My Car is sick :(
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I don't know if anyone watch the last run my car did yesterday at avon, but dave was driving it with an impressive 15.7!! driving the car on the road today, I see it will not boost past 4 psi! hope the turbo hasn't died :(

going to take a look now

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awa gutted thats no good at all

speed is the best rush i have ever had!!!

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sorry to hear that Jim let us know the out come.

Best 1/4 mile 13.2 seconds @116 mph
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hope its alright

my head gasket has gone and my oil is very very silvery

total rebuild for me

jim i have a very good low milage t3 coming on fri if you get stuck, let me know and ill send till you get t2 sorted

it turns out that my cheapy £20 dump valve has died, the diaphram has split, I bought it in 1996, I thought it would have lasted longer!

Thanks for the offer of a turbo neil, but I'm ok

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Nice cheap fix then, its all good

Iain, if I go for a piston type, where do get the different spec rubber seals from?

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forge?? thats where mine comes from

is it viton ones you mean (or is it kalrez?) ?

cant remember which are which.

I know one of them your not supposed to handle after they've been warm. Something i got told AFTER id been playing with some the other week!

Anywhere that sells o-rings i guess. let me know what size first though and ill see what we've got kicking about at work. best get myself some too

Ive got a forge Grp A DV, works really nicely, its the same as my le mans grp A one.

you cant let 1bad run put you down, 13.99 is pretty impressive to me!

it may b small but it purfectly formed
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i think its viton ones you need definitely,

as for handling, touching any o-rings after they have been over-temped is seriously dangerous

i always cut them off with a knife and dispose straight into the bin

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Bad for your health mate. Cant remember exactly why though, just know its not good!

its standard fitting practice on gas turbines not to touch o-rings etc just incase they have been over-temped

the ones i've come across when over-temped let off a pretty nasty gas which can be poisonous in enclosed spaces, but when its mixed with water it turns into a nasty acid when goes soaks straight through your skin and reaks havoc with your body and bones!! So if there's been an engine fire, putting it out with some water is not a good idea!!

i think viton seals are temp rated around 200 deg C so worth bearing in mind!

Thats right, and no amount of washing gets it out. Nasty stuff!

I think its something to do with the rubber becoming carceinogenic (sp?), e.g. can cause cancer......so definately not a good idea.

However, my understanding of it, is that the change in composition into the dangerous form only happens if "certain" types of rubber habve been on fire. Over temp can maybe cause it too, but I thought it was only when they have been on fire that they are REALLY bad for you......

arent polybushes the same once they have caught fire?

heard alot of rubbers used in cars have this "quality" there was a big thing a few years ago(when i was stil in school) about warning kids in schools not to play in burnt out cars for this reason.

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Denis O'Brien.

fluoroelastomers turn into a highly corrosive acid - Hydrofluoric Acid which is virtually impossible to remove from the skin...

it rots your bones from the inside... the only way to stop it is IF you catch it early enough you are given MASSIVE shots of calcium to counter the acid..

Ones the bones rotten amputation is about your only choice!!

Burn out cars - lip seals such as the rear crank seal.

Basically you burn the plastic and it turns into a soft gooy sticky substance.

Oh and by the way normal rubber gloves don't stop it getting through to your skin!!!



Alex

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i'm going to have a pint of milk

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f-it, im giving up on cars then