Took Malaga E9 car "The Queen Mother" for a long drive today to celebrate spring, went through 2 tanks of gas. When I filled up, at least a gallon of gas was dumped on the apron at the gas station from the overflow. Never had this happen before. Do I blame the gas nozzle shutoff? Or is something else going on? I did not "top up", I just let the nozzle shut off and then I smelled gas which was POURING out of the undercarriage in front of the left rear wheel.
Another strange thing: after moderately hard braking on a congested highway, my brakes seemed to be dragging, as in retarding the car from rolling normally without any pedal pressure. My brake fluid warning light had been flashing intermittently so I filled up the reservoir, and after I did that I noticed this problem. It seemed to resolve itself at highway speed, it was only noticeable in stop and go. Does my MC pushrod need adjustment after all these years? Or am I imagining things? Simultaneously, I noted some pulsing under braking that felt like warpage in my rotors. Rotors don't warp when a car is put up for the winter. Or do they?
And finally, my indicator dashboard flasher has not worked for some time, even though the turn signal lights do work. I understand this is a common problem having to do with the relay and the grounds, and have bought the aftermarket bits to circumvent it. Have not installed that fix yet. But, setting out early, I had my running lights on and when I cranked up the dash lights to full bright, my dashboard flasher came on and stayed on even though my stalk was in the neutral position. Now I am wondering whether I switched the lamp positions when I rebuilt my speedo. Or is this normal?
And one final thing: my AC works! But my AC fan switch seems to have one setting, on or off. When on, the fan seems to run at two speeds and it switches between them automatically. And at both speeds, it's very noisy. Is this normal? Do I need a new fan? New fan switch?
Another strange thing: after moderately hard braking on a congested highway, my brakes seemed to be dragging, as in retarding the car from rolling normally without any pedal pressure. My brake fluid warning light had been flashing intermittently so I filled up the reservoir, and after I did that I noticed this problem. It seemed to resolve itself at highway speed, it was only noticeable in stop and go. Does my MC pushrod need adjustment after all these years? Or am I imagining things? Simultaneously, I noted some pulsing under braking that felt like warpage in my rotors. Rotors don't warp when a car is put up for the winter. Or do they?
And finally, my indicator dashboard flasher has not worked for some time, even though the turn signal lights do work. I understand this is a common problem having to do with the relay and the grounds, and have bought the aftermarket bits to circumvent it. Have not installed that fix yet. But, setting out early, I had my running lights on and when I cranked up the dash lights to full bright, my dashboard flasher came on and stayed on even though my stalk was in the neutral position. Now I am wondering whether I switched the lamp positions when I rebuilt my speedo. Or is this normal?
And one final thing: my AC works! But my AC fan switch seems to have one setting, on or off. When on, the fan seems to run at two speeds and it switches between them automatically. And at both speeds, it's very noisy. Is this normal? Do I need a new fan? New fan switch?
