Monday was a chilly start, first thing I had on the list was
to post a birthday card to my youngest daughter Chloe, Happy Birthday Darling
xxx, so it was a walk into town, pick up some milk and white spirit, note to
self: “don’t mix them up when you make your cup of tea”.
So back to the to do list, a minor overheating problem
(maybe), down into the engine hole, check coolant levels, a bit low, top it up,
sorted? While I am down there I will change the oil and the oil filter, no idea
when it was last done so to be safe now would be a good time, now I am no
mechanic, probably 40 years since I did any work on an engine and that was a
Royal Enfield motorcycle, very basic stuff, you could strip the engine and
rebuild far quicker than you could stop the oil leaks after you had done it, so
read manual, drain out about 5lt of very black oil, struggle bent over in
cramped space to remove the filter, (will my hands ever be soft and smooth
again) finally done, shout out to Arthur who kindly identifies said filter,
locates one and drives away to collect it, I like this man!
Meanwhile job two, leaking mushroom vents, two minutes into
that I find the fixings are corroded and it will be better left until I have
purchased new ones ‘cos I’ll have to drill these out! So I will incorporate that repair when I
paint the roof in the extreme heat of the forthcoming (hurry up) British Summer.
Arthur returns, so I put the oil filter in, oil in, fire her
up, 10 minutes later, the shrill whistle of the overheat, read manual, down engine
hole, Google for ideas, down engine hole, try it again, (it may have fixed
itself), 2 minutes later it’s screaming at me again, you know that feeling when
you look at something but have no idea what you are looking for? Try it again
(you never know) immediately that horrid noise, then it dawns on me, how can
the engine overheat as soon as I switch it on it’s not even warm, fool, you don’t
necessarily get wiser as you get older, faulty thermostat or sensor? Now where
is that located, off with that, a new one on order, have to wait and see when
it arrives. Wish me luck.
It WILL be worth it all when I get moving won’t it? Of course it will.
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