'74 swinger project
OK, W T F!
Went out to check the coolant level etc. and the most impossible thing had happened. The car as an oil accumulator on it for reserve pressure. Sitting parked, off and cooling down the entire bottom of the accumulator blew off. Tossed 3 quarts of oil under pressure all over the engine compartment and is now all over the driveway :( :( Easy fix by bypassing it tomorrow but WTH!?! I'm glad is didn;t happen driving home on I35 at speed or I'd be looking at a giant fireball...luck on my side ! Gonna just plug off the feed hose from the acumulator tomorrow and spend most of the day getting oil of EVERYTHING! Then try and figure out how the hell that happend. The damn thing is only set to 30PSI, should be able to hold 3x that. Looks like the threads just gave up.
I guess a call to Canton tomorrow will also be in order, pics of carnage to follow later, right now I need to go get a LOT of oil dry and try and clean up the driveway.
Carnage
OK, W T F!
Went out to check the coolant level etc. and the most impossible thing had happened. The car as an oil accumulator on it for reserve pressure. Sitting parked, off and cooling down the entire bottom of the accumulator blew off. Tossed 3 quarts of oil under pressure all over the engine compartment and is now all over the driveway :( :( Easy fix by bypassing it tomorrow but WTH!?! I'm glad is didn;t happen driving home on I35 at speed or I'd be looking at a giant fireball...luck on my side ! Gonna just plug off the feed hose from the acumulator tomorrow and spend most of the day getting oil of EVERYTHING! Then try and figure out how the hell that happend. The damn thing is only set to 30PSI, should be able to hold 3x that. Looks like the threads just gave up.
I guess a call to Canton tomorrow will also be in order, pics of carnage to follow later, right now I need to go get a LOT of oil dry and try and clean up the driveway.
Carnage