Drivers who service their car should learn and read up more

[Evillusion]

  On 11/28/2018 at 7:58 AM, Tianmo said:

where got ppl change belts at 50k one?

 

standard japanese made usually 80k,

 

Last time my optra stated 60k already sibey tulan liao, i always do at 60k all belts still good. Once I did at 70K also boh daiji.

mine not nippon wan.......i change twice at slightly over 100k km. Last wan was rather cialat....can see the belt fraying and the joint area about to split. It was very noisy so i changed........my pump belt havent change for 5 yrs liao.

  On 11/28/2018 at 8:39 AM, Davidtch said:

Cai Peng is not exactly healthy depending on what you are having.

 

In addition, Cai Peng that's expose too long in open is unhygienic.

 

 

Belt must change to Bando Belt. My Malaysia fren pickup truck timing belt changed at 70k km.

last wan i changed at yew tee ws.......nx yr change pump belt might as well change the serpentine too.

[Adrianli]

  On 11/28/2018 at 8:43 AM, Eviilusion said:

mine not nippon wan.......i change twice at slightly over 100k km. Last wan was rather cialat....can see the belt fraying and the joint area about to split. It was very noisy so i changed........my pump belt havent change for 5 yrs liao.

last wan i changed at yew tee ws.......nx yr change pump belt might as well change the serpentine too.

Need to spray lithium grease on the pulley and bearing than not noisy liao.

[Evillusion]

  On 11/28/2018 at 11:29 PM, Adrianli said:

Need to spray lithium grease on the pulley and bearing than not noisy liao.

I did spray belt dressing on the serpentine, lub oil on the bearings and contact cleaner on the motor and rotor, a very difficult process as the place was rather cramp. After a while the moise came back and so i decided to change the serpentine belt......after that no more weird sounds. Mech showed me the belt.....he said it was about to give way.....

[Beehive3783]

For me,  I change my own spark plugs, air filter, aircon filter and my car cams 2x single channel are also installed by myself.

 

For more complicated jobs that require special tools or proper disposal of fluids, I just leave it to the workshop. But most of the time I am the one telling them what to check and what to change as I do check my car regularly.

 

Like many others mentioned, if you have the interest, you will want to learn and know more. If no interest, no point discussing further.

 

But for many who earn big bucks, i believe they are more willing to pay to get the job done without wasting too much time. Their main concern would be more on reliability and avoiding roadside breakdowns.

 

 

  On 11/24/2018 at 9:40 AM, Eviilusion said:

i dont send my car for servicing during work hrs....always during my day off. Actually i earn peanuts hence i prefer to stick around the ws to see whats happening to my car. Had a very bad experience when i left my bike in a ws donkey yrs ago...so now i dont trust any ws 100% especially those who calls me brother. But if i can earn hundreds or thousands of dollars while waiting at the ws i think i would prefer the money.....i just repaired my aircon on my own, it was blowing on/off on its own and i did a quick search and found the cause. I even fix my own carcam........i am such a cheapskate!

[Beehive3783]

There is a video on YouTube that talks about engine flush.

 

It is a segment of Hot Version that features the boss of Spoon Sports talking about why engine and transmission flushes are not recommended.

 

You may want to look for that video to understand more.

 

  On 11/26/2018 at 6:28 AM, Daniu82 said:

Most of the time I don't even trust AD workshop. Read from online that engine flush should not be done unless your mileage is high, but my AD workshop asks me do engine flush and aircon servicing when my mileage is only 20k, I rejected them. When should engine flush be done? Comments experts?

 

[iceraider]

TS u come in complain people duno abt car.. then u dun teach ppl, how will they know wat to look out for..

[Beregond]

  On 11/29/2018 at 2:15 AM, Beehive3783 said:

For me,  I change my own spark plugs, air filter, aircon filter and my car cams 2x single channel are also installed by myself.

 

For more complicated jobs that require special tools or proper disposal of fluids, I just leave it to the workshop. But most of the time I am the one telling them what to check and what to change as I do check my car regularly.

 

Like many others mentioned, if you have the interest, you will want to learn and know more. If no interest, no point discussing further.

 

But for many who earn big bucks, i believe they are more willing to pay to get the job done without wasting too much time. Their main concern would be more on reliability and avoiding roadside breakdowns.

wat car u driving?

[Evillusion]

  On 11/29/2018 at 2:15 AM, Beehive3783 said:

For me, I change my own spark plugs, air filter, aircon filter and my car cams 2x single channel are also installed by myself.

 

For more complicated jobs that require special tools or proper disposal of fluids, I just leave it to the workshop. But most of the time I am the one telling them what to check and what to change as I do check my car regularly.

 

Like many others mentioned, if you have the interest, you will want to learn and know more. If no interest, no point discussing further.

 

But for many who earn big bucks, i believe they are more willing to pay to get the job done without wasting too much time. Their main concern would be more on reliability and avoiding roadside breakdowns.

