What a trip down Memory Lane for me! I live in Kalmar in Sweden and one day a group of Belgian lads travelling in three 2CVs rolled in to our local petrol station. 'Rolled' literally, because one of their 2CVs had had an engine failure 75 kms up the road in Oskarshamn and they'd pushed it and towed it all the way. Luckily, there's a Citroën main dealer in my town, so I directed them there and they set off pushing and towing the final 2 kms. I went by there an hour or so later and they had the defective 2CV in bits in the main dealer's car park, but they seemed to be winning. They'd moved on back towards Belgium by the evening. They'd been all the way up to North Cape (maybe another 1500 kms north) and were on their way home …

Loved the camera being thrown back during acceleration, definitely focusing on the power and speed of mighty elly..............

Congratulations for 222,222 miles, Elly!

R6 is not ethanol resistant, it's too permeable. You need R9 or R14 hose and make sure you get a quality brand such as Gates Baricade or Cohline as the aftermarket if full of unbranded junk.

Well, well, well.... Westward Ho!, where I was born and, to top it all, the building in front of where you parked on the yellow lines was where I worked as a bingo caller for many summers! Happy memories! Thanks!

What a beautiful sky - I'm glad you gave us a view from the car. But that noise from the engine!

Nice to see Ellie getting out and about again. Looking forward to the MG5 road test too

Well done with the 222,222 miles! My Peugeot Expert passed 434,444 very recently, so less than 10,000 to go before I hit 444,444!

Knackered engines - whether it's through lack of friction, or lack of concern, they always run fantastically... Until they don't.

Great to see the old girl out and about Mr HubNut, even nicer to see the seaside for those who live inland.

I can confirm the excellent thermal retention qualities of the mighty Hubnut beanie, my recently acquired item is doing a sterling job of repelling the freezing winds off the Irish Sea.

Great little Vlog Ian, just in time for Lunch, good to see Elly going on a wee roadtrip!

"I need to find some better ho's" Wise words.

@millomweb

2 жыл бұрын

The apostrophe is in the wrong place. The correct word is 'hose' - so it would be 'correct' (but never used) as hos'.

Well done Elle! Even when she's not feeling her best she still soldiers on. Bless her. What a wonderful car.

Hello sir. Your narrative just reminded me: when I was a kid I had a tape recorder that I was obsessed with. But when I was talking into it, I always referred to it as “you.” Glad you had a nice trip. Love how well she is running, aside from that blasted rattling. Thanks for the video. Cheers.

@craigmclean8260

2 жыл бұрын

Funny; I used to do a lot of comical tape-recordings, and I was always addressing "the folks", as if doing a radio program...

I remember my Seicento Sporting's user manual said something like "if the oil light comes on and then comes off if you rev up, don't worry about it."

@neilwalsh4058

2 жыл бұрын

Had a load of Fiats with the FIRE engine in and done some miles in them , never had a tad of trouble from any of them. Another legendary Fiat engine alongside the Lampredi twin-cam and the 128AS series 🇮🇹👌

@426baron

2 жыл бұрын

@@neilwalsh4058 same here. On the Sei, the oil light would often come on when stopped after some spirited driving. As indicated, I didn't bother and everything went well.

Epic mileage in that. You must have a heart like a lion taking it on such a journey.

As soon as you got out of the car I thought, "That's Westward Ho" and it was. Stayed in Croyde last Summer and returned there to find it quite a bit more built up than the last time we stayed there in 2006!

@solent7430

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, me too. Used to have a family place there and such a familiar place to me. Unfortunately the family place was in that built up bit!

Time for some sparrow, tune 🤔🤓👍 new engine time bmw boxer 850 👍 sounds bottom end 🤔😖 power is more 👌 or an electric ellie 🤔

Great video as ever. Great to hear that your dad has a MG5 . MG / SAIC doing a great job. Love my MG ZS EV which I have had over 2 years

@abgmac67

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve got a ZS EV too. Lots of car for the money. Looking forward to the report on the MG5.

Oil creeping out at speed/under pressure could indicate oil filler/Reniflad in need of replacement or repair. I repaired one, pain in the bum & not that much cheaper than buying new from ECAS. Made a huge difference to performance & stopped those little oozy oil leaks.

