RadX Moderator January 23 Share January 23 On 1/23/2024 at 3:54 PM, kobayashiGT said: My car recently also has ignition problem, one of the fuse my previous mechanic sam pong drop. hahaha. I diy myself. Do I consider myself as Doc? I wanna be doc strange. hahahahaha. More like Quack! ↡ Advertisement 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inlinefour Twincharged January 23 Share January 23 On 1/23/2024 at 7:30 PM, Ct3833 said: More shocking😃 pls dun too shock actually 5 years plus not even 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kobayashiGT Internal Moderator January 23 Share January 23 On 1/23/2024 at 7:08 PM, Inlinefour said: you are surgeon level ownself ops ownself pap style 🙈🙉🙊 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
t0y0ta Supercharged January 25 Share January 25 On 1/23/2024 at 2:04 PM, Gnahp said: my wife's car has electric water pump and electronic controlled thermostat when I was parking the car in a mall 10km away from home recently, the radiator fan suddenly kicked into high speed, a few seconds later, these dreaded red messages popped on both screens, no check engine light, my OBD scanner was at home so I didn't scan the car on the spot I popped the bonnet, expansion tank level was good, no visible coolant leakage trace around engine bay and sump guard, no evaporated coolant scent, engine bay heat seems normal... I let the car cool down for 3 hours, it started and run normally, in less than 400m, from B2 of the car park to the street level, the coolant temperature shot through the roof and the engine power was limited, so I stopped the car immediately at the road side and called a tow truck to tow it to the workshop while waiting for the tow truck, I felt both the radiator and expansion tank with my hand, radiator was luke warm but the expansion tank was too hot to touch I left a note on the dashboard for the workshop on the symptoms and my suspect of electric water pump and/or thermostat failure they scanned the car and found an error code on seized water pump, strangely it didn't pop the fuse, they replaced both the EWP and thermostat, finger crossed car is 2 years 2 months old, 82,000km it caught me off guard, before it failed, there was zero warning - zero leakage - pump was silent - no fuse was popped - no error code - zero warning message it worked until the last second and kaboom and I have only a couples of minute to react, imagine cruising on busy highway the combo looks like a giant frankenstein artificial heart, the plastic part is the thermostat and the cast alloy part is the pump now I missed the good old KISS (keep it simple stupid) mechanical driven pump and thermostat 🙄 What was the cost of the part? Assume you used back original OEM 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesc Hypersonic January 25 Share January 25 On 1/23/2024 at 7:13 PM, Inlinefour said: James will post one careful lady driver Only go buy groceries with helpers Mileage have to see yourself to believe! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnahp Turbocharged January 25 Author Share January 25 On 1/25/2024 at 9:22 AM, t0y0ta said: What was the cost of the part? Assume you used back original OEM water pump - original merc - $480 thermostat - OEM - $185 o-ring - $15 coolant - original merc - $60 labour - local - $360 singapore government - $99 all in ~ $1.2k 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daffodilistic 1st Gear February 21 Share February 21 On 1/23/2024 at 2:04 PM, Gnahp said: my wife's car has electric water pump and electronic controlled thermostat when I was parking the car in a mall 10km away from home recently, the radiator fan suddenly kicked into high speed, a few seconds later, these dreaded red messages popped on both screens, no check engine light, my OBD scanner was at home so I didn't scan the car on the spot I popped the bonnet, expansion tank level was good, no visible coolant leakage trace around engine bay and sump guard, no evaporated coolant scent, engine bay heat seems normal... I let the car cool down for 3 hours, it started and run normally, in less than 400m, from B2 of the car park to the street level, the coolant temperature shot through the roof and the engine power was limited, so I stopped the car immediately at the road side and called a tow truck to tow it to the workshop while waiting for the tow truck, I felt both the radiator and expansion tank with my hand, radiator was luke warm but the expansion tank was too hot to touch I left a note on the dashboard for the workshop on the symptoms and my suspect of electric water pump and/or thermostat failure they scanned the car and found an error code on seized water pump, strangely it didn't pop the fuse, they replaced both the EWP and thermostat, finger crossed car is 2 years 2 months old, 82,000km it caught me off guard, before it failed, there was zero warning - zero leakage - pump was silent - no fuse was popped - no error code - zero warning message it worked until the last second and kaboom and I have only a couples of minute to react, imagine cruising on busy highway the combo looks like a giant frankenstein artificial heart, the plastic part is the thermostat and the cast alloy part is the pump now I missed the good old KISS (keep it simple stupid) mechanical driven pump and thermostat 🙄 Nowadays with electric water pumps, its quite normal to fail "silently" and suddenly, mine also start failing recently (check engine light) but I can still drive the car whole day without engine overheat light (Prius), just dont piah the car on ICE for too long (i.e. > 60km/h). 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voodooman Supersonic February 21 Share February 21 On 1/25/2024 at 1:04 PM, Gnahp said: water pump - original merc - $480 thermostat - OEM - $185 o-ring - $15 coolant - original merc - $60 labour - local - $360 singapore government - $99 all in ~ $1.2k 2 years old car should still be under warranty? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnahp Turbocharged February 21 Author Share February 21 On 2/21/2024 at 11:07 PM, Voodooman said: 2 years old car should still be under warranty? I bought from PI, got 3 years / 120,000km warranty didn't continue to go to their workshop after 6 free services 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ER-3682 Twincharged February 21 Share February 21 On 2/21/2024 at 11:11 PM, Gnahp said: I bought from PI, got 3 years / 120,000km warranty didn't continue to go to their workshop after 6 free services My Camry bought from Vincar,agreed,these P.I. ''s Workshop cannot make it. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mkl22 Twincharged February 21 Share February 21 On 2/22/2024 at 6:58 AM, ER-3682 said: My Camry bought from Vincar,agreed,these P.I. ''s Workshop cannot make it. All my new jap cars also never go back to agent after whatever free servicing of typically 1 year. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ER-3682 Twincharged February 22 Share February 22 On 2/22/2024 at 7:31 AM, Mkl22 said: All my new jap cars also never go back to agent after whatever free servicing of typically 1 year. Agent...some Brands also Cannot Make It...like Kia..👎 ↡ Advertisement 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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