Same here....i washes my stainless steel air filter. Except for the spark plugs....need a long wrench and i dont have it. Thinking of changing my sparks cable to those r3 type.....still using the ori which is nearly 11 yo.

[Mkl22]

  On 11/28/2018 at 11:39 PM, Eviilusion said:

I did spray belt dressing on the serpentine, lub oil on the bearings and contact cleaner on the motor and rotor, a very difficult process as the place was rather cramp. After a while the moise came back and so i decided to change the serpentine belt......after that no more weird sounds. Mech showed me the belt.....he said it was about to give way.....

Edited November 29, 2018 by Mkl22

[Evillusion]

  On 11/29/2018 at 3:02 AM, Mkl22 said:

don't ever spray any belt dressing la. doesn't solve anything. belt squeak means belt or pulley or tensioner is worn. belt dressing only hides the problem. belt will snap and you get stranded.

sure bor bro? Last time i work maintenance also adviced to use belt spray to prevent slippage. Some serpentine belt are made of certain compounds which will degrade fast if used belt spray. Best is to ask ws whether can use belt spray on the belt.

[Mkl22]

  On 11/29/2018 at 3:16 AM, Eviilusion said:

sure bor bro? Last time i work maintenance also adviced to use belt spray to prevent slippage. Some serpentine belt are made of certain compounds which will degrade fast if used belt spray. Best is to ask ws whether can use belt spray on the belt.

 

up to you to believe or not. i'll never ever use.  brand new cars are manufactured without any need for belt dressing, then if there is a squeak, means the tension is wrong or belt worn. belt dressing will do nothing but mask the problem till the belt is too worn and snap.

[Evillusion]

  On 11/29/2018 at 3:20 AM, Mkl22 said:

up to you to believe or not. i'll never ever use. brand new cars are manufactured without any need for belt dressing, then if there is a squeak, means the tension is wrong or belt worn. belt dressing will do nothing but mask the problem till the belt is too worn and snap.

Not sure lar bro.....but from what i learnt, belt dressing is for the material of the belt so that it last longer and also to prevent slippages. Of course after certain mileages, the material will deteriorate and its time to change the belt. That was what i picked up during my yrs in maintenance and operations in a powerstation. A lot of motors and equipments and each have preventive maintenance schedule to follow.

[RogerNg_185295]

What you learn is wrong. Its called deception.

  On 11/29/2018 at 4:52 AM, Eviilusion said:

Not sure lar bro.....but from what i learnt, belt dressing is for the material of the belt so that it last longer and also to prevent slippages. Of course after certain mileages, the material will deteriorate and its time to change the belt. That was what i picked up during my yrs in maintenance and operations in a powerstation. A lot of motors and equipments and each have preventive maintenance schedule to follow.

 

[Evillusion]

  On 11/29/2018 at 5:06 AM, RogerNg_185295 said:

What you learn is wrong. Its called deception.

Okay.....means the Engineers and the Supervisors tio scam liao....

[RogerNg_185295]

Always get to the root cause of the problem. Do not use anything to hide the issue. SMRT EX CEO....you listening?

  On 11/29/2018 at 5:25 AM, Eviilusion said:

Okay.....means the Engineers and the Supervisors tio scam liao....

[Beehive3783]

Now driving old Jap car. But most of my experience came from tinkering with Korean cars.

 

  On 11/29/2018 at 2:38 AM, Beregond said:

wat car u driving?

 

Worth considering if your spark cable is getting hard. A more technical way to check would be the wire resistance. But you would need the original specifications of the spark cable to do comparison.

 

  On 11/29/2018 at 2:52 AM, Eviilusion said:

Same here....i washes my stainless steel air filter. Except for the spark plugs....need a long wrench and i dont have it. Thinking of changing my sparks cable to those r3 type.....still using the ori which is nearly 11 yo.

 

[Evillusion]

  On 11/29/2018 at 5:30 AM, RogerNg_185295 said:

Always get to the root cause of the problem. Do not use anything to hide the issue. SMRT EX CEO....you listening?

you know lar......there are so many motors and rotors using belt....they even had a rotary blower running on belt. So not surprised if they try to increase the mileage.

  On 11/29/2018 at 5:42 AM, Beehive3783 said:

Now driving old Jap car. But most of my experience came from tinkering with Korean cars.

 

 

 

Worth considering if your spark cable is getting hard. A more technical way to check would be the wire resistance. But you would need the original specifications of the spark cable to do comparison.

11 yrs old liao........sure hard liao. Thinking of getting those with thicker core.

[DACH]

  On 11/29/2018 at 2:52 AM, Eviilusion said:

Same here....i washes my stainless steel air filter. Except for the spark plugs....need a long wrench and i dont have it. Thinking of changing my sparks cable to those r3 type.....still using the ori which is nearly 11 yo.

11 years old spark plugs!

 

What brand is it?