I absolutely love these roadtrip videos! I think they are super interesting and relaxing :D

Fuel pipe tip is invaluable. Thanks for this 😊

Glad you spotted that hose! Very enjoyable drive.

Nice vid takes me to your old road trips before the last few years of madness. ☮️

Glad to see Ellie out and about!

Fantastic! Just in time for a lunchtime view. Lovely.

New hood looks particularly good now that you have installed those extra fixings adjacent to the rear screen.

Glad you enjoyed your trip to westward Ho , I live in Barnstaple, love the content in the videos

Lovely to hear Elly storming along to Devon. Iirc you put that engine in in an emergency and the previous one wasn't knackered. The noise sounds like rocker trouble to me, loose nuts on the pedestals or a tappet.

440 mile rount trip to see the family, forget buying cars and caravans, you should get a boat for travelling between Wales and Devon, it must be half the distance by sea :)

@fugawiaus

2 жыл бұрын

I live in nsw Australia. Boat is the only type of travel at the moment. We’re flooded big time.

@jonnycando

2 жыл бұрын

@@fugawiaus one could hope for the middle ground, but it’s always the extremes aren’t it? Dust dry or soaking wet, no in between😟….well here’s hoping for better luck for you!

RE: No diesel in Morrisons. They had a promotion where you got 7p off a litre if you spent over £40 in store and the voucher ran out last weekend. I would imagine that people were running their tanks to empty and filling up from there.

@geoffbaker4452

2 жыл бұрын

Same here, my local Morrisons was overrun with people buying petrol that weekend . Diesel ran out. They were already cheapest in the area and the promotion just made it worse.

@RGChandler

2 жыл бұрын

My local Morrisons (cambridge) had no diesel a couple of days ago either. everywhere else did. Seems to be a Morrisons thing rather than panic buying.

2CV interior profile with sunburst makes a dynamic and pleasing image!

Awww poor elly hope she gets better Another great video has always Ian and miss hubnut and hublets and hubmutts 👍

My hometown Ian, glad your roadtrip was a success.

Lovely trip well done ellie 🚘🚙🚗👍👍👍👍👍👍

You should take Elly to Fort bij Vechten in The Netherlands if you don't already have, there is a company that does 2CV tours there and I think she would feel very much at home with them on that parking lot. She's got a good caretaker so hopefully we will see her again in a future video.

Lovely video Ian looks like you had a good trip aside from Elly and her engine bless her hope she is ok Such a small world we used to holiday at westward ho! every year we stayed at Atlantic sands on top of the hill in cornborough road it’s a housing estate now lovely beach and part of the world your parents are lucky to live there!

Interesting trip. I do find it rather amusing how distances are measured there and here. 440 miles in 2 days is considered a lot for you. I consider that distance to be a nice little run between breakfast and lunch! Still, lovely to see Ellie out and having fun. She is a sweetheart m

Give Ely a drink of Lucas oil conditioner for now to help out the engine.

Glad Elly is on the road again 😀

My part of the country,can't think of anywhere as pretty as Devon,the scenery is absolutely stunning...

Thanks for sharing the road trip w/ us...Glad you caught the fuel hose on "pre-drive"; I'd guess that driving an older/classic car would entail something like a pilot's pre-flight checklist...Anyway, if you do get around to an engine rebuild/swap, maybe you could get the Hublets/Ms. Hubnut involved as well (tho I'd imagine she's going to be busy w/ the "Chemmy" project)!

Engines always run really well just before they give up. Well that's my experience 😂 definitely sounds like she's knocking on heaven's door.

I am glad that you were able to get out in Ellie. I will be looking forward to seeing the MG5 electric car review.

Love the Ellyedee light in the roof

Hooray! Beard Cam, well near enough. 😁 Nice to see Elly on the go.

Brilliant video Ian 👍

I am glad you noticed about E10 rots from the inside out I agree heat rot, so it needs protecting

Lovely cricket ground at Westward Ho! Nice video Ian🙂

I'm sure the big ends are pretty bad, but it can also be a problem with the oil pickup or the oil weight.

