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[eliot-ness]

Had an interesting day. Off to Albany with the wife, cruising along happily at about 110ks. The wife says, "the temperature guage is in the red. Should I stop?" Ok, off at the next off ramp and up with the hood. Sure enough a wisp of steam from the top hose coupling. No problem, a twist with the screw driver and she'll be right, or wrong as it happened. Left hand holding hose, screwdriver in slot, quarter turn, then BANG. The frigging thing exploded, thoroughly disinfecting my left hand with about 2 litres of boiling water. When my eyes stopped watering I took a look at the radiator. The connecting flange had blown off the tank completely, and the whole thing was made of plastic. Maybe I'm wrong but aren't BMWs supposed to be quality cars? Anyway it took an hour to organise the AA to get it to the garage then I had to get to the medical centre. Half an hour later I walk up to the desk. "I'd like to see a doc," says I.
"Certainly sir," says the receptionist. "Please fill in these forms."
"Can I not do that afterwards?" says I hopefully.
"Sorry but you'll have to do them now," quoth she with a determined look. So, fill them in I do whilst blowing on the blisters and tattered strips of skin that used to be my hand.
"Thank you" she smiles cheerfully having beaten another peasant into submission. "Now if you sit down someone will be along shortly to see to you." By this time I was running out of puff to blow with so I told her to call me when needed and I went and stood at the door, holding my hand out in the pouring rain to cool it. Five minutes later she called me. "Thank god, thought I. at long last we'll get some service. Not so.
"You haven't filled in the form correctly," she said sternly. "You forgot to fill in you employer's name and address."
Now I'm a fairly patient sort of guy but I was getting a little peeved. "If you look a little closer" I said, you'll see that I'm retired, the accident happened at the roadside, and that was a couple of hours ago."
"Oh, alright," she muttered grumpily. Please take a seat and I'll be with you shortly." So back I go to continue my stint as unpaid doorman. Ten minutes later I'm called in again.
"It says here you've scalded your hand," she says in surprise. Have you had any medical attention?".
"Not yet, but I'm hoping for a miracle" I answered grimly. "Maybe you could recommend a doctor."
Suddenly I'm the centre of attention, whisked away to the surgery and my hand is wrapped in cottonwool and soaked in icy cold solution. Sheer bliss, but she who doubles as a receptionist and part time nurse wanders off again and I'm left to my own devices, with lots of wadding and an almost full container of the cold stuff. At the end of half an hour the container is empty, most of it dripping onto the floor around the table, and there's a growing pile of soggy cotton wool pads.
"Oh dear," she says," and disappears in search of a mop. Anyway, I finally got my hand plastered in what looked like icecream, two inches of padding followed by three miles of bandage and topped off with a fishnet stocking held in place by sticky tape.
"There," she said happily. "All finished. If you come through to reception I'll make you an appointment to have the dressings changed tomorrow." Somehow I think I'll give it a miss. I have a roll of bandage and some solarcaine in the first aid box. I reckon I'll do just as good a job without the hassles of 'modern medicine'. :angry2:

[Flatcap]

Is there crackling?

I like crackling....

[sinfull]

Ouch ! Not good to hear ! Gonna be a painfull one for a bit !

[oldrider]

I feel your pain, had you been a child, you would still be waiting! :angry2: John.

[Rollestonchick]

Glad your ok:hug:, It is :oi-grr::mad: in the modern pc medical centres, especially the waiting, but you should go back and get the dressings changed tomorrow, at least. Just to make sure theres no infection and everything starting to heal properly

[Forest]

Was the medical clinic public or private?

[kevfromcoro]

fakin typical isnt it..you are sitting there in pain and the nurse called you back because you didnt fill out your employers name.
wot a crock of shit..
i have just done a job ,,and one of the regulations was ,,i had to wear eye protection......fair enough....
but i wear glases.....sorry no glasses ..eye protection only...
ok 6 floors up on a catwalk ...and cant see.....
i think OSH needs a bit of a re think here

[TimeOut]

Glad your ok:hug:, It is :oi-grr::mad: in the modern pc medical centres, especially the waiting, but you should go back and get the dressings tomorrow, at least. Just to make sure theres no infection and everything starting to heal properly


Wot he said. Look after it infection can be a big problem with burns.

[fire eyes]

:headbang:so glad it wasnt more than that! your heal up in no time .. take care

[Motu]

I knew it would be a BMW before you mentioned it - every connection in their cooling system is plastic,and they are total crap.From now on they will all go in turn - wait until the heater outlet on the back of the cyl head goes,you have to remove the gearbox to get to it.

