Bonsai Tree - Well I got my very first bonsai tree in the mail yesterday! I’m so excited! And a bit nervous too… I know they take a lot of care but I’ve wanted to have it as a symbol of what God is doing in my life. I’ll be posting pictures soon!
My Car - So the last time I wrote about my car I believe it was an emotionally driven post about me breaking down on the way home from Irvine in the end of February. Well weeks later, I’m still breaking down on the freeway! Hehe Though these last few times I’ve handled it better emotionally then the original time. Yes, you read that right… few times… plural, meaning it’s happened more then once since!
Last night I was enjoying a conversation with my friend Andie. I had just ignored a call from the Honda dealership about the car I test drove a week or so ago. They’ve been pushing to get me to buy and I’ve been tempted but know financially right now I can’t afford it. Well as soon as I ignored the call I see all sorts of water coming from under my hood. I look at my temperature and see that it’s fine. So I pull over and check under the hood to see a hose from the radiator to the engine completely split down the middle!
Maybe I should explain what work has already been done to my car. Ok so when I broke down at the end of February what was believed to be the problem was the thermostat. So it was taken out down in Corona and drove like a charm back home. I took the next day off and bought a new thermostat and my dad put it in for me. Things seemed to work well but I kept noticing steam. I was losing a lot of water. So my dad took it again and saw that the radiator had a leak. So I bought a new radiator and my dad put it in. Things seemed to be working ok but I did notice a fluctuation in the temperature and as the week went on it kept getting worse. I was told to try buying a new radiator cap which seemed to do the trick.
Then the hose split last night on my drive home. My dad came to my rescue for the 3rd time. Though it’s become so standard it didn’t even faze me. I took my Sony Cybershot and took some pics of the traffic and played with the long exposures again. My dad replaced the hose and decided to drive it up the hill. Sadly putting in the new hose didn’t seem to fix the problem. It still overheats. So now I’m left with two possibilities. The thermostat I bought wasn’t good (crossing fingers and praying hard that this is the case) or it’s a head gasket (which would suck hardcore!). I’ll keep you posted! My dad took out the thermostat today and I’m gonna drive it around for about a week. If there are no issues then we can be pretty sure that I got a bad thermostat and can just buy another one to replace it. If I still have issues with it overheating then it means most likely a head gasket issue and at that point I will have to evaluate the best solution.
*Update 3/19/07*I had this post ready Friday but never posted it. So here’s an update… It looks like my dad realized that it wasn’t the thermostat but that it was a problem with the head gasket. He put something in the engine that had to set for 24 hours and it’s my last ditch effort to keep my car temporarily running until I can get a newer car. I really wanted a new 2006 honda civic but I don’t believe financially it’s doable at least not at this time. I am going tonight to check it out. Who knows what will happen.
Well I’m off to go eat my lunch…
Labels: Bonsai Tree, Car
posted by Charity at 3/19/2007 12:32:00 PM 
