I don't think Rockauto have a © on this subject do they?
I think my biggest blunder this w3ek originated as a bright idea.
I am an engine out to get gearbox out kinda guy and this time I was not going soak my boots or clothes or floor with valuable heavy metal laden coolant
I had blank off plugs for the heater hose connections and found a neat bung plug for the EA82 water pipe.
Job done ( now got full-time push-me-pull-you 5MT)
Initial test drive was to be shared with a mate, but he no home so I push on. After 3 km my 100°C engine temp goes off so I pull over...fan not cut In a's I forgot to connect earthing switch at radiator. Hooked up fans still not pull temp down
At 104°C I park and cool it down.
Fire her up again to run home suspecting thermostat stuck ...just coincidentally.
Go around a corner and got a hiccough thennext corner a backfire intake side -propane - then engine died.
See why it is important to lay down the sequence of events before asking on a forum, or worse - Facebook !
I checked my vapour gear - all ok. Tried to fire up but just crank crank crank
Hmmmm...pulled dizzy cap wondering if spilt coolant - yeah plugs not water tight in the heater hoses while engine was out....
Dizzy cap dry as a dead dingo's donger (silent g by the way , pronounced g is a family name !) Cap innards so dusty from rotor scrape top of those 22200AA390 dizzy module covers aaaand the carbon brush dust. Cap and rotor less than 20,000 km old and brush has disintegrated back into its spring housing and black arced mark on the rotor.
Luckily I keep spare dizzy in tool box and said box just got put back in car....and I also had a spare new cap as well..the things you find !!!
The blunder ??? Suddenly dawned on me I did not recall taking water pump pipe plug out before hose back on
Pipe was hot, hose was cold, so too the radiator !!
Stupid found the bung plug had travelled against the waters natural flow and got stuck in the bottom radiator hose.
Removal was a good thing