[Her_C4]

I knew it would be a BMW before you mentioned it - every connection in their cooling system is plastic,and they are total crap.From now on they will all go in turn - wait until the heater outlet on the back of the cyl head goes,you have to remove the gearbox to get to it.

Bugga bugga bugga shit shit bugga:blank::mad:

[fLaThEaD FreD]

Had an interesting day. Off to Albany with the wife, cruising along happily at about 110ks. The wife says, "the temperature guage is in the red. Should I stop?" Ok, off at the next off ramp and up with the hood. Sure enough a wisp of steam from the top hose coupling. No problem, a twist with the screw driver and she'll be right, or wrong as it happened. Left hand holding hose, screwdriver in slot, quarter turn, then BANG. The frigging thing exploded, thoroughly disinfecting my left hand with about 2 litres of boiling water. When my eyes stopped watering I took a look at the radiator. The connecting flange had blown off the tank completely, and the whole thing was made of plastic. Maybe I'm wrong but aren't BMWs supposed to be quality cars? Anyway it took an hour to organise the AA to get it to the garage then I had to get to the medical centre. Half an hour later I walk up to the desk. "I'd like to see a doc," says I. "Certainly sir," says the receptionist. "Please fill in these forms." "Can I not do that afterwards?" says I hopefully. "Sorry but you'll have to do them now," quoth she with a determined look. So, fill them in I do whilst blowing on the blisters and tattered strips of skin that used to be my hand. "Thank you" she smiles cheerfully having beaten another peasant into submission. "Now if you sit down someone will be along shortly to see to you. By this time I was running out of puff to blow with so I told her to call me when needed and I went and stood at the door, holding my hand out in the pouring rain to cool it. Five minutes later she called me. Thak god, thought I. at long last we'll get some service. Not so. "You haven't filled in the form correctly," she said sternly. "You forgot to fill in you employer's name and address." Now I'm a fairly patient sort of guy but I was getting a little peeved. "If you look a little closer" I said, you'll see that I'm retired, the accident happened at the roadside, and that was a couple of hours ago." "Oh, alright," she muttered grumpily. Please take a seat and I'll be with you shortly." So back I go to continue my stint as unpaid doorman. Ten minutes later I'm called in again. "It says here you've scalded your hand," she says in surprise. Have you had any medical attention?". "Not yet, but I'm hoping for a miracle" I answered grimly. "Maybe you could recommend a doctor." Suddenly I'm the centre of attention, whisked away to the surgery and my hand is wrapped in cottonwool and soaked in icy cold solution. Sheer bliss, but she who doubles as a receptionist and part time nurse wanders off again and I'm left to my own devices, with lots of wadding and an almost full container of the cold stuff. At the end of half an hour the container is empty, most of it dripping onto the floor around the table, and there's a growing pile of soggy cotton wool pads. "Oh dear," she says," and disappears in search of a mop. Anyway, I finally got my hand plastered in what looked like icecream, two inches of padding followed by three miles of bandage and topped off with a fishnet stocking held in place by sticky tape. "There," she said happily. "All finished. If you come through to reception I'll make you an appointment to have the dressings changed tomorrow." Somehow I think I'll give it a miss. I have a roll of bandage and some solarcaine in the first aid box. I reckon I'll do just as good a job without the hassles of 'modern medicine'. :angry2:

I jammed my hand in a moving chainblock and amputated my thumb.After being tranferred in an amblance to middlemore and being checked through admitting I was sat for a few minutes in waiting room for a doctor.2 hours later I got up and went to admitting to ask how long it would be.........oops! we forgot you I was told.............needless bells rang and I was seen. Yes It was reattatched and I still have it even though a funny shape and stiff. I can still hold a can of piss and I can hold up the bottoms of my toasted sandwiches...........and still look after the lil man in the boat!:blip:

[crynsie]

hmmmmmm...

I am seeing a pattern here...

A guy at work had exactly the same thing happen, and yes it was a beemer as well!
He had 4 days off and is still in bandages etc. He is now trying to sell the car as he has had major probs with the cooling system for about a year and it has repaid him for his efforts by burning him...

Get better soon fred

PS: Nobody buy a beemer from a guy named ****, it will burn you

[eliot-ness]

I knew it would be a BMW before you mentioned it - every connection in their cooling system is plastic,and they are total crap.From now on they will all go in turn - wait until the heater outlet on the back of the cyl head goes,you have to remove the gearbox to get to it.

