Hi nick,
bad luck today!!. was going at 40kmph at night suddenly heard a loud "thud" noise. stopped the car and got out to see what had happend. when i opened the door i noticed that the engine sound had increased several folds. was horrified to see the gaurd of left front wheel broken and lying on the road .
then i found out that my car had fallen into and came out of a ditch 6 feet wide and 2 feet deep
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. " in the middle of the road!!!!. couldnt find out the cause for increased engine noise!!!.
Next day our security broke the car antenna while cleaning it and he is telling me " please adjust"
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. cursed him in all posibble languages ,took the car to service station and the mechanic told me that my air intake pipe to the engine was detached and the there was a crack in the air intake "box" near the front wheel!!!!!!!
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. he reattached it and charged 500rs to replace the gaurd. the noise is not there now. he told that the air intake "box" should be changed as early as possible. what to do?
is it urgent that i have to change it?. have attached a few pics