Car Broke In :(

8/29/2010 07:56:00 AM Car Care No Comments

i parked my car outside a badminton hall at Sri Kembangan area (on route to South City Plaza) and when i came out... my left rear passenger window was missing... and i'm not alone... -ah koong- and -ah jx- car also were missing some windows... altogether there were 7 cars which was hit... what a sad and sienz day... zzz...

it cost me RM 100 to have the window fix back... sigh*** i think i'll never going back to that badminton hall again... we believed that those buggers who did that to our cars were onto the badminton hall owner to scare away the customers... we were juz the scapegoats...

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I've Changed to Eagle Eyes :)

8/12/2010 11:23:00 AM Car Care No Comments

few years back, i made a very stupid decision... which is to change my car headlamp to HID headlamp and it was a disastrous move... serious... sigh*** it was a waste of money and it causes a lot of trouble for me and other incoming traffic as well as cars next to me or in front of me... :(

well, it wasn't long before i decided to get rid of it and change my headlamp to projector headlamp... and the HID set is still with me in my cupboard... not sure what am i supposed to do with it hahaha... it's just bladdy waste of money back then... so back to the projector headlamp... i was pretty happy back then when it was still new, pretty cool lights with the ring lights beaming in orange color and brighter i supposed...

then things started to go bad... sometimes the left projector failed to turn on and need some kinda of warm up before it turns on and same goes to the right projector... zzzz... and this causes me to go nuts... worst thing is when i turn it off and on again, the cycles start once more with one of the projector headlamp doesn't want to light up instantly... zzzz...

so i made another search on the internet and this time i'm all fired up to find the actual Eagle Eyes headlamp for my car... the projector lamp which i got from WRC Headlamp was an imitation version and it sucks really... zzzz... finally i managed to get an authorized dealer of Eagle Eyes headlamp from Zerotohundred website and the car accessory shop is located at Damansara Utama...

little did i know that today is the first day our muslim frens all starting their 'puasa'... so the traffic at Kerinchi link towards Damansara Utama was a major catastrophic one... it took me 2 hours to get there... the shop name is GC Motorsport... luckily i reached there at 7pm and since they close shop at 8pm, they have about an hour to have the headlamp changed...

the result???... i'm very very happy indeed with the end result and worth paying the money... and then i realized that the last time i changed my headlamp at the WRC Headlamp shop, well it cost me about the same???... WTH!!!... zzzz... but then those are past... so now i'm on Eagle Eyes and it looks damn cool at nite, especially the 2 CCLF ring... >:)

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Brake Engaged Automatically

8/02/2010 07:31:00 AM Car Care No Comments

i have been noticing this for quite sometime that my brake got engaged by itself when it's parked stationary... then what i did back then when it happened was to pump the brake paddle twice and it resolved the issue...

then today, when i was back from lunch in my colleague's car and drove pass my car, we noticed that my car's brake light is on including the 3rd brake light... this shows that the brake is currently engaged!!!???... sigh*** so he drove me back to the offiz and waited for me to grab my car keys from 4th floor before fetching me back to my car... zzzz...

as usual, the brake light disengaged once i pumped the brake paddle... as i have just recovered from car battery phobia, i left the office around 3:30pm and get the brake switch replaced... sigh*** i do really hope that this is the last piece of parts that i need to change..... zzzz

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Car Alternator + Water Pump ~ Changed

7/31/2010 10:53:00 AM Car Care No Comments

i woke up early in the morning preparing myself for a long day at the car workshop and becoz of this i had to apply for an emergency leave as well... the mechanic which our family has known for years came around 9:15am in the morning with a charged up battery to fire up my car, he then use a multi-meter to measure the voltage of the battery that he juz installed into my car...

a healthy car battery will give a measurement of 12V and when the car alternator is running and charging the battery, it should give a measurement of 14V... but the readings on the multimeter stays at 12V and started to drop slowly as the car started to drain off the battery with the airconditioner running... so it's confirmed that the car alternator is gone case... so he asked me to drive my car now to his workshop while he escort me from behind juz in case my car drained off this battery before i could reached his workshop... luckily i managed to get there...

