MikeyRobbo

Long story short

Customer driving down motorway, hears noise like a flat tyre, pulls over, no flat. Rings RAC. Roadside analysis is 'Requires oil and filter change'

Gets recovered to us. Get it on the ramp today to be met with





No oil and filters gonna fix that Thats the grudgeon pin at the top of the second pic, that was bent too!

Oh yeah it still runs though

orionmojo

iTrader: (1)

Thats bad! haha. I have to say though the RAC were excellent when i broke down. I bust a UJ on the prop of my cortina (hardly readily available parts) whilst on holiday in cornwall. But he said he knew a guy that could fix it if i wanted, or wait for recovery. i let him unbolt it and take it away and he brought it back in less than 24 hours, fixed, reciept from the garage, and he bolted it back on for me no bother. brilliant service and i wasn't even a member, it was my girlfriend

B19 JUB

we try our best,glad you got car sorted.regards to poster we can only have a brief inspection at the side of the road and give our opnion on possibilites.granted the hole should of been bloody obvious but have to take each job as it comes,customer safety,location,time of day etc

botters

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i went out to a van that the rac had diagnosed as a starter motor fault even after they were told the engine stopped violently on the motorway, the cambelt had snapped and the damage was so severe i could fit my finger between the block and head at the front of the engine as it had stripped the headbolts lol

jimatron

my cambelt slipped the Focus i was driving after visiting family in Dorset. the RAC Woman was adamant that the fuel filter was to blame and was poking around under the seats. turns out the filter is part of the pump. then she towed me on the straight bar 15 miles to salisbury, dropped me off and left me there to wait for somebody else to pick me up. took me 7 hours to get home in the end! fucking useless!

MikeyRobbo

Tbh the hole wasnt that easy to spot as its piston number 3 directly behind the DPF, should see the dint in the DPF BUT when the undertray was removed half a conrod was there and the rest was still in the hole, so half a rod and a grudgeon pin rattling around would be more than enough to tell anyone thats more than a filter!

Shame its the 1.6 TDCI too, expensive repair bill on this one.

stuboy

oops............... block ventilation at its best

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

Ohhh dear. I always thought the peugeot diesel engines were really good.

MikeyRobbo

Who told you that!!

1.6 HDI/TDCI AVOIDDD! Absolute shite engines, make sure you especially avoid one with a new turbo

RichieST

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Our vans at work ar 1.6 hdi's, they are dog shit. Put anything bigger than a 10mm spanner in the back and it grinds to a halt up hills. One of them keeps on blowing the dipstick out too, it's ben in to peugeot, they can't find fault with it LOL. It's only done 18k!

botters

iTrader: (2)

those engines are shite they calcify the oil and destroy the turbos and cranks, as mentioned above avoid one that has had a new turbo fitted, peugeot will only give warranty with the turbo if the engine is replaced at the same time lol

900ss

Maybe from the old 1.9 205, 305 or BX era

CrOwSoN15

Oh wow, at what point does a flat tyre sound like that?!

MikeyRobbo

Well we had the AA in today dropping something else off!

Smax 1.8 diesel with £30 of petrol put in and driven till it stopped.

According to the AA guy, take fuel pipe off at engine end, flick ignition on and off till the tanks empty, fill with diesel and away you go.

Hasn't even got an electric fuel pump the fruit

Where oh where do they find these people.

Gazzonator

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We ain't all bad mate.

B19 JUB

oh no the competition has a patrol on pf hehehe

Gazzonator

iTrader: (9)

There's a few on here!

B19 JUB

lol damn it lol. no matter who slates us off be it RAC,AA etc i wouldnt change my job for the world.even garages get stuff wrong many times.

U been with AA long?

Gazzonator

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I'm exactly the same mate, couldn't imagine myself going back into a garage now!

Been doing it 5 years in April. Yourself?

B19 JUB

will be 2 years with RAC for me end of this month.best thing ive ever done.shifts n weather can be crappy but omg theres sooo many more positives to it

Gazzonator

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It took a bit of getting used to when I first started but it's all good now!

I enjoy it on the whole, it's like any job though, you have good days and bad! Today was one of the bad days!!

botters

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i dont think anyone is slating you guys or tarring you with the same brush, its just a lot of us have some funny stories of the ineptitude of some rac/aa members. all trades and all jobs have thier useless people who shouldnt be let loose lol

B19 JUB

yeah same.as long as bad days dont outweigh the good then all is good.love the variety of jobs too. almost new golf with fried remotes and transponder chips from kids putting them in the microwave for instance

B19 JUB

oh yeah def agree there fella.

xr_craig

iTrader: (2)

RAC have always been fine with me. Always helpful and friendly and have always taken a lot of care when recovering the car.

They've never had to diagnose the fault in my cases though, it's normally obvious!

Gazzonator

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I know mate

MikeyRobbo

Completely agree!

Its just banterrrrrr

Come on then guys while were on the subject anymore funny roadside assistance related stories

Gazzonator

iTrader: (9)

Yeah mate, I've had some crackers over the years!!

Got sent out once to a young lady that was complaining of a stereo fault on a Corsa a little while back. I was thinking the stereo was staying on and draining the battery but no, she was complaining that the CD was skipping!! I didn't know whether to laugh or cry!!!