I jacked up the car and fixed the top in service mode.
Subwoofer. This was an expensive feature back in 2002.
Lots of dust on the engine, otherwise everything looks great.
Nice front view also. I haven's seen such a clean head in a long time.
This mess on the underside is unexpected at this mileage. Looks like a Toyota at 500.000 miles, lol. Most likely we have an RMS leak that has not started recently...
This is also something you wouldn't want to see when pulling the plugs..
I wondered a bit what to do at this point. Shall I pull the head cover with the motor in the car on that side where I have the error code and see what's going on with the timing, or just pull the engine and inspect things on the engine stand which is a lot more convenient? I opted for the latter.
I took these guys off just in case someone gets tempted to take a peek under the jacked up car at night. My neighbor's cats got stolen on the driveway last year.
Two shots of the engine from underneath without cats and driveshafts.