this is the old spoilt alternator...

once arrived, another mechanic which is known as wayar man (ah gou lou) took over as he's in charged of all the electric and electronic stuff of the car... they have ordered the alternator ready for me as i hv rang them up yesterday, so the operation to change the alternator proceed immediately... it took him only 30 minutes to get off the old alternator and fix in the new one... by then my car is up and running again...

the multi-meter is on the car battery once more and this time it measure a healthy 14V meaning the alternator is charging the battery... my new battery yesterday which was 'kong' managed to be salvage and they use a machine to charge it up back to healthy state... luckily, if not i have to foot money for another car battery... zzzz...

old water pump...at the top right, there are coolant residue which indicates leakage...

there is another parts in my car which i always fear that it has wear off... it's the water pump and i know that the consequence if it fails... so i asked the mechanic to have a look and indeed small leakage started to appear on it... the water pump on a Proton Wira is located right above the alternator, so we also notice some coolant residue on top of the alternator... i made a bold decision which is to change it as i do not want to tow my car once again in the future...

the entire timing belt system is out to make way for the water pump... major work...

changing the water pump is a major activity similar to what i witness back then when i had my car clutch plate changed... they have to take off the entire timing belt system to disengaged the water pump... that operation took more than 1 hour... once he has fitted back the entire timing belt system and refilled my car with a fresh bottle of coolant, my car is fired up and they monitored closely to ensure that the new water pump is running and circulating the coolant around the radiator system... after 5-10 minutes, it's confirmed that everything is good...

my new car battery is also fitted back into my car and the readings show a healthy 14V readings... sigh*** finally it's done... and the car bill... :(

• Water Pump : MYR 80
• Radiator Coolant : MYR 28
• Alternator : MYR 580
• Labour Charge : MYR 80
• 5% Government Service Tax : MYR 4.00

this brings to a total of MYR 772.00... sigh***

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Car ~ Towed Away

7/30/2010 06:52:00 AM Car Care No Comments

as i thought that yday was a pretty bad and stressful day, little did i know that today is worst... sigh*** it started out normally as i drove myself to work and everything with the car feels normal... i even stop by the same petrol station which i purchased the car battery yesterday to swap back the customer copy of the warranty card... the staff yesterday handed me the manufacturer's copy instead...

so off i head to the carpark and parked my car for work... at 5:30pm, i left the office and hike on to the van shuttle to my car... as i tried to disarmed my car, i felt something wrong... it's not responding... OMG!... it's Déjà vu... :( my car is out of battery again?! but it's a new battery i bought yesterday??!!... instantly it hit my mind that the alternator had died-ed... so i rang up my mechanic seeking for advice and the only option that i have is to tow the car back, even a jump start will not help as the new battery which i installed yesterday is totally outta of juice coz the alternator didn't managed to charge it...

i hv no choice but to call up Kurnia Assists to have them sent in a tow truck for my car... i have to wait almost 2 1/2 hours before the tow truck could arrived due to heavy traffic down at Puchong... getting my car towed is another major operation as my car originally came with the full sport skirts and side fender, thus he needs to jack up my car in the front before he can lift up the hook... sigh*** but then at least now i hv experience car towing...

at 9:30pm, i finally reach home and had my car lowered down to the ground and paid RM 30 to the tow truck guy... erm... i think RM 30 is very reasonable as private tow truck will at least cost me RM 120+... every year Kurnia Assists will cover 30Km of towing FOC and every excess of 1Km will be charged at RM 1.50 (excluding toll money)... the only thing i was angry that nite was the tow truck service arriving late and how the Kurnia helpdesk center guy didn't informed me that if customer insists to use their Kurnia tow truck, it can cover 50Km FOC instead... zzzzz...

