The dog rough estate

[DeeTurbo]

Not much has happened to warrant an update on this.

Two years without issues is good going.

The last couple of times I've used the car I've had starting issues again but this time it was down to the starter motor solenoid. You'd turn the key and nothing would happen. The strange thing it would only happen when the engine was warm.

I removed the starter on my lunch break.


I took the starter apart.


The solenoid was gummed up.


I took that apart to, cleaned it up, greased it up and put it all back together. The car started up well and I just need to test it when the engine it warm but I'm sure it'll be fine now it's cleaned up.

The other issue I'm now getting is that it's using coolant and I'm not sure where it's going. I've suspected head gasket for a while now because of the pressure in the cooling system. I hope it's not got worse.