my crazy night on the side of the road
Same thing happened to me not too long ago. Fortunately I had some daylight left and had mine fixed before help arrived. I remember thinking at the time that the sound of traffic flying by at 70 mph was strangely soothing. From now on I'm doing all my work on the freeway
Same thing happened to me not too long ago. Fortunately I had some daylight left and had mine fixed before help arrived. I remember thinking at the time that the sound of traffic flying by at 70 mph was strangely soothing. From now on I'm doing all my work on the freeway
How far from home were you when this happened? If you were close you should have just unplugged the MAF and driven it home and dealt with it in the morning.
Having tools in the car FTMFW, since I blew my pipes 3 times I always have tools in my ride.
Having tools in the car FTMFW, since I blew my pipes 3 times I always have tools in my ride.
who gets the last laugh now 
This happiend to me at about 2 am one morning when I was boosting on an entrance ramp to the highway. Shifted into 4th and POWWW. Instantly knew what it was, had no tools to fix it. My same pipe blew off, lower intercooler. Long story short I would have to stop every mile to slide the pipe back into the coupler. Then just drove home w. pipe off hardly moving.
When I got home I instantly put all T bolt style clamps on the LICP and have had no problems since.
When I got home I instantly put all T bolt style clamps on the LICP and have had no problems since.
Ugh - these posts always make me shudder. It sucks to be stranded, at night, without light, and along a highway.
The first time I blew a hose (last year), I was "testing" a rough engine issue under boost and heard the BANG!, started to coast, praying the block was intact while going down into town in Watkins Glen. The car coasted slower, and slower, and finally at about 4 mph, I rolled into a parking lot for... a Goodyear Service Center w/ a NAPA Auto Parts store behind it - nothing for a quarter mile on either side of it. Lifted the hood and found the hose had separated from the intake manifold, but the clamp had disappeared. Talk about easy. All I had to do was buy a clamp and screwdriver at the NAPA store to fix it.
The second time (last summer), the tow truck showed up quick:
'cuz the BMW Club Racing guys needed to start their qualifying runs and were pissed they had to wait for me. The car died just coming out of the Toe of the Boot, so they towed me as far as Turn 9, and then let me sit there while the qualifying took place. An E36 died in Turn 8, so he was towed into the same holding area with me. We both watched the rest of qualifying, then the tow truck came and got us after the session (me first, much to the racer's annoyance). The lesson learned - never swap in a new IC 2 days before a track date.
The 3rd time it happened (this year, again at WGI), the hose barely separated from the hotside of the IC, so I was able to drive into the pits at WGI and tackle it in the paddock.
So each time it's happened to me, I had the luxury of:
1) Broad daylight.
2) Surrounded by people possessing 10's of years of mechanical experience.
I've got a date this off season with a Samco hose kit, t-bolt clamps, and a can of Aqua Net hairspray.
The first time I blew a hose (last year), I was "testing" a rough engine issue under boost and heard the BANG!, started to coast, praying the block was intact while going down into town in Watkins Glen. The car coasted slower, and slower, and finally at about 4 mph, I rolled into a parking lot for... a Goodyear Service Center w/ a NAPA Auto Parts store behind it - nothing for a quarter mile on either side of it. Lifted the hood and found the hose had separated from the intake manifold, but the clamp had disappeared. Talk about easy. All I had to do was buy a clamp and screwdriver at the NAPA store to fix it.
The second time (last summer), the tow truck showed up quick:
'cuz the BMW Club Racing guys needed to start their qualifying runs and were pissed they had to wait for me.
The car died just coming out of the Toe of the Boot, so they towed me as far as Turn 9, and then let me sit there while the qualifying took place. An E36 died in Turn 8, so he was towed into the same holding area with me. We both watched the rest of qualifying, then the tow truck came and got us after the session (me first, much to the racer's annoyance). The lesson learned - never swap in a new IC 2 days before a track date.The 3rd time it happened (this year, again at WGI), the hose barely separated from the hotside of the IC, so I was able to drive into the pits at WGI and tackle it in the paddock.
So each time it's happened to me, I had the luxury of:
1) Broad daylight.
2) Surrounded by people possessing 10's of years of mechanical experience.
I've got a date this off season with a Samco hose kit, t-bolt clamps, and a can of Aqua Net hairspray.