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Car Battery ~ Died-ed

7/29/2010 08:24:00 AM Car Care No Comments

it was a hectic day yesterday late evening when i was about to leave the carpark... i took out my car key from my jeans pocket and pressed the dis-armed button but then, no reaction from my car... i was like oh! okay i need to walk closer to the car (my car has this stupid response) duh!... as i inched closer to the car, i start to feel something is wrong coz i was then standing right at the driver's door yet... no response from the car to dis-arm itself... in my heart i was like ou! shit!... zzzz...

so i forced to enter the car and immediately the car alarm activated... and the alarm sound sounded wierd... it's confirmed that my car's battery is dead... zzzz... so i rang up -ah koong- to inform him i'm gonna be late for the dinner gathering only to find out that he's still in the offiz hahaha waiting to pick up -ah jiew jeh-... good, so i called him to come and rescue me hehehe... about 15 minutes later, he was there with -ah jiew jeh- haha and i asked him to look after my car while i go and purchased a new car batt from the nearby petrol station...

this is the died-ed battery and the new one is exactly the same

the stupid gate connecting to the petrol station from the TPM car park is locked, so i had no choice but to ask the company shuttle van to drove me out to the petrol station... this later caused a huge pile up of my colleagues waiting for the shuttle van to pick them up (later when i'm in the office, it's gonna be shitty)... zzzz...

finally i got the car battery at a very expensive price and got it changed with the help from -ah koong-... we then off head towards Sunway Pyramid for our dinner as -ah claire- was already there at 7pm... we reached at 8pm... hahaha...

back to the price... 1 year and 17 days ago, i paid RM 160 for the very same battery and yesterday i paid RM 238 for it!... WTF!...

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Car Service ~ Major :(

6/25/2010 03:59:00 PM Car Care No Comments

my car so far has clocked approximately 103,500 Km in the space of 4 years++ and i bought it in for a routine service just now... all these while, i have been servicing my car at Proton Authorized Car Service Center but then since it has clocked over 100,000 Km already... it's time i depart from them and go out for normal workshop which will be cheaper in long run...

my rear absorber already dead for quite some time and i've yet to have them changed, so today is the best day since i'm on leave... so i drove my car over the our family car workshop and have it in for a routine car service... after some analyzing done by the trusted foreman whom is also the shop owner, i've decided to have both the rear absorber change and a new set of clutch...

the entire service session took almost 6 hours to complete and the bill...

• Tyre Balancing (On Wheel and Off Wheel) : MYR 24
• Computer Alignment (Front + Rear) : MYR 24
• Camber Adjustment (3 Wheel) : MYR 54
• Camber Kit (2 Kit) : MYR 120
• Engine Oil (Shell Helix HX7) : MYR 99
• Oil Filter : MYR 13
• Gear Box Oil (2 Litre) : MYR 50
• Clutch Kit (Japan Exedy/Daikin) : MYR 360
• Absorber (Rear Kayaba) : MYR 190
• Gear Oil : MYR 30
• Labour Charge : MYR 12
• 5% Government Service Tax : MYR 4.50

this brings to a total of MYR 980... sigh***

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Meter Cable ~ Also Died-ed

5/04/2010 05:29:00 AM Car Care No Comments

i've to spend another RM 65 ringgit to have the meter cable changed as well as the speedometer needle was very shaky when it reaches speed of 70km/h and onwards... sigh***

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Odometer Died-ed

5/02/2010 07:43:00 AM Car Care No Comments

i tot it was ok already last week as the odometer managed to clock itself from 0 to 999km and reset itself back to 0 and start counting again... but then it started to stall once more yday nite when i was on my way to Port Klang for dinner...

this time, no matter how many times i press the reset gauge... the odometer doesn't pass the 10km mark... so finally i asked mom to help me to bring my car to the workshop tomorrow and have it replaced... zzzz... the price???... should be around RM 200+ for a new original unit... sigh***

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