Awesome, thank you! I guess it has been a while.

I did find the source of the coolant leak: An insufficiently tightened coolant temp sensor. Still haven't gotten to it, though.

Finally got a closer look at the Silver Bullet in my parents’ driveway and found that the coolant leak was coming from the coolant temperature sensor not being sufficiently tightened. Now I have my next project for when the third kid tries out for the swim team and I need a seven-seater. Incidentall...

Try parking down wind or do as we do and add a piece of cardboard behind the hood grille with zip-ties and see if that helps. It is strange it is happening on the way home when daytime temps are typically higher. We can experience the cars with autos not willing to even move and the intercooler rub...

My T5 has been showing misfire codes (cylinders 2 and 4) but only on my way home from the train station, not on the way there. On the return drive, the car shudders and the CEL will start to blink. If I pull over and put it in neutral, it usually works itself out. The temperatures have been in the s...

I bought a 1997 850 T5 a couple of days ago for $400.00. It's a beater but starts and runs reasonable well....turbo works etc...PVC clogged and missing the headlight assembly both sides. So I will be in the market for them if anyone has a pair to sell. I'd like to have glass lens if possible. Also ...

Oh! How do I address that electric draw?

The big local supplier uses BBB racks, if I recall correctly.

Unfortunately, Blue Steel's steering rack didn't respond to the Lucas stop leak stuff I put in there, so off to my indie shop it went. Last week, the T5 had the alternator light going on intermittently, which I attributed to a bad ground somewhere. Now it looks like it has a parasitic draw, too. Whe...

The groaning started on Friday night, and I added ATF to the reservoir, but it just kept disappearing. Today, I got under and saw a pretty healthy PS fluid leak from the steering rack.

Aw, that’s great! Abscate and I haven’t taken a selfie together yet. How is that possible? Today while cleaning out the garage, I noticed a bulging sidewall on the right front tire, which had been exhibiting a slow leak for months. So I finished mounting the new Goodyear tire I bought on sale a whil...

Pulled out the battery tester today. I had thought the T5 had a bad alternator because the battery would run down after short trips, but it turns out it's from 2008 and isn't as young as it seemed.