stualex

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Am rather ashamed to be showing this but has caused no real harm other than me looking like a right ****.

All I'll say is:

When relocating the alarm siren to allow fitment of a strut brace make sure you actually relocate the siren somewhere before going for a B road blast and don't just leave it sat on the turbo!!

Oops

burbling1

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PMSL, sorry mate but that is funny.

Tony Harrington

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Oops!

legb4rsk

You don't need a siren.You need a smoke alarm!!!!!!!!!! 8-)

peter zippy reid

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That will smell for a while

scoobygaz1

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stualex

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It does stink, very bad. I was letting a mate have a drive at the time when it started to stink and smoke was pouring out the bonnet vent when we stopped, he thought he'd fooked my car, so did I for a minute.

Am now looking for a replacement siren from a standard Cobra alarm!

jef

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as much as its a laugh, its a live and learn, youll not make that mistake again lol,

and quite probably neither willl newbies reading this - good job mate!

RedScoob

Cooo, those turbos get quite hot, don't they!

#68 rb5

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Does beg the question of where your heat sheid is, or why no blanket. Must get quite a bit of heat soak in the bay?

P600wrx

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Oh mate, that's gonna stink for months, I did have a little smile sorry, but we all make mistakes

stualex

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Don't worry if it made you laugh, theres no harm done and its a lesson to all. On the up side, noticed a fair bit of difference with the strut brace, the car is so flat and sturdy round the corners it reminds me of when I used to do karting, smiles all day long.

P600wrx

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Get a rear one wooooo they work wkd

stualex

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Any recommendations for a rear one, I've put the standard STi carbon one on the front and seems spot on, apart from me melting my siren!

thunder8

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i done some silly things but not that bad sorry mate but got to lol

midnight

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Fair play for posting that mate,,i 've just fell out of bed laughing,FPMSL.The poor alarm never stood a chance ,I take it plastic not much good for a turbo blanket then.

stualex

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I must admit, it is without question the dumbest thing I have ever done!

midnight

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Does the alarm still work and go off when you open the doors ? ,sorry mate just could not resist it.lol

stualex

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Surprisingly enough it does still work, just sounds kids toy running out of batteries!

DonNedly

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Well done for posting.
Made me laugh.

SirFozzalot

Whoops! That's going to smell for ages!

Fair play for posting it though.

SirFozzalot

**Double post**

SwissTony

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We all do slight mistakes like that


This is what happens when you decide to clean your engine. Covered the intercooler, alarm housing and induction cone. Cleaned it, then took coverings off...or so I thought I had. Turns out I had missed the plastic bag that was covering the induction cone.

Turned on the engine to warm the engine bay up and dry off the water.

realised after about 5 seconds that I had left the bag on


This is what happens in 5 seconds !!..whoops

tubbytommy

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ooops oh well fella no harm done and well done for posting your fail.

at least a new siren should plug in so an easy if maybe slightly costly fix.

will the melted plastic on the turbo just break off when its cold??

a5h

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Lol

stualex

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Yeah majority of it chipped off easily enough after the engine had been switched off for 5 mins. The remainder has pretty much burnt off now and I've only used the car twice since.

AdeWRX

lol, well done for owning up mate and giving us all a giggle! No major harm done though and, as you say, you wont be doing that again!