Hoiked the car up onto the axle stands last night to “quickly” check the gearbox and diff oil levels, which I’ve kind of sort of been meaning to get round to for rather a long time I even had the right tool from Laser but for some reason it didn’t fit the drain plugs Had to shave off around half a millimetre each side for it to go in. Either…
Now that the car’s safely back home and I’ve had a bit of a break from the garage, I popped out tonight to take a look at the plugs following their first few hundred miles. They were all pretty sooty, more so on the rear ones than the front – I’m sure that means something More importantly though, the oil level was at the top mark on the dipstick when…
Well, it’s always the way – get a new toy, spend more time at work instead of playing with the toy Anyways, to catch up on what’s happened since last time, I’ve; discovered that the local motor factors are useless – wrong rotor arm, condenser and rocker seal gunked the engine – will need another couple of go’s I think changed the oil, filter, plugs, etc. flushed out the coolant…