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    Can the wrong oil blow an engine up?

    in Motorhome Matters

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    Hello all, thanks for the replies, sorry for it to be a bit "vague" my friend has no mechanical knowledge at all and details are sparse, He had just had a cambelt change and full service prior to his trip at an independent garage, so yes less than 1000 miles, when the van got back to the garage they confirmed (I presume through analysis) that the wrong oil was used, the engine was a total write off! it cost 13K to get a new engine and put it in, now this is where it gets a bit muddled the garage paid half only and he paid the other half, the garage said that he must have put some extra wrong oil in! now if that was me they would be footing the whole bill, but him and his wife are in their late 70's and the wife is disabled, I think they were just so grateful to get the van back that they couldn't be bothered to see it out, I do not know what oil was put in at the service (assume they know which is the correct oil) he denies putting anything in it, he also says they were no warning signs on the dash it just blew up with a bang! and crunching (his words) I am not really one for saying this but he is a bit dithery.

    he is glad to be back on the road and the incident is now in the past and they don't dwell on it, but this got me thinking (hence the question) and why did the garage only pay half (in doing so admitted responsibility) I didn't want to push him on that bit because I didn't want to embarrass him with questioning!

    hope that's a bit clearer or the real question would be if the garage was to put 10w 40 in by mistake would this cause damage! I presume the engine would heat up and seize I have no knowledge on this hence the question the other bits of info are just that info

    Jonathan 

    Bi-Lateral Visa Waiver. French Response.

    in Motorhome Matters

    Posted

    Just as a bit of an aside, my mate, has just left Spain (on the santander ferry) 44 days over the 90, the Spanish customs just stamped the passport and waved him through! he has been home 2 weeks now and not heard anything yet, I think though if that had been in France (calais) it might have been different

    jonathan

    NC 500 advice please

    in Motorhome Matters

    Posted · Edited by silverback
    addad more info

    we went 2019 sept and oct, we did a mixture of wild and campsites, as you say out of the way, we had no bother, and did not book anything and always found space in campsites, we went clockwise west first to east  as long as you know the rules on single track roads we had no bother on that either, those months were definately quieter, I think they have now put a restriction on the applecross pass (pass of cows) but I'm not sure what (you will have to google that one) if you are on LPG (refillables the last fill is ullapool) none after that till dornoch but check that as well, we took a spare bottle and back fed it through the external BBQ point.

    have a good trip and look on overnight spots on search for sites web page or app we found it invaluable

    Jonathan

    ps after covid though it might be rammed, but don't believe all you hear, we went orkney shetland may and june 2022 everyone said it was packed ....IT WASN'T lol😃

    Sterling Power LiFePO4 (Lithium) Leisure Batteries

    in Motorhome Matters

    Posted

    arthur49 - 2022-02-16 11:54 AM

     

    State of Charge (SOC)

     

    Just thought I'd post re SOC of my two Sterling Power LiFePO4 batteries.

     

    Van in drive for 10 days now. I "store" van with batteries roughly 50% charged. We know BMS measurement of SOC is very rough but with both batteries sitting at 13.1v according to BMS the SOC's are showing as 66% and 85%

     

    I reckon 13.1v is 40-50% so SOC on both batteries is miles out. 8-)

     

     

     

     

    for what it's worth arthur49 the soc is like that because your batteries haven't paired up yet it will take at least 50 cycles B-)

    Jonathan

     

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