Night night Ian, sleep tight. Tomorrow's another engine. Oooh, sorry, day. Tomorrow's anther day. Thanks for sharing more of Elly, fully appreciated.

keep up the good work Boss..

When you started the engine at 13:25, the auto subtitles put "[Music]" 😂

Uhh... it sounds a lot like a Dyane I fixed awhile back... the play in the big end bearing was massive! Anyway, nice to see you out in the 2cv again!

God that's weird to see, my home turf. I'm learning to drive and Tuesday 1st I went into that services at 8:34 to do bay parking. Feels weird seeing places I know well on KZread. Also going to Westward Ho! on Sunday (possibly)

I also notice that the aftermarket petrol hose ages much faster than the factory petrol hoses. Creative with camera tripod (if present). Elly's engine makes more and more noise, that when the engine is warm the oil pressure light comes on, I think there is something with a bearing.

Thinking of the noise, first thought was cooling fan or cowling - but also check the exhaust path - it may be banging / rubbing on the car body somewhere.

At least the engine is quick to change.

Your trip is farther than I going to NYC and back! Elly does sound a bit clattering, hopefully it isn't engine damaging. I think you should avoid wherever you purchased that rubber piping and go for something more durable! Thank you for taking us along! And yes, a beautiful sunset 🌇!

@frothe42

2 жыл бұрын

Gone from 66°F down to around 32°F in two days. Downed tree near powerlines near the road, thankfully away from the building, but many power outages. Still windy! Too bad you couldn't keep the roof down, although Elly might not have the best heater!

If ethanol had caused that damage to the pipe, the damage would've been on the inside where the fuel was, not the outside where it wasn't.

@millomweb

2 жыл бұрын

Hubnut logic.

@ohshitnotanotherknob

2 жыл бұрын

Yes exactly, there is clearly an inner 'skin' of undamaged rubber otherwise fuel would be pouring out.

@CaptHollister

2 жыл бұрын

Came here to say this, but I see it's already been taken care of.

@56squadron

2 жыл бұрын

Yes... when it cracks on the outside like that it's usually degradation caused by ozone.

All the cheap hoses I bought looked like that after a single month. I then "borrowed" a half metre of Gates brand fuel hose from work and thats been holding up for years.

My Mini had a loose bolt on the radiator that rattled something awful! Always like a roadtrip. 😁

Buy some barrier hose like Gates barricade! It usually has green lettering on it and willl last for many years with ethanol fuels

Dear old Elly, it never rains but it pours! Hope you get her sorted soon.

The talk of electric vehicles & ellies engine worn out , now thats an opportunity if ever there was one

I went to school in Bideford. Nice to see Westward Ho after so many years.

IMO, the footage was very good considering. Love your trips in Elly.

Errr , that's knocking big ends Ian ..... Not cowling related !! ....

@Historiasobreruedas

2 жыл бұрын

Bad thing is, that in a 2cv the crank is pressed if I'm not mistaken and you cannot take it apart. (Unless you have a press)

@TheMentalblockrock

2 жыл бұрын

When he revved it up at the filling station, yes, I agree, you can hear the big end "death rattle". that bottom end is not long for this world!

@HubNut

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's not good. Happy she got me home!

@craigstaggs8597

2 жыл бұрын

@@HubNut Just goes to show how tough those engines really are Ian ! ..... Are you going to treat her to something a bit special ? .... I would , she's been a good friend to you and deserves a nice upgrade !

Always get your fuel hose from a good source. Like playing the lottery on ebay. 👍

"Tuning be Damned you were just enjoying a Tail Wind..!" Joking..!! Seriously, Enjoyable Video Thx for letting us Tag Along..! And I thought my Softop is a Little noisy, but its not in Need of EarPlugs as yet..! Anyway on a Long Drive I just Turn up the Music. On my CD player. No it Doesn't have a Wifi or Input Plug. But CD's are Ok by me..!! Good Video Ian. Very enjoyable Thx. 😎

Hahahahah beard cam. Thank you for this Ian. I’ve missed these random videos

8:45 - unmistakable. Sorry to hear that noise Ian, will make for good footage though on the plus side. What a plucky little engine soldiering on with that big end.

