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by mark_biggles
Fri Oct 20, 2017 10:24 am
Forum: Technical Q&A
Topic: Teapot - how can it seize when it wasnt running??
Replies: 7
Views: 1218

Re: Teapot - how can it seize when it wasnt running??

hi Blix, thanks for the reply :-) I wondered about a hydraulic lock too, but the weird thing is, it didnt have chance to 'fire' the engine didnt turn at all. It was almost as though I had put it in gear and tried to start it, but without the lurch that you'd get (of course, it wouldnt actually start...
by mark_biggles
Thu Oct 19, 2017 8:15 pm
Forum: Technical Q&A
Topic: Teapot - how can it seize when it wasnt running??
Replies: 7
Views: 1218

Teapot - how can it seize when it wasnt running??

Engine sort of seized?? hi there Ive got a 2002 750F er.. and its only got 5000 miles on the clock (yes, shame on me, I know...) Wifey accidentally 'pruned' the power cable to the garage while pruning the hedge.. Trickle charger went off.. battery went flat.. months passed.. petrol evaporated, gunke...