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Old 1st May 2019, 22:51   #1
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Default wheel arch liner fell off on the motorway

Had a fun experience today.
Car was full of stuff, I was driving to Chester on the motorway, i'd driven about 15 miles, and I heard a very loud whistling coming from the front passenger side of the car.

I thought "that can't be good, sounds to me like a piece of trim has come off, probably part of the undertray". Started slowing down and went into the left lane, got to about 60 MPH and there was a massive bump from under the passenger wheel and a loud scraping noise. It was the arch liner. When I bought the car, almost all the screws holding the liner in place were missing for some reason, and I stupidly didn't replace them.


Managed to get off the motorway and pull up in an industrial estate. When I stopped the car the arch liner was totally knackered. I considered calling the AA as it wasn't driveable and I had no tools to remove the liner, but I had no credit on my phone and apparently it's not free to call them. Tried topping up, but it wouldn't let me, and I wasn't going to leave my car full of about a grand's worth of stuff unattended, so I set off fixing the problem myself.

I didn't have my toolkit with me, but luckily I had some lineman's pliers lying in my boot, which I used to cut through the hanging liner which was grazing the tyre. That plastic is an awful lot tougher to cut than it looks. I'm quite surprised that the tyre wasn't damaged, luckily everything seems okay. Managed to temporarily fix the problem and carry on to Chester, but i'm getting a new arch liner ASAP. Can't see it doing much harm being damaged for about 100 miles or so. If I hadn't had those pliers with me I don't know what I would have done.

Here is a picture of the liner hanging out.

It's always worth carrying a few basic tools in case something like this happens. Or, even better, make sure your wheel arch liner is secured properly! I'm very lucky there was no damage to the tyre, a blowout at 70 MPH would not be fun.
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Old 2nd May 2019, 06:44   #2
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Once the wind gets to anything loose it can cause problems. Try riding a motorcycle with a scarf! Ouch!
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Old 2nd May 2019, 07:05   #3
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It's very lucky that nobody else was affected by this as you would then be liable to prosecution - most of us have some things we put off doing but when it's that important, you have to prioritize.
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Old 2nd May 2019, 07:15   #4
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It's very lucky that nobody else was affected by this as you would then be liable to prosecution - most of us have some things we put off doing but when it's that important, you have to prioritize.
Luckily the motorway was totally clear and I don't think anything ended up in the road - it's one of those jobs I was going to get round to but I hadn't fully considered the damage it could do. We all learn from our mistakes, so hopefully nothing like this happens to me again.
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1991 Mercedes 190E 1.8 (Nico) / 1991 Yamaha SR125 (David)
This vehicle (Nigel) was born Wednesday, 15th September 2004 @ 08:14:39 and was the 103,810th 75 to run off the production line, out of 112,381 - This vehicle was the 3,096th 75 CDT Connoisseur SE (135) to be made out of 4,744 - This vehicle was the 303rd 75 in Platinum Gold (code: MCN) to be made out of 1,685 Platinum Gold 75s

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Old 2nd May 2019, 09:10   #5
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Glad to hear that only pride got hurt.
This reminds me I need to fasten the little flaps to the bumper
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Old 2nd May 2019, 09:22   #6
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Glad to hear that only pride got hurt.
This reminds me I need to fasten the little flaps to the bumper
Ironically, it happened almost immediately after telling someone how I've not had a single problem with the car yet... typical.
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Ahh, now you see, that's your problem. . . . 'Sods Law' *nods
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Old 4th May 2019, 18:21   #8
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Once the wind gets to anything loose it can cause problems. Try riding a motorcycle with a scarf! Ouch!
You are right about wind getting everywhere, not just anything loose. When I rode m/cycles, I had stopped and had a ‘fag’, nubbed it out and put the other half back in my outside top pocket. Drove around 3 miles and had to stop at traffic lights. Smelt smoke and thought ‘ that’s a strong smell’ Yes it was. It was my coat on fire, Well smouldering. Must have been the wind getting in my coat as I drove along.Never did that trick again’
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Old 4th May 2019, 20:32   #9
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Happened to me once, front offside wheel arch somehow got sucked under the wheel and completely ripped out whilst in the 3rd lane on a motorway. Ripped out my brake pad and abs sensors, so that meant a brake pad warning, abs warning and no speedometer! Fuel gauge started going all over the place as well.

In my case i believe it was the little air flap thing which sits infront of the wheel arch and atraches to the wheel arch and front bumper which caused it, as the screws for that bit of plastic were missing, so must have caught the wind, got pulled down and then run over by my wheel... so basically my own car over lol.
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