Bianca Ratlye

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Hmmn so today is a day of mixed emotion.

Did the last bit of polishing on the left hand side. Got it looking pimp and set about sticking some stickers on, so it looks more respectable. Ignore the mismatching alloy, I couldn't be arsed to put the superleg back on after the puncture repair.

For those of you in the cheap seats - this is the before:


This is now:







After doing that, I took the drivers door off to have a look at the loom, but nothing wrong seemingly. Had a look at the passenger side and much the same story. When I lock with the drivers side everything works fine, if i lock or unlock with the passenger side it undoes it immediately - anyone had that? Do they break anywhere other than under the rubber boot?

After that I sort of confirmed my suspicion that the head gasket is gone after all. The coolant still had pressure in after 24 hours which had aroused my suspicion - it drives fine and runs up to temp ok, but with the cap off there are bubbles forming. Have to decide whether I want to attempt this myself, given how stressful the cambelt proved to be last time. (though to be fair, having to do it twice in succession thanks to a faulty water pump, only to end up with a less than perfect water pump didn't help). Can't say it comes as a huge surprise, but this thing has been a money pit so far. All the problems stemmed from a precautionary cambelt in the first place.

Still, bit closer to work and will have a garage for it again in a month or so. The cambelt isn't in need of being changed, so i suppose that would keep the cost down.