Checkup

Yesterday I decided to check the car. It now has roughly 3500 km on the counter.

I had to add almost a liter of oil. Oil filling on the CSR is tedious if you don't know how to do this. The first time around I recall having had difficulty in getting the level right. And this time was no different. It seemed as if I had to put in a tiny bit of oil but the level hardly changed. Then, all of a sudden, the level went over the maximum and I haqd to tap off a bit of oil. The trick appartently is to fill oil, let the engine run a short time to get the oil pumped around, then to wait and to measure the level. Lather, rinse, repeat.

I also decided to refit the heater valve. That was one of the remarks made by the engineer that checked the car. So now it is as intended. (The other items on the TODO list I already had fixed.) The reason for waiting with the valve was that this is best done in good weather. Also, the valve wasn't shuttung perfecly and with warm weather this turned into a problem as the heater consequenty was always turned on. I noticed that the valve has a preferred flow direction and that I had it fit in reverse. It now should work.