Chris P Dash

Cobber wrote:

Better still treat it to the ride of shame on a tilt tray tow truck! (it shouldn't cost all that much) and as a bonus the humiliation the car suffers from this will act as a deterrent to further breakdowns!

I like your thinking

After a couple of near death experiences I managed to get a close enough look under the car. It seems the jubilee clip holding the hose to the under floor pipe has bent back on itself and gone through the hose. I'm going to get the assistance of some lucky volunteers to help push it to a flat solid surface so I can get some axle stands underneath and get the hose off.
I'm slightly confused by the diagrams I've seen as to which pipe I need to order but hopefully it will make sense once I get it off the car.

The unfortunate thing is this car hasn't seen a wet road or rain for around 10 years so it's frustrating to see it sat there outside (all beit under a cover) and there has been rain everyday so far since I parked it up!

I can get it to a flat solid surface if I run the engine for a few minutes

Thanks. Unfortunately the pipe is split at the lowest point at the rear of the car so not much chance of it holding fluid for long.. I'll need to move the car to a flatter firmer surface to get underneath it safely so will need to run the engine for 2mins to shift it..

Having just moved house to a fairly remote part of Scotland I couldn't wait to get my MG up here - it made the 260 mile journey like a dream....

However!... once I got here I attempted to get it into its temporary home of a large shed (which I now know has a larger lip on the entrance than I first realised.). I soon found it isn't going to fit in there but in my failed attempts to try and squeeze the car in there I suddenly noticed a trail of liquid coming from under the car. A quick inspection revealed it was coolant so it was park up quick and engine off.
I've finally managed to get a quick look under the car this morning (not easy on a slopping gravel drive!) and I can see I've split the rubber hose coming from the back of the stainless steel pipe to the engine

So my question to begin with - is it safe to start the engine at all without coolant? I need to try and move it to a safer place to try and work on it or possibly try to get it to a local mechanic but don't want to damage the engine in the process.