Update: the car is now at around 123600 kms. I was witnessing inadequate brake bite. I need to go to Chandigarh on 19th so didnt want to take any chances with brakes. So took the car to my mechanic, he bleeded the brakes and cleaned the discs and the pads with sand paper. Also, the suspension arms were kaput along with jumping rod bushes. Got them changed as well.
Cost: Rs 3400 for suspension arms (Semyong company, probably Korean or taiwanese, quality was top notch) Much better than the individual joints and bushes I installed earlier in the old arm.
Rs 180 for the jumping rod bushes (same as lancer)
Rs 20 for oil filler cap seal (the seal was old and oil was coming out,very very slowly, but it made all surrounding parts full of oil covering which attracted a lot of dust.) Bought Indica's filler seal and squeezed it on top of older seal, which made the cap seal tightly.
Rs 90 for Dot 4 oil and Rs 800 labour.
Also got 3 bulbs changed (2 tail light and one front indicator) - Cost 300 including labour.
The car is as fit as it can get for nearly 7 year or 1.25 lac kms old car..Drive like a dream once again!
The arms and jumping rod bushes lasted nearly 50k kms.
About 10 days back, I was driving at about 50-60 in inner roads of gurgaon, when the car's right front tire suddenly landed up in a big pot hole. Result: A pinched tire. For now its doing the duty on the rear and I will get a tube installed before leaving for Chandigarh. The tires have done about 41k kms and should last another 8-9kms easily, in total 50k kms. And thats purely because 40k kms done as yet were with much relaxed driving from me and the family ofcourse compared to tire screeching run on the previous s-drives which lasted only 40k kms..
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Originally Posted by CBlazer The AC suddenly has become less effective when it is hot outside. A.S.S. says it is the cooling coil that needs to be cleaned, but it requires opening up the dashboard. I was hoping it would not come to it. Should I go ahead? |
Nothing major, The coil can be cleaned without removing the dash. But the ASC wont do it, as they are supposed to take it off completely and do a -as good as factory-condition job. Honda and MS also rip apart dash.
You need to find a good AC guy who can take off the glove box and the ECU and then clean the coil properly. 4.5 years is enough time for cooling coil to get dirty. I have an awful tree outside my house which sheds tiny leaves which block cooling coil. As a remedy, I got a AC filter installed. You will find more information as you search this thread.
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There is a broken piece of plastic near the fender which I'm told will take 6K to replace.
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It must be the inside front fender lining. I really don't see a reason for replacing it. Left side lining of my car has not been there for a while. (thats only the front triangle piece along the bumper and not the entire lining)
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A biker tried to overtake me while I was making a turn and hit my tail light. A small break in the casing - enough for rain water to leak into the tail light. The thing will cost a whopping 19K to replace!
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I am sure you can get it cheaper in the after market. look around.