Today, my faithful GA16DNE died. It had been sputtering and consuming oil. A sign of an old engine. But it seemed it has also had been leaking coolant. I can only guess that this resulted in an overheat, which resulted in oil thickening and not circulating, which resulted in its head gasket breaking, which eventually resulted in its untimely demise. When I looked at the oil, it was the color of milk chocolate. Pretty much a death sentence.
In it’s over 10 years life, it has run over 125,000 kilometers. It had taken me through my daily commute. It had taken me to the occasional dives, surfs, and other out of towns. It had gone as far south as Batangas and as far north as Pagudpud. It had even kept up with a B16A (albeit driven by a nice girl driver). It definitely had served me pretty well. Too bad it had to die.