It's been a few days since I renewed Becky's timing belt and water pump etc. As she's new to us, I've also been working my way through her generally, changing engine oil and filter, checking other filters, etc, etc.
You should see the cabin filter element.
Old one on the left, new on the right! The air filter, bottom, is nearly new which ties in with the service stamps in the book. Engine oil, whilst not "see through" was not that old either. Oil filter was a "WIX" brand - heard of the brand but this is the first I've ever handled - Anyone used them? are they a good make? Wonder if the cabin filter has ever been changed? the cover was very tight to come off - thought I was going to break it!
This morning I was doing a levels check, particularly coolant as the system had been drained when I did the water pump (been checking it every morning and seems to have settled down after the first day) and I was reminded that the air con pipes are showing some surface (actually it's a slight surface pitting) corrosion.
I've seen this before on other vehicles and, when extreme, can lead to failure of the pipe. So I was wondering if anyone has tackled this on their car or knows of a way to stop it going any further and protect the pipes from further attack? I'm guessing it's probably road salt etc that causes it? so it's going to get worse if no intervention is taken.
You should see the cabin filter element.
Old one on the left, new on the right! The air filter, bottom, is nearly new which ties in with the service stamps in the book. Engine oil, whilst not "see through" was not that old either. Oil filter was a "WIX" brand - heard of the brand but this is the first I've ever handled - Anyone used them? are they a good make? Wonder if the cabin filter has ever been changed? the cover was very tight to come off - thought I was going to break it!
This morning I was doing a levels check, particularly coolant as the system had been drained when I did the water pump (been checking it every morning and seems to have settled down after the first day) and I was reminded that the air con pipes are showing some surface (actually it's a slight surface pitting) corrosion.
I've seen this before on other vehicles and, when extreme, can lead to failure of the pipe. So I was wondering if anyone has tackled this on their car or knows of a way to stop it going any further and protect the pipes from further attack? I'm guessing it's probably road salt etc that causes it? so it's going to get worse if no intervention is taken.