Great video.

With Elly it is a bit of a struggle, but also very satisfying 😀

Ha, I had a somewhat similar experience today as I was doing a little tinkering on my A2 next to a Daewoo Matiz! I had forgotten how tiny those things were! Actually, come to think of it I also passed a C reg 2CV. I didn't see any Ford Fairmonts, Reliant Foxes or Invacars though...

West Ho! Lets go, was there Sunday with family in the Arcade👍😎

Under bonnet sound insulation @ £50 should help reduce inside cabin noise

I just replaced my engine, it started to sound like it had asthma. I’ve had the same issues here in California with cruddy fuel lines that wear out quickly.

Elly engine after chemmy, as for foxannes mirror, rivnuts basically a threaded rivet that the bolt for the mirror can be screwed into

“Up the hill” from Ho! U lived in Pusehill newr Abbotsham for a time in 1983-5, and bought my DS from Ho! for £200.

Well done Elle, 222K Flintstone units, imagine that a French car calibrated in Fathoms.

Pity that you weren’t on the homeward journey last month as it could have been 222,222 miles on 22/2/22 😃

The best fuel line by far is "Gates" brand or "Continental" in my opinion. A bit pricey, though. The most rugged hose is German "Unitrix". That stuff is even resistant to acetone and brake fluid. But it is ridicully expensive.

@m0ogy

2 жыл бұрын

BUT cheaper than a burnt out 2CV!!

It is a testament to the engineers and builders that the 2CV just keeps on going regardless. Very like stories of unkillable Model T Fords. I wonder if you can get an electric conversion for a 2CV? You'd miss the sound of that mad sewing machine up front, of course. But after a couple hundred miles of that sound (plus road noise etc) you sound VERY tired. Your final Whoooosh was the most exhausted I've ever heard it.

Lovely video but made me feel as car sick as travelling in my dad’s 2cv used to. Some of the same points of view too.

If the pressure drops on long runs and your car does not have an oil cooler fit one. I did so on a Triumph GT6 and it made a massive difference. No pressure drop even after a long hammering session on the motorways.

The rear wings look great now in the correct red...

Went just inland of Westwood (fairy cross) last year for a 3 week holiday in the caravan.

A bit random, but just in front of where you pulled-up the 2CV in Westward Ho!, I did the stainless steel barriers. Small world!

Thanks for the update, Ian. Would be a bit surprised if the engine was toast if Pete Sparrow tuned it up last year. Wouldn't he have noticed there was a putative rumble? Is there anything else that's rubbing or affecting the oil feed, given the fact that the performance is sound enough?

I had some of that rubbish hose fail on my Discovery’s tranny cooler within 8 miles of use, the replacement from a different source failed similarly.

Hot engine, worn, metal expanding with oil thinning from the heat thus oil pressure lights. My 89 Volvo 740GLE twin cam is showing those symptoms at 200+K miles.

Poor Elly, her engine dying. Are you going to do a refurb on her engine? You sounded as knackered as her engine at the end. Nice video. Love the haphazard way of placing the camera. All the best to you

Westwood Ho you are literally down the road. I live in Bideford area and the unit is on your way home at South Molton. You must pop in next time

Nice to see Elly getting a decent run! The engine sounds a bit big end knocky! Could you not use the crank and conrods out of the pre-Croatia bottom end (crank linished or reground, and rods checked for size/maybe honed) in the current bottom end? Small amount of cost would effectively give you a reconditioned bottom end? Be much easier than a Charade engine I suspect!😆

@HubNut

2 жыл бұрын

An offer of a complete engine has been received, so likely to go down that route, then do a postmortem...

The rattle does sound bad, but 2CVs never run big end bearings, do they? I have had one making a similarly terrible noise, and it was just the slack alternator belt slapping the inside of the cowling when the revs got up. However in that case, I think the belt eventually got fed up of the punishment - I think yours would have gone within the 440 mile round trip if that was the issue.

Are we going to see you rebuild a 2cv engine?

According to my local garage people are panic buying; sort of. They're filling up because they know prices are rising.

If you need tools anytime you go Devon I live a bit further down the A39 in bude