Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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Thought id change a vacuum hose coming off my fuel pressure regulator as it was starting to perish.
So i went and bought some hose, did the job and that was that.
Just now me and my missus went for a long drive round for sumthing to do, on our way back, literally about 30 seconds after coming off the motorway, the car cuts out, no power, powersteering or power assisted brakes nothing.
so im forced to pull in, im shitting it, instantly think cambelt, so i take the cover off and tell the mrs to turn it over to see if it is snapped.
next thing as im looking at the belt fuel starts pissing over my hands, the sealed cap on the top of the fpr had come off and fuel was flying everywhere id fcking forgot to put the clip back in.
My relief at finding out it was only something very minor and trivial then turned to anxiety when i realised without no clip there would be noway of getting home as there was no way of securing the FPR, i looked around the engine bay and lo and behold the clip was sitting on the slam panel still after about 25-30 miles of driving  i could believe it, anyway, clipped it back on and all was good..
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Sly_SRi
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scary that such a small clip can cause all your brakes steering and engine to cut out!!
Corsa C Z20Let
Black Sleeper Turbo Project
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Robin
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lucky lucky boy 
i've had similar situations though, its always nice to find the bit just sitting there where you left it
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a_j_mair
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lucky boy
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Matt H
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Steve
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couldve been barbequed leon for a moment
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Bram
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All the engine bay cleaning gone to waste
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Steve
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luckily most of it went on the floor not on the engine bay
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Steve
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woah wee
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Ojc
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Set fire to it, claim off the insurance.
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3CorsaMeal
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idiot
almost as bad as me filling up oil and forgetting to replace oil filler cap, driving to a mates house, stopping and clouds of smoke billowing out from under bonnet
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Steve
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i have also been known to do that
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GT4Brody
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abdus
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but lucky
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hack3tt
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quote: Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
idiot
almost as bad as me filling up oil and forgetting to replace oil filler cap, driving to a mates house, stopping and clouds of smoke billowing out from under bonnet
Done that before!!! Absolutely sh1t it when that smoke started billowing out!!
Felt like a complete wanker when i realised what i'd done!!!
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3CorsaMeal
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i never found mine either
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hack3tt
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I had only gone down a main road so i had to walk the road until i found it sitting in the gutter!!
Least i found it though!!
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3CorsaMeal
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i'd done about 1 mile
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Marc
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quote: Originally posted by Steve
luckily most of it went on the floor not on the engine bay
Especially as youv'e just cleaned it
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Steve
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id done about 6
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3CorsaMeal
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if you'd of died, would your mum notify CS?
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Ojc
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I bet Charmaine started moaning, told you to sell it and buy a Punto 1.1
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Steve
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no, percy wouldve done
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Ry_B
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lucky!
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Steve
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whoooooo weeeeee
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