That Time of Year

It was MOT time for the Berlingo this week, always a bit of a concern with an older vehicle. The first question was whether the ‘van would start at all, after the previous year’s woes. I did add a small solar panel to trickle charge the battery, although I’m not sure how effective it is, so the engine turned over OK. After a bit of screeching from the drive belt and a few attempts it finally decided to run on four cylinders, not just two! A few miles drive at high revs and mashing the brake pedal a few times largely blew the cobwebs away. 

The MOT and service went as well as could be expected, the only issue being a cracked front coil spring (almost a routine issue) which then also meant changing the shock absorber as well, overall I was happy with the final bill. I’ve had a significant amount of water ingress through the roof vents over the winter, I’m not sure how much is leakage and how much was just blown in but I need to tackle the problem. I’ll drop the headlining to investigate and I’ve got some ideas.