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This fortnight: Fitted new battery, new alternator, flushed intake pipe, new fuel regulator & seal kit, disconnected oil-vapour-to-turbo-line. Reinstated everything to find trans leak at cooler pipe (header). Removed and currently welding up...

I recently fitted a new alt after thinking my battery failed. The first indication was the the Height Control light coming on. Couldn't understand it at first, then the 3 amigos would come up. After a while they would go out, and I didn't think much of it. Later in the week, went for a long...

I've heard people using dishwasher tablets to clean out radiator cores. Wished I had known that a year ago when I missed that as an issue on mine and ended up having to replace the head gasket.

service agent who fully re-built my D2's engine, placed a Group III 15W40 oil at the first service! #doh

Yes, a little ****ed off with myself. I knew I bought a D2 that hadn't been looked after (no coolant when I bought it), and I should've known that chucking some coolant into it that it would strip all the rubbish out and block it. I could still run the hose through it, but under pressure it...

Back in my D2... phew!

Sorry to drag this up again... just to let you know that there was no issue with the head. It was a leak between No.1 cylinder and water jacket on teh block side of the gasket. So full engine re-build and NZ$10,000 later, and I'm on my way.

So... completely removed radiator flushed out using a citrus cleaner (I know, laugh) then poured in some alloy cleaner (as used on truck decks) and left it for 20min. Re-flushed it using a pump and flushed out a whole heap of crap. Rinsed. then I pumped citrus cleaner through the engine & hoses...

Driving a Festiva, cos' the head is off and I'm looking for that crack...

But, you're right. I put tyres on mine too, even though the head is currently off...

...still can't find the whiskey...?

Yes, I determined thanks. I replaced the pump anyway, to find that it may have been leaking anyway. Lots of corrosion around the drive area, weep holes, and the seals had all collapsed or worn out. It was evident that it was leaking... even so, initial indications showed car was taking longer to...

Anyway... the latest is that in talking to an automotive engineer, he doesn't think I have proved it is a head gasket anyway. Unusually, the outlet of the radiator is stone cold even after the vehicle is up to temperature, and the cool side of the radiator is almost cold too. The coolant is...

NZ$900 to crack test. We are third world here... wouldn't bother even looking at your youtube link... NZ broandband wouldn't even play it... ;)

Hhmmm... yes but, but I'm told that's NZ$900 and they wouldn't normally suggest that. Anyhow, it sounds like a crack through to the exhaust port as vehicles behind me pull up quick when I plant my foot...

Yes, new cap. No pressure test.

Finally it started... starting losing coolant, 1/4 cup per week, then 1/2 a cup... so had it looked at and told gasket blown. NZ$2,500 later, new gasket, steel dowels, etc., and no different. Thermostat replaced, radiator replaced, but no change. Water is blown out the overflow...

Anyway, after buying a new harness and cam cover seal, I removed the old harness to see that the o-rings around the fitting that sits in the head were flattened off. Off to the local garage for two 24mmIDx3mm o-rings, and after using CRC Electrical Contact Cleaner of the plugs (both on the old...