Lad next door has just bought a p reg BMW 318 td off his mum, shes only had the car a few weeks, bought off ebay with a knakered aux drive belt tensioner ( i think it was anyway ) they fixed that, drove it round for a bit, his mum decides she doesnt like it and the lad buys it.
drives it for a few days, (just general driving, says he didnt put his toe down at all) and it starts to smoke like hell out of the exhaust.
decides to sorn it for a bit to find out the problem so reverses it off the layby at the front of our house onto their front garden, runs it for 2-3 mins, and then turns it off, takes keys out and stands next to it talking to his sister.

NOW....

the car then decides to start up again, ON ITS OWN!! and seems to dump its entire contents of oil into the ehaust!! causing a home made flamer kit and HUGE clouds of smoke which filled the entire road and all the surrounding houses.
He craps himself and tries to stall it, then, realising the flames, decides to get it away from the house so floors it over the garden, accross the pavment, accross the grass, down the kerb and the layby and stops in the middle of the road, skimming the other neighbors car because the steering lock it still on!! the car then cuts out and sit there still smouldering and the lad is nearly in tears!!

i cant understand what would cause this though......

PS: this is a TRUE story belive it or not!!!

 

over-filled with oil probably!

 

don't know but it's sounds funny as fuck

 

head gasket, diesels will rev to destruction if the oilways spill into the cylinders, as the oil will heat up to the point of detonation, which will then make the engine turn as the piston goes down, creating low pressure which will draw in more oil..... gets faster and faster until the con-rods leave the party, usually via the side of the block

 

sounds about the right sort of thing, would this explain for the starting up on its own though? if the engine was hot to start with, it could be hot enough to detonate the oil?

 

or worn bores,sucking the oil out of the sump if the breathers are blocked,had it happen on a 1.6 fiesta and a discovery years ago!

 

The tubro fails & the oil supplied to the turbo keeps the car going reving its tits off usually pytting a rod throught the block as its unlimited untill the contents of the sump are gone.i work for a BMW dealership its quite common

 

I was expecting you to say he got done for driving a car on the road sorn too lol. another ebay bargin

 

roflmao

feel for the lad but thats fucking funny .

where you there to watch this ??

 

but the engine stopped, he took the keys out and walked away, it then started up on its own!!!

 

unfortunatly no, i was at work , but my mum and brother were watching and half of the lads family!

 

You could of got £250 for that one if you were at home to video it!!
tabetha