Doh!

[SteveF]

Here's my 'top 5' list of thinge to remember check before going out in the Westie...

1. Petrol

2. Petrol

3. Petrol

4. Petrol

5. Petrol

Couldn't get out over the w/e so brought the Westie in to work so I could go for a blat at lunch time. Took a lovely route round some back roads around Daresbury / Frodsham / Norley, and was just on my way back to work, coming round a nice sweeping right hander alongside the motorway - when the Westie starts to chug - oh - oh       somethings wrong - pulled into a layby, and the engine died. Tried to restart it - no joy. Got out took the bonnet off - checked all the plug leads (a previous problem) - ok, checked the ends on the dizzy - then noticed - the fuel filter was empty        - went back turned the ingintion on and sure enough - the guage read empty    - but it was 1/4 full when I left this morning - then I realised just how far I'dgone   .

Luckily there were a few other cars in the layby & I asked each one of them if they had a can with some petrol - and they were all f'in diesels   (so thats what reps do in their lunch hour ! ). Luckily one guy offered to give me a lift to the local petrol station to get a can and some fuel - so off we went to get it.

When we got back - I filled the tank, and tried to restsart - but no joy - it just cranked & cranked    - the pump had obviously lost its prime. So next thing was to try and get the prime back - by sucking the line through      - I maybe a petrol head but petrol fumes taste awful!!! - tried to restart - no joy yet again. This time I tried repriming the pump by pouring petrol back down the pump outlet line (not easy from a petrol can) & all over myself - put it all back together and tried again. This time the fuel filter was filling - and it eventually startted        

So just to recap on things to remember before you go out in the Westie - repeat after me ...

Petrol Petrol! PETROL!

Steve

[Liam]

Could have been worse - could have been a GP car in front of zillions of people