Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: AuRavelling79 on September 20, 2006, 12:43:15 pm
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Here's a good one! Muppet me!
I bombed home to re-fill yesterday lunchtime, connected up hose from storage tank (200L) to empty tank in car (125L). Takes about 10 mins. My cuppa and lunch take 20 mins and with an "Aaaaaaaaaaarrgh!" of Beano or Dandy proportions I run out to car realising I have forgotten to turn off the hose. ::)
Car is on a sloping drive facing downwards and water gravity leads excess 75 litres to form a footbath in the front passenger footwell before leaking out through grommet holes.
Curses! So I syphon out the worst of it and decide to go off to work about half an hour late. B-b-b-b-b-b-bip! Starter spins but no engine firing up! >:(
So, check for spark - all ok on all plugs. Undo fuel filter union feed bolt and fuel feed OK. Fiddle about for an hour and call garage. "Bring it in tomorrow (today) mate!"
Late last night, car starts but pops and splutters and dies and the engine management light stays on. This morning, seems ok but missing, put bike in back and I nurse it to the garage, post keys and cycle home.
Just had a call from the garage. "Nothing wrong with your car..by the way the front carpets are soaking."
"Yeah" says I and explains about tank overfill and sorry for the stinky smell etc.
"Hang on" says mechanic give me five minutes and I'll call back
Turns out that Honda put an engine management sensor under the front carpets and this had soaked through and was giving false readings to the engine.
Garage are drying out car with a fan heater this afternoon!
As Sherlock Holmes said "When you have eliminated the improbable then the impossible must be true!" (Loose paraphrase)
Duuuuh!
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great story ;D ;D ;D
Have done simalar myself but with ro and holding tanks
left on over weeknd while we were away.......
You can guess the rest ;D ;D ;D
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Opps, wont do that again. :'(
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Haven't you heard of a float switch? or a float valve?
steve@freshwatersystems.co.uk
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He-He-Ha-HA.
Nice one Malc.
Its stories like that which make me glad I have a van.
My van floor is lower then the cab floor, So if I ever overfill, which I have done 3 times due to me getting distracted. It just drains straight out of the van, No harm done. I dont even mop it up.
Nel.
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Glad to see its happened to others ;D
filling up with an DI system ,forgot to switch it off,when I remembered to turn it off
ran out to the van,opened the door and whosh soaked through from the knees down
gaza
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I once left the tap running and overfilled my bucket.
It was a bit heavy for a while.
Be thankful you don't still have problems like that...... ;)
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I once left the tap running and overfilled my bucket.
It was a bit heavy for a while.
Be thankful you don't still have problems like that...... ;)
OK Squeaky - I'll give you that one!
(What's the score now? trad 1 wfp 99?) ;D
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You really think it's worth the bother don't you Malc? ;D
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You really think it's worth the bother don't you Malc? ;D
Oh Yes! ;)
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Must say thats the very reason I got a van!
250L tank so no returning home, and if you overfill it finds its way out.
I have overfilled my bucket many times, but am unsure how do deal with it!
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250ltr tank so no returning home??
I get through 600ltrs or so in a day, on my own.