Today was our Grandson's second birthday so there was a family gathering at our daughters house near Connah's Quay (NE Wales). D currently has no spare room so Mrs B and I were outstationed at a nearby Holiday Inn.
We had a couple of beers and a glass of bubbly and left the car at D's. Son to run us back to hotel on his way back home to to Liverpool in his petrol 2008.
On the A494 climbing up toward Ewloe car started to run pretty rough, and warning lights *3 on dash. Usual generic engine light, a spanner and one I didn't recognise. Managed to trickle it onto the hatchings of the nearest junction. Continued to sound rough and after switching off the engine the cooling fan ran on quite a bit.
Rang the AA (he has them thru Admiral) who said we were in a high risk location and they'd be there in an hour. SIL was summoned to get Mrs B and I away.
After leaving the car for a few mins I suggested trying it again and seeing which warning lights were still on. It actually seemed OK(ish) and we ran it down to the car park of the Village Hotel. t least there was food and coffee there!!
AA, on being advised of location, gave a precise ETA in roughly and hour.
Mrs B and I were just sorting ourselves into SIL's car when AA van arrives. Barely five minutes after Tom's call.
We left at that point but apparently he connected his kit to the car, found a code and suggested it was perhaps some sort of passing anomaly. Swapped plugs/coils between the cylinders as a precaution. Constant narrative about the carpness of French cars.
He then followed them as far as the Mersey Tunnel in case it went off again.
So far as we know it's been OK and they're more or less home in Liverpool.
AA apprently will email them details of the fault codes etc.
Pretty good performance by the AA all told. Tom'll have to get the car looked at by his local garage during the week.
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