1st 1000KM New Car Servicing???

[Kozen]

Just went for my 1st 1000KM servicing yesterday, and was top up with new mineral oil. was told to top up ONLY WATER, and not coolant in the radiator container(the white container, not the radiator itself). Anyone out there know what's the reason for not topping up with coolant, but only water? And why? When will be the best time to change to coolant? Will the radiator spoilt or damage last longer with water?

[Falc]

Err ...

(1) should "change" mineral oil, not just top up.

(2) new car no need coolant or water top up, unles got leak. If small vol of topup, just with water is fine.

 

HTH

[Ngaiky83]

eeh.. what's your ride? I think depend on the agent ba. My FD changed to helix ultra & coolant at 1,000km because there was no need for the 5,000km service . But my friend who is driving a kia cerato, the agent will only change his mineral oil to synthetic oil at 10,000km Coolent i'm not sure abt his leh..

[Kozen]

1) Oh. Yeah, they changed new mineral oil. hehehee..

2) No need coolant, or water??? then the container will be empty...won't the radiator be overheat, spoilt or damage without water/coolant?

[Toyo]

my ride coming to 3 years only need to top up coolant recently. if u use mineral oil for 1K servicing, u'll need to go back in another 3 months time or 5000KM whichever come first.

[Kozen]

My ride is Honda Fit. My FD asked me whether i have vouchor for servicing, and i said "No", so he said then will just changed mineral oil, cos i will pay less for the run-in/new car. Maybe will change to synthetic when it reach 5000KM or 10,000KM.

[Toyo]

i'm driving a honda city. what i did was to buy a 1 litre bottle of coolant from min ghee for abt $7.50 and top up myself

[Kozen]

Yeah, i know about the 5000KM servicing when i went yesterday. But don't you need to top up water in the white container, even if you are not using coolant???

[Kozen]

Thanks! but do you know what's the reason why my Techncian told me only need to use Water, but not coolant???

[Route88]

Your ride is still new. Other things like coolant,air con gas,brake fluid...doesn't matter now.

See the manual on periodic change of oil.

 

As for why water not coolant,basically our climate is more to hot and humid,so water is best to cool down the radiator.Coolant is apply 50% of volume on top of H20.

[Toyo]

The white container is for coolant. i nvr top up water in there. i thk water shld be top up at the radiator

[Kozen]

i see. My manual is in Japanese wordings, so don't know how to read.

[Kozen]

Huh? thought coolant should be top up in radiator and the white container? but if using only water...only top up in the white container, not the radiator.

[Route88]

OIC...so yours is JDM from PI?

 

Servicing schedule should be across the board for all cars,almost the same bah

[Kozen]

Yeah. it's JDM. I'm not so worried about the servicing as my technician has pasted a english note on my servicing book what needs to be changed on each KMs/servicing. Then only concern is how often do i have to top up the coolant in the radiator or the white container. what is the normal duration one needs to top up? once every 2 weeks, or once every few mths?

Edited March 2, 2007 by Kozen

[Toyo]

from my understanding, the radiator will always be full as it will draw coolant from the reservoir (white container) whenever it runs low. i nvr open the radiator cap to check the level or top up. everything is done at the container. correct me if i'm wrong

[Kozen]

I see. Thanks for all the info. So think the only thing i have to look out for is the check the water level from the reservoir once a week.

[Route88]

The white container ,ders a dipstick ,if its in the range bet low/high should be ok,unless ders leak in radiator,then the level will drop drastically. No need to add coolant just water will do if no leak. After 2 years can flush the cooling system and change new water/coolant.