18 Oct
2007
18 Oct
'07
8:01 p.m.
[trimmed for your viewing pleasure]
On Oct 18, 2007, at 4:43 PM, Gordon JC Pearce wrote:
If it's a blinky oil *level* light then you ought to put some oil
in ;-)
It's not that. There's plenty of oil in the car. The oil got
toasted on the trip which altered the viscosity. I need to change
the oil. I'll get to it this weekend. She'll be as good as new.
On Oct 17, 2007, at 4:14 AM, Gordon JC Pearce wrote:
Looks like a fun trip though. I'm surprised you had problems
towing it home
with your Disco - which engine does it have? We regularly pull two
or three
tonnes with my friend's gas-converted 4.6 V8, but I'd expect the
diesel to
handle it better if a little slowly.
Gordon
You know, that's a good point. It was a fun trip and now I can sit
back and laugh about it. I got to pick up a cool computer and spend
some time with my wife. It only would have been better if my boys
could have came and enjoyed the trip instead of bailing my butt out.
My Rover is a 4.0 V8. I probably could have pulled it off if it
would have been under 200 miles, and on flat highway instead of the
disastrous mountains of West Virginia. Yeah, a diesel would have
been better. I have to say that I greatly underestimated the weight
of the system. Big is one thing, heavy is another.
Rob
Rob Borsuk
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