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[McBandy]

Yeah it's got other ideas though, I believe the rocker cover has now started leaking as there is oil dribbling onto the radiator metal pipe that runs past the right bank towards the firewall and also noticed today one of the 4 pipes just behind the eco tec cover is perishing and coming apart where it pushes on and also found an unused plug by the NS suspension top 

A common problem brought on by blocked breathers but not too bad to sort out. Have a look in the maintenance guide section.

Looks well cared-for under the bonnet. Coolant expansion tank looks a little manky, so might be worth changing the coolant ASAP, as poor coolant can cause head gasket failure and also oil cooler failures.

I've realised I shouldn't mention it but I'm just waiting for my Haynes manual to arrive so i can see which of these jobs I'm likely to succeed at doing myself (amateur but 9 years experience in the clean side of service departments)!

[ronnyd]

There are certain members who are not fans of the Haynes manuals. Also they only go up to T reg. but they have been a bit of help to me, more so for my PFL.

[Webby the Bear]

The blue plug is meant to go to the bonnet press down switch thingy. Presumably for the alarm.

[johnnydog]

The blue plug is meant to go to the bonnet press down switch thingy. Presumably for the alarm.

Isn't the bonnet switch for the alarm on the offside (drivers) suspension turret?

[Tick Tock]

Without going outside in the dark to have a look, I think you'll find the bonnet switch mounted on the nearside, near the PS fluid bottle 

[McBandy]

From a very quick look I couldn't see anything nearby that was unplugged but the wiring does look like it's been poked around a little bit, I was assuming a GLS doesn't an alarm? It doesn't have deadlocking
Yeah I know the Haynes is the quite the right one but it has my engine in, I like to tinker with a physical manual on hand rather than risk getting a tablet dirty and it was less than £3 delivered!

[frostbite]

The gls should have deadlock. Mine does 

Just no fancy alarm to fail like my cdx did

[TheBoy]

Bonnet switch can be either side, according to year.

[McBandy]

The gls should have deadlock. Mine does 

Just no fancy alarm to fail like my cdx did

So with my key fobs not working should it still deadlock via key blade?

[Diamond Black Geezer]

You can still deadlock it with the key. The remote is just a system on top of another system, so to speak. Turn it to lock, and I think turn it again, or slightly more to deadlock - its in the manual