So the day arrives when my local BMW service dept of choice have a courtesy car and the replacement exhaust manifold parts to fix the odd sounds issue and I'm half way there, keeping the revs down and watching the gauges when there's a bang and a bit of a surge in the car. Thought a tyre had blown but no handling problem through the steering and looked in rear mirror to see a puff of light grey-white running full width of car like a native american smoke signal..... then it starts coming out from under the bonnet.
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No warning lights on dash.
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Coasted to the side of the road, no hard shoulder, on the busiest roundabout in town just before rush hour. :-(
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Two thin just visible lines of oily fluid up the road for 40m behind.* A worringly silver bit of bodywork being smashed about by passing traffic (although there's lots of debris at that junction). Big pool of greeny blue fluid under the front of the car (just under radiator).
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On plus side - BMW Emergency service agents were good and got me recovered within 40 mins even after my location changed - Hampshire constabulary pulled up and very kindly towed me to an area of the road with a hard shoulder - very grateful to them for their help as well.
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Service dept think it's the water pump that's blown, a belt has been knocked free but can't assess the damage properly until it's on a ramp.
Still smiling......
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No warning lights on dash.
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Coasted to the side of the road, no hard shoulder, on the busiest roundabout in town just before rush hour. :-(
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Two thin just visible lines of oily fluid up the road for 40m behind.* A worringly silver bit of bodywork being smashed about by passing traffic (although there's lots of debris at that junction). Big pool of greeny blue fluid under the front of the car (just under radiator).
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On plus side - BMW Emergency service agents were good and got me recovered within 40 mins even after my location changed - Hampshire constabulary pulled up and very kindly towed me to an area of the road with a hard shoulder - very grateful to them for their help as well.
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Service dept think it's the water pump that's blown, a belt has been knocked free but can't assess the damage properly until it's on a ramp.
Still smiling......
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