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Author: Subject: the ring killed my engine
tootall

posted on 28/6/09 at 09:12 AM Reply With Quote
the ring killed my engine

been to the nurburgring last week and on my last and final lap i could hear a wining noise like a belt been too tight but obviously there are know belts then the noise stoped and so did the car as it put 4 litres of oil onthe track i got out and lifted bonnet and can see a pice of castng cracked to right of oil filter think it is were the oil pump lives not got engine out yet but the oil caused 4 motorbikes to crash and it cost mea fortune to get my car back 1468 euro to clean track etc and recover my car go some pics ill post them latter





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richardh

posted on 28/6/09 at 09:14 AM Reply With Quote
yikes, that's really bad news.
hope the bikers are ok though.





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prawnabie

posted on 28/6/09 at 10:03 AM Reply With Quote
The first time i went, one of the guys in my group left a trail of gearbox oil about 4km long. The had marshalls on the track that day - that cost 2500 euros to clean up!
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JoelP

posted on 28/6/09 at 10:08 AM Reply With Quote
damn! can you get insurance for this sort of thing?






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big_wasa

posted on 28/6/09 at 11:15 AM Reply With Quote
Thats put me of
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posted on 28/6/09 at 11:41 AM Reply With Quote
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BenB

posted on 28/6/09 at 11:56 AM Reply With Quote
Damn! Bad luck OP!!!

That porsche was so pissing coolant everywhere..... Oh well, hope the porkers repair bill was suitably large for being antisocial.... I suppose the moral of the story is- if you develop a fault on the ring, pull over and get recovered!!

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jeffw

posted on 28/6/09 at 02:13 PM Reply With Quote
Lucky you didn't kill anyone....you would have been paying for the rest of your life.

As your insurance will, almost certainly, not cover Ring use you could have faced unlimited 3rd party liability as well as the cost to clean the track and paying for the closure.

Sorry to hear of the demise of your motor (the Ring has a history of killing BEC cars) but you got off light compared with what could have happened.






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Kriss

posted on 28/6/09 at 06:21 PM Reply With Quote
thats really bad news, but happy knowone is badly injured.

i also hope the car gets back and up and running too.

why is the ring such a bEC killer then? Say anymore than a normal track day doing 10-15 laps?

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jeffw

posted on 28/6/09 at 08:55 PM Reply With Quote
Not entirely sure but there are sections which are flat-out for a very long time ( one section springs to mind where you are flat to the floor for 30 secs up a relatively steep hill) as well as some very high g corners (Carousel as a for instance). There have been a number of BECs die on the Ring.

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disco_biscuit

posted on 29/6/09 at 06:53 PM Reply With Quote
wow sorry to hear the bad news, i was going to take mine this weekend but i think i will play safe and take the Seat Ibiza
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tootall

posted on 29/6/09 at 10:18 PM Reply With Quote
the ring is alot hillyer than u would imagine and once your tyres are warmed up the cornering force is mad will go again but in a (ring dog) some old rear wheel drive pice of crap worth nothing then if it does brake ill just leave it at side of track and run into the trees lol





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disco_biscuit

posted on 30/6/09 at 05:41 AM Reply With Quote
Was it a standard engine or did you have a sump baffle fitted?
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posted on 30/6/09 at 10:34 AM Reply With Quote
did you get those pics yet? be interesting to see what happened - i hope to go to the ring at some point too!






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tootall

posted on 30/6/09 at 11:54 PM Reply With Quote
yer sump baffle was fitted even held back a bit on the fast long corners think it was destin to go bang any way from the things ive found and people ive talked to
hear is a few pics Rescued attachment bike crash.jpg
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tootall

posted on 30/6/09 at 11:56 PM Reply With Quote
and a couple more sorry for large size
me and our lass befor the nightmare smiling

[Edited on 30/6/09 by tootall] Rescued attachment me happy.jpg
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posted on 1/7/09 at 12:06 AM Reply With Quote
more Rescued attachment my indy.jpg
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posted on 1/7/09 at 12:07 AM Reply With Quote
and more Rescued attachment my indy2.jpg
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posted on 1/7/09 at 12:08 AM Reply With Quote
last one Rescued attachment my indy3.jpg
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tootall

posted on 1/7/09 at 12:09 AM Reply With Quote
that r1 and fire blade would make some nice doner bike for a bec kit lol
the r1 only had 2000km on clock





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disco_biscuit

posted on 1/7/09 at 05:47 AM Reply With Quote
So what happens about the damage to the bikes? do you have to pay for that aswell?
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tootall

posted on 3/7/09 at 07:40 PM Reply With Quote
there trying to claim off my insurance but its all complicated even i dont have a clue





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fesycresy

posted on 3/7/09 at 07:53 PM Reply With Quote
So you could be liable

I know a guy who hit the armco in his CSL, they billed him £2500 for the recovery and repair of the armco.

If you had a policy with track day cover, would you be OK then ?





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tootall

posted on 4/7/09 at 01:32 PM Reply With Quote
well my insurers say they insure me for a acident but i have not had a acident ?
so thats a dodgy area realy good job our lasses dad is a barister ?????





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jeffw

posted on 4/7/09 at 07:52 PM Reply With Quote
Be very interested to see how you get on with this. Does your policy exclude the Nordschlief by name or refer to one way toll roads ?

Track day cover doesn't apply as it is considered to be a public toll road under German law...hence why there is 3rd party liability and why you will get pursed for the cost of the bike repairs.






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