[Rahulkool]

Got the car serviced yesterday and complained about few things like wobbling and AC not 100% effective ....

about the wobbling they told me it was the power steering belt which was lose :-/ , anyways i got the wheels aligned and balanced after the service, after that car is feeling completely different in handling :-/ didn't knew alignment and balancing can make such difference. anyways didn't got any chance to chk the wobbling problem as it occures only after 120. will try it out in weekends and let u guys know.
about the AC thing they did something and now its better than before, wanted to get the oil and oil filter changed but oil filter was not available for 1.6 lol. so only the oil was changed


again thanks everyone for suggestions.

[bottle]

good to hear that your problems were sorted out rahul

loose power steering belt sounds a bit odd though. guess some last minute checks were left out at the factory.

were there any charges or was everything done under free service ?

[Rahulkool]

Originally Posted by bottle

good to hear that your problems were sorted out rahul

loose power steering belt sounds a bit odd though. guess some last minute checks were left out at the factory.

were there any charges or was everything done under free service ?

Dunno the fan belt was lose or they were giving some stupid excuse hehe ....

I have to pay some 700 bucks for the oil, that all.

[ms_mahu]

I also got back my vehicle after first service today. I had asked the service adviser about oil change, and was told it is not at all required and would cost around Rs 1500. Strange that you got it for Rs 700, if that was the case I would have got it done.

[bottle]

Originally Posted by ms_mahu

I also got back my vehicle after first service today. I had asked the service adviser about oil change, and was told it is not at all required and would cost around Rs 1500. Strange that you got it for Rs 700, if that was the case I would have got it done.

mostly they also flush the engine and charge some obscene rates for the solvent.

also rahul mentioned that it was only for oil and not the filter

[kpzen]

Originally Posted by Rahulkool

Got the car serviced yesterday and complained about few things like wobbling and AC not 100% effective ....

about the wobbling they told me it was the power steering belt which was lose :-/ , anyways i got the wheels aligned and balanced after the service, after that car is feeling completely different in handling :-/ didn't knew alignment and balancing can make such difference. anyways didn't got any chance to chk the wobbling problem as it occures only after 120. will try it out in weekends and let u guys know.
about the AC thing they did something and now its better than before, wanted to get the oil and oil filter changed but oil filter was not available for 1.6 lol. so only the oil was changed


again thanks everyone for suggestions.

Glad that your car is now running fine.

Power steering belt causing the wheels to wobble

[Rahulkool]

Originally Posted by ms_mahu

I also got back my vehicle after first service today. I had asked the service adviser about oil change, and was told it is not at all required and would cost around Rs 1500. Strange that you got it for Rs 700, if that was the case I would have got it done.

Originally Posted by bottle

mostly they also flush the engine and charge some obscene rates for the solvent.

also rahul mentioned that it was only for oil and not the filter

yeah and i also asked them not to put any solvent in the oil of any kind ....

Originally Posted by kpzen

Glad that your car is now