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#1 2019-09-18 11:48:22
- GRIFFIN
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- From: DURHAM
- Registered: 2019-03-16
- Posts: 140
My Blue Scudo hit the self destruct button :(
Just a few weeks ago, I was doing about 65mph on my way from Durham to Lincolnshire and got as far as Leeming Bar on the A1M. All of a sudden there was a bang and a clanking noise accompanied by voluminous clouds of grey smoke as my engine oil hit the hot exhaust (rather like a formula 1 car expiring but slower, much slower). At first I thought I must have run over something that had come up and smashed the sump, as there was a hole big enough to fit your head.
They had to close off the inside lane while they cleaned up the oil and I waited for the recovery truck to arrive.
After I was recovered home by the AA and had it checked out by a mechanic friend of mine, I was informed that the crankshaft had broken. After a good deal of deliberation I decided to replace it and subsequently got myself a Citroen Dispatch as a replacement.
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same
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#2 2019-09-18 17:16:08
- Tiree
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- From: Galloway
- Registered: 2013-09-20
- Posts: 332
Re: My Blue Scudo hit the self destruct button :(
Ooh man that sounds scary.
Sorry to hear of the demise of the blue Scudo.
Welcome to the Dispatch club though! Got a pic?
2006 Citroen Dispatch 2.0HDi bought in July 2013 - Partial camper conversion ........
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#4 2019-10-16 12:53:46
- GRIFFIN
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- From: DURHAM
- Registered: 2019-03-16
- Posts: 140
Re: My Blue Scudo hit the self destruct button :(
No, it was the crank by all accounts something or things came out through the sump, along with all of the oil. Hahahaha, what a mess. However you may be surprised to know that the engine does still run, a little lumpy but it does still run. I am using it as a donor for odd bits and pieces for my dispatch though. Rear headliner, light cluster, etc, etc.
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If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same
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