Thanks for the warning Motu. Never liked Beemers anyway but cars are the wife's department so I don't get a say in it. Maybe now she'll listen.
Thanks also to all the well wishers, The hand feels pretty good this morning, better than expected anyway. Won't be playing the gutar for a while, the callouses have peeled off the ends of my fingers, but I'll be riding next week, weather permitting.

[rottiguy]

Bummer dude, sounds like a design fault to me. Dependant on the age of the bumMW you could contact their NZ HQ and tell them what a pile of crap their cars are and what happened.
Unfortunately you forgot the golden rule in medical centers, LOUDEST squeak gets the oil.
I hope ya arm gets better soon, and as mentioned be careful of infection.

[Devil]

I really wanted to read the original post until I saw the layout...

[MIXONE]

Unfortunately you forgot the golden rule in medical centers, LOUDEST squeak gets the oil.


I've always found that if you are bleeding all over the floor you get pretty prompt attention.

[sidecar bob]

As a BMW technician of 15 odd years, i have seen those spigots blow off once or twice a week, You are the second person i know that has recieved serious burns as a result of it.
The last person i knew that had it happen had it go all over their torso, Not nice.
I never go near them when they look like that.

[McJim]

A while ago it came to light that it cost BMW the same to produce a 318i as it cost rover to produce a rover 100 (Mini metro shitbox).

Food for thought although I don't know what it says about the quality of the vehicles or the productivity.

[eliot-ness]

I really wanted to read the original post until I saw the layout...

I'm sorry if I offended your literary sensibilities. I have edited the post to make it less painful for you to read than it was for me to type.:whistle:

[WarlockNZ]

Ouch man ... i feel your pain.

I had the same thing happen to me, not the hand thing tho ... driving down the motorway and the gauge goes into the red, next thing i know there's steam coming from under the hood of the bimmer.

Blew the top right off the radiator, the cause was a buggered water pump, lucky the car was still under warrentee of it would have cost me a fortune.

[Goblin]

...Maybe I'm wrong but aren't BMWs supposed to be quality cars?... No, just over-rated and overpriced. Really sorry to hear of your injuries, and the rigmarole at the medical center. Burns really are the worst cos they dont stop burning.


I knew it would be a BMW before you mentioned it - every connection in their cooling system is plastic,and they are total crap.From now on they will all go in turn - wait until the heater outlet on the back of the cyl head goes,you have to remove the gearbox to get to it.Hmmmm...


hmmmmmm...

I am seeing a pattern here...

A guy at work had exactly the same thing happen, and yes it was a beemer as well! I see it too. :eek:


As a BMW technician of 15 odd years, i have seen those spigots blow off once or twice a week, You are the second person i know that has recieved serious burns as a result of it.
The last person i knew that had it happen had it go all over their torso, Not nice.
I never go near them when they look like that.Even the expert agrees. :Playnice:


Ouch man ... i feel your pain.

I had the same thing happen to me, not the hand thing tho ... driving down the motorway and the gauge goes into the red, next thing i know there's steam coming from under the hood of the bimmer.

Blew the top right off the radiator, the cause was a buggered water pump, lucky the car was still under warrentee of it would have cost me a fortune.Oh once the warranty expires it will cost you a fortune.

[sidecar bob]

I knew it would be a BMW wait until the heater outlet on the back of the cyl head goes,you have to remove the gearbox to get to it.

You didnt remove the gearbox?? surely, No wonder they get a reputation for being expensive to repair, I keep those outlets in stock & charge 3/4 hour to do them from under the bonnett.

[GurlRacer]

Ow bugger. Not like my retard of a friend who tried to unscrew the radiator cap when the car had been turned off a minute earlier.... Idiot. :laugh:

I really hope you get better :) At least you're not in Norway, considering how much they pay in taxes you'd expect their medical system to be at least up to scratch... not even! I broke my hand, waited 6.5 hours for painkillers and over 7 for a cast. Had 3 different x-rays, all which they twisted my broken hand with no painkillers (I nearly punched the x-ray guy the last time) and then asked me to sign a form, to which I couldn't communicate with them that it was my writing hand I'd broken. I finally got the point across when I tried to sign the bloody thing and they said "Oh no no no its ok!" :mad:

[Bikernereid]

Ouch, doesn't sounds good. And here was I thinking that the NHS was crap. Sounds like your medical provisions are as crap as ours.

Hope you get well soon.

[McDuck]

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