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Coolant
Jazz:
--- Quote from: valeon on June 23, 2008, 10:02:03 PM ---1K, 5K and 10K check and top up only nia.
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Today just went for 5K servicing, waited 7 hrs at TCM, tired man. :mad:
iagree:
--- Quote from: Jazz on June 23, 2008, 10:11:00 PM ---Today just went for 5K servicing, waited 7 hrs at TCM, tired man. :mad:
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Aiyo. 7hrs? ask them to fly kite lah.
Jazz:
--- Quote from: iagree on June 23, 2008, 10:33:05 PM ---Aiyo. 7hrs? ask them to fly kite lah.
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Ya, was there before 10am for registration, collected my car at 5pm. They mentioned checked my suspension and air-con, that why took so long.
Drank more than 10 cups of coffee there. :D
detach8:
--- Quote from: Jazz on June 23, 2008, 02:29:07 PM ---If flush, need to drain all the existing coolant off. There are 2 types of flush, if normal no rust, just flush it with a power jet can liao, if rust, need to use chemical like our home aircon, more expensive.
Top up at the reservoir, same what you do to your wiper. Dun open the radiator cap, if you dun know how to cap tightly, it will blown off, that is why there is a bar indicator of 0.9bar if I not wrong. :smile:
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bros, i would suggest to check the radiator too. the experience i described earlier is that the header tank had water, but radiator practically empty (due to engine combustion gasses escaping into the radiator, forcing water out) so although our car is new and very unlikely to have a gasket problem like mine it is still better to check.
when checking radiator make sure engine is cold. if it is hot and you LL have to check, then do make sure you use a big cloth, cover the radiator cap. press down and it will start to release all the pressure inside and steam will come out. hold down the pressure (dun turn yet!!!) until all the pressure is released then twist open. when hot, top up with the engine running. dont pour cold water into a hot engine that is not running. when cold you can top up as much as you want.
distilled water = can buy from NTUC fairprice, shop & save. those $1 bottled water (distllled, not mineral!) is distilled. battery water is also distilled water. usually if you let the petrol kiosk people do they will take tap water, or worse the water use at the car wash with some soap remains inside (they wash their hands in there). don't let them top up for you. i rather use tap water than soapy water. tap water is ok lah, but distilled water is preferred. i think tcm also use tap water. distilled water damn expensive. so no big deal. but soapy water... :scared:
darrylker:
--- Quote from: iagree on June 23, 2008, 10:26:05 AM ---Hi
First of all, thanks to all the buddies' replies to this topic.
I will try to observe this evening to see is there any 'green water' on the floor. If yes, meaning leakage.
Hi lyh1280, why 40k then change? If anytime we noticed the coolant is no longer in 'green', shld chg right?
How do we topup the water to the coolant reservior if we notice it's not at the Max level? Or we fill-up/topup water from Radiator there (open the radiator cap then pour water in?)
Leakage will KO the gasket & engine (overheat) also?
Oh, I do not know whether it is really dark or not but it's just at the level btw the Min & Max, and the color is no longer 'green green', it's like "loh loh" (blur & dim in color, may be "cloudy" is the word to use to describe?), so i let him change for me because it's just coolants, so i think it shld be ok. BUT, one thing that i am worrying is their skill? How do we know they change the coolant for us with the right skill? Do they have enough knowledge for Latio's coolant & tangki (radiator?) reservoirs?
My ride is now abt 21000 km liao. I didn't check this morning! Will check again this evening & let u guys know abt it.
What is NPMP?
To detach8, had no coolant at all? That's scary right? It shldnt happen.... without coolant and the entire gasket KO? I will make it as habit to check the car every week...!!! Thanks for sharing info./knowledge.
So, the guy chg my coolant when it's warm (bad idea), sux, i shld not let him chg also since it's warm (i felt that too but since he suggested then i take it aso and RM16 is not very expensive? i donno the mkt price, i thk if we chg ourself, may be it cost abt S$3 or so per bottle? How easy to get it chg ourself?)
I think i got to check the following later:
1) the Radiator (make sure water still full?)
2) the coolant level (leaking)
3) chk the floor (wet floor mean coolant leaking)
FYI, i drove the car from JB (chg coolant@JB) to KL , drove abt 300km+
Then drove back fr KL to SG, another 380km.
So far so good, none of the "lights" are on. So i presume it's ok. But, the only thing i wonder is why the coolant reservoir's water level drop abt 1inch from the Max level!!!
Hi darrylker , you change at TCM? FOC? What package you took from them? Haiya, i spent my own RM32 (abt S$13) for that coolant, quite silly lah! Sigh! I am thinking to go TCM for servicing for my next service. Shld be around 28000km, now still have abt 6000km i think! How? Sigh! Must take care of our ride, i think go to service at TCM is the best if the package is not more than S$300/= or S$400/=! Worth to let TCM handles as it is for our own SAFETY and peace of MIND!!! Do you guys agree???
Thanks.
iagree!
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Hi bro,
NCMP is the 2-yr servicing package (4 servicings in total) I signed from TCM...covered till 50k km as I signed after my 3rd free servicing. Think I paid abt $989 for the package at that time, now price up to 1k+. I agree that goin back TCM safer, especially still within the 3 years warranty. Personally had bad experience with my prev car engine as I serviced outside...so now more 'kiasi'! :scared:
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