Shakedown run

Took the car out for run last night - just a quick 20 minutes around the block. And it has shown up a few more issues:

1. the light in the fuel gauge doesn't work
2. the seatbelt warning light comes on when I accelerate
3. the water temp guage rapidly moves to 100+, then eventually 120+ (basically off the scale)
4. the fan doesn't come on
5. cylinder 4 is now lean

The first two aren't worth worrying about (except I will have them fixed for rego). Number 3 and 4 are of concern.

I wasn't driving hard, and it was a cool night, and I wasn't stuck in traffic. When I pulled over, I couldn't hear any boiling, and if it was overheating I'd assume the overflow tank would have been filling up rapidly. My gut feel is that the guage or sender aren't right - the temperature actually fell when I stopped moving. I'm wondering whether the water level is low, the sender is faulty etc. Something to check tonight now that it has cooled down.

The fan not coming on is also annoying - I'll have to check the wiring etc to see where that's going wrong.

On the lean cylinder, that's just a case of fiddling with the throttle bodies once more. They're starting to be a little annoying, as they're quite fiddly and don't seem to be too stable - once they're set, they tend to move again.

Anyway, just more things to do on the weekend....

In other news, the trailer is up for sale, having spent all that time and effort painting it a lovely green, I decided it was just too heavy to move around. So when Frank mentioned someone might want to buy it, it's come back to Perth to hopefully move on to a new owner.