I got up this morning knowing I needed to get animal feed and a couple of Kilner jars because I keep buying them and filling them up before I get mayonnaise made and put into what I have bought. After my little one finished school for the day I get her shuffled out the door to go get what we needed, which I figured could fit easily into the car. That’s when things went wrong.
We got out the gate and down the road about 750 feet when the car claimed it was in a faulted mode and overheating. It was only 27 degrees out, and the car had been running for about five minutes, so there is no way it was overheating. But, modern cars being what they are, ours went into self-defense mode, which prevents it throttling. I hate it, because it can do this on the freeway and almost instantly cut power to the motor and leave a family stranded in traffic with no recourse to getting it out of the lane if one did not make it out in time. It seems extremely dangerous to me, which I think I expect from a Ford. Say Pinto with me. Once it dies, the driver may be able to shut off the engine then restart it a couple of times as it continues to act up, then get it moved a short distance. I barely made it back home. We took the truck out.
We went to the feed store and got much of what we needed there, but I knew I needed some Kilner jars, so I decided to pick up dog food and cat food at IFA in Logan. They did not have the jars I needed, nor the cat food, so I went to Smithfield Implement to get the jars. Then we went to IFA in Preston to get the cat food, which they said they had, then called back to have it brought up front and the guy in the back room said they were out, despite the computer claiming there were four. Then he came back as said there where two, and I said I’d take them both!
When home, we rested off the trip, then I put the animal feed away and fed my animals for my chores. Then I checked the car. Still playing like it was overheating. So I checked the coolant reservoir, and it was below the minimum line. I added water and restarted the car. Still in fault mode. So, I remembered that I needed to find the OBDII port scanner… That took a while. By the time I did, I put the thing where I could find it tomorrow. IT was too late to mess with is anymore, and I went and played a game.
Goodnight!
Oh, also. I did look into the weather station data to see if I had recorded the shockwave from the volcanic eruption at Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haapai.
And there it is!