... but it pours.
I've not been on here for a while, tended just to browse anonymously, but just feel the need to vent slightly to some hopefully sympathetic souls who'll all say "no worries mate, they all do that. It will go away when it dries out".
After over a year and 5000 miles of trouble free ownership (except a leaking hose connector), my GS has started being Italian. It has done this because I'm working away until tomorrow, we're going to Silverstone tomorrow evening (4 hours North!) as soon as I get back, and my wife has been using the car for work this week to keep it running.
She came to it tonight, it steamed from the exhaust, and there was 1/2 an inch of water in the car. A passer-by said it sounded funny, but that was probably the V8.
Some gentle questioning revealed coolant level was OK, as were all the others, and that it absoutely lashed it down today whilst it was outside. I went for the "blocked pollen filter drain" option and hoped the steam was coincidental. She drove it home, didn't get above 90C on the dial, and coolant was still good afterwards (only 3 miles). Still a bit of steam from the exhaust!
She pulled the other car out, went back to the GS to drop it back down the drive and "Cambiocorsa gearbox failing" lit up on the dashboard when she started it
I've asked her to hoover the water out, shove a brick behind the wheel and disconnect the battery. I'll put the cover over it on Sunday and leave it for a week until I'm back again to look at it, and hope the warning message resets.
I did 200 miles on Sunday no problems with the 'box, and clutch was 25% worn when Carrs had it in 3000 miles ago, so hopefully it just got confused. Mind you the hour of stop-start to get out of Le mans the other week might not have helped the clutch.
Poo!
I've not been on here for a while, tended just to browse anonymously, but just feel the need to vent slightly to some hopefully sympathetic souls who'll all say "no worries mate, they all do that. It will go away when it dries out".
After over a year and 5000 miles of trouble free ownership (except a leaking hose connector), my GS has started being Italian. It has done this because I'm working away until tomorrow, we're going to Silverstone tomorrow evening (4 hours North!) as soon as I get back, and my wife has been using the car for work this week to keep it running.
She came to it tonight, it steamed from the exhaust, and there was 1/2 an inch of water in the car. A passer-by said it sounded funny, but that was probably the V8.
Some gentle questioning revealed coolant level was OK, as were all the others, and that it absoutely lashed it down today whilst it was outside. I went for the "blocked pollen filter drain" option and hoped the steam was coincidental. She drove it home, didn't get above 90C on the dial, and coolant was still good afterwards (only 3 miles). Still a bit of steam from the exhaust!
She pulled the other car out, went back to the GS to drop it back down the drive and "Cambiocorsa gearbox failing" lit up on the dashboard when she started it
I've asked her to hoover the water out, shove a brick behind the wheel and disconnect the battery. I'll put the cover over it on Sunday and leave it for a week until I'm back again to look at it, and hope the warning message resets.
I did 200 miles on Sunday no problems with the 'box, and clutch was 25% worn when Carrs had it in 3000 miles ago, so hopefully it just got confused. Mind you the hour of stop-start to get out of Le mans the other week might not have helped the clutch.
Poo!