[Cruzing12]

And last post.

Last week I inspected my plugs, all 4 showing the same story

In the 20k km each plug came lose. So tightened each to 20ft/lb.


Couple hundred km later

Was inspecting things during a oil change and seen the maf had a good stack of dust on it.... cleaned it, installed it, started it. And the car ran like ****.

Was all oh maf sensor I killed it. So I parts cannoned it lol. Got a new sensor. car ran a smidge better but still no. Finally break down and get a code reader. And it's a #3 missfire.
Do the plug switch and nada. Order up a coil pack... and its 3days longer once shipped. So go to the parts store and buy one. Back to puring like a kitten.

Also my ac went out on me, a result of that ditch jump a while ago. I take the fuse out for the ac compressor clutch and what do you know the engine idle went from rough like usually was since before the ditch jump and now runs so steady you hardly feel any vibration.


Codes from the code reader are currently the

• P2070
• U0100-71 ( lost communication with ecm)
• C0045-5A (left rear wheel speed sensor circut, not plausible)

Least it's just a couple

 

[Cruzing12]

Changed the parking break cables out and man what a dream being able to use the parking break... Then like a week later..



the car bit the dust, I was traveling along minding my business and hit a sucker patch of snow, car veared into oncoming and upon trying to recover the rear end came around and off into the ditch. Would of been a smooth landing but the way I slide off the road at a steep angle the car dug into the ditch snow and rolled into a snow covered feild possibly 3x over.

It was soft for myself, but unfortunately for the car it was brutal, rolling all on the front end. Roof caved in on the initial flip, along with the front driver's door, driver's fender and hood crumpled. Front and rear driver side wheels were cambered out, but everything not mentioned was fine from the rear back... Still had the passenger side mirror and if not for the roof the passenger door glass would of been good too.

None the less it's totaled out, got everything out but the fancy 2 way speakers, and am picking up another car exactly the same, Sept for gold bowties instead of the black.... Car looks well un maintained, but at 147,000km should have lots of life in it.

Will have to do the oil cooler asap as the seals are shot, but for the limited test drive I did it operated normally.