 | 08:50 PM
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Originally Posted by jungleistmassiv
come on, what is it then, need to know before i go to bed or i won't sleep
LOL!
Jul 3, 2007 | 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by rapidcossie
Its a filling loop from a central heating boiler
Spot on. Laughing my ass off when I saw it under the bonnet.
Jul 3, 2007 | 08:54 PM
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1.8 Endura E Turbo Diesel combi boiler
Jul 3, 2007 | 08:59 PM
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so does it actually do anything or is it connected to anything
Jul 3, 2007 | 09:52 PM
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what car is it in? Sierra by any chance?
Jul 3, 2007 | 09:56 PM
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From: scotland
he better not fill it over 3 bar or the saftey valve will open
Jul 3, 2007 | 10:59 PM
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he better not fill it over 3 bar or the saftey valve will open
Wonder if he shoved a combi boiler thermostat in the thermostat housing
and 4 igniters for glow plugs
Jul 3, 2007 | 11:05 PM
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Bet it runs nice and warm though with that constant supply of hot water
Jul 3, 2007 | 11:27 PM
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From: aberdeenshire
its an over head floooter valve for the shuttlecocks inside the thrimbet chambers
Jul 3, 2007 | 11:49 PM
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Jul 4, 2007 | 01:13 AM
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Any chance of 5th gear so I can get a nice hot bath?
Jul 4, 2007 | 06:45 AM
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Jul 4, 2007 | 08:50 AM
Fucking superstar........
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Jul 4, 2007 | 09:26 AM
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so what was it actually there for???
Jul 5, 2007 | 11:34 PM
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Originally Posted by jungleistmassiv
so what was it actually there for???
bttt!
Jul 6, 2007 | 06:52 AM
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It is part of the cooling system. I didn't ask what it was for as I was too busy laughing.
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