I was looking around today and it seems the car never got fresh coolant. Lots of sludge in the bottle where you fill in.
I drained as much coolant as I could through the drain valve bottom radiator (right side) but only one gallon came out...not sure why so little.
Ah the bottle was so clogged that the switch indicating low coolant was stuck in closed position...bad bad.

This means the maintenance here was not done properly.


erratic tank gauge: I saw today that the tank gauge is very jumpy...what is this? Bad sender?

During hard acceleration I hear a noise from the right side cylinder bank.. I hope the engine is healthy. How to check?

Drive belt makes a lot of noise... maybe one bearing is shot. Is there a candidate?

Ah the antenna is annoying. It comes out each time the car starts without even turning on the radio...any cure here?

Best, Martin