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Labour Rate For Servicing (Sg or Malaysia)


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Hi All,

 

Where can find good labour rate like SG$10 or RM$10 (Singapore of Malaysia) for providing oil change, oil filter?

If able to find such lobang, then don't mind every 5,000 have oil change.

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Just remember you pay peanuts you get monkeys, most of the time that is the case.

 

wat make u say so?

 

most of the mechanic come from across there...

 

some of the best tuner, in the region, is from there and at e peanut price..

 

 

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wat make u say so?

 

most of the mechanic come from across there...

 

some of the best tuner, in the region, is from there and at e peanut price..

 

 

who are the best tuner for apexi pfc in malaysia? i know best in sg is furukawa. but very expensive.

how about motec(rohme sg) malaysia?

fcon (GR sg)? malaysia?

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Just remember you pay peanuts you get monkeys, most of the time that is the case.

 

For labour, it's not all the time true.

If I diy, I pay peanuts or $0, I get the best job done.

 

For changing oil and oil filter, the job is so simple that a monkey can hardly screw up....unless it's a real monkey.

Then whatever price you pay, you still get a screw up job.

 

What you need is to find a good mechanic, someone who is proud of his job.

 

It is not always measured by how expensive it's priced.

 

 

 

 

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For labour, it's not all the time true.

If I diy, I pay peanuts or $0, I get the best job done.

 

For changing oil and oil filter, the job is so simple that a monkey can hardly screw up....unless it's a real monkey.

Then whatever price you pay, you still get a screw up job.

 

What you need is to find a good mechanic, someone who is proud of his job.

 

It is not always measured by how expensive it's priced.

 

I already said, "most of the time". [rolleyes]

 

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wat make u say so?

 

most of the mechanic come from across there...

 

some of the best tuner, in the region, is from there and at e peanut price..

 

I wasn't specifically referring to Malaysia. There are cheap mechanics in Singapore if you know where to look. The thread topic is about servicing, not tuning.

 

When you consider that all these workshops are money-making entities, rationalize whether it is worth paying less if your cheap mechanic works in a small dirty corner of a scrapyard, has no vehicle lift, and uses a hammer to make things fit.

 

Again like I said, "most of the time". If it is cheap, go in with your eyes open, there is no free lunch. I'd also get cheap mechanics to do cheap jobs. But can you imagine how frustrating it is if you let a cheap mechanic tighten your oil sump plug so tight that when you try to remove it, the whole engine shifts in its mounts instead? It took an impact wrench to knock it loose - I imagine the mechanic got lazy and used an impact wrench to close an oil sump plug too!

 

Stuff like that, you don't see it immediately.

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For labour, it's not all the time true.

If I diy, I pay peanuts or $0, I get the best job done.

 

For changing oil and oil filter, the job is so simple that a monkey can hardly screw up....unless it's a real monkey.

Then whatever price you pay, you still get a screw up job.

 

What you need is to find a good mechanic, someone who is proud of his job.

 

It is not always measured by how expensive it's priced.

 

Hi Brother,

 

Can tell us how you DIY change engine oil? Thought of using 1 litre to flush out & the remaining 4 litres as engine oil.

I guess it is not easy to find such facilities unless you know some mechanic which is you know.

 

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Hi Brother,

 

Can tell us how you DIY change engine oil? Thought of using 1 litre to flush out & the remaining 4 litres as engine oil.

I guess it is not easy to find such facilities unless you know some mechanic which is you know.

 

Change engine oil is simple, best done when the engine is hot and then switched off. Hot oil flow easily.

 

You need a wrench of the correct size, jack up and get under the car and open the drain plug. You need a large enough container for the oil that is going to come out.

 

You can open the oil filler cap to reduce internal pressure, so it will drain more easily.

 

Then you need a oil filter wrench (Autobacs sells this) to remove the old filter.

Apply some oil on the o-ring gasket of the new filter, then screw in hand tight only.

 

Wait for most of the old oil to come out, then put back the drain plug.

Do not overtighten, just a quarter-turn more after hand-tight is good enough.

 

Then add the new oil through the filler and check the dipstick level.

 

Don't need to flush with 1L oil, unless you have some cleaner flush solvent. In which case, you should follow the instruction to add the solvent to the old oil first. Then run it at idle for x mins, then drain out.

 

The important thing is proper disposal of used oil. Normally, workshop will take this if you talk to them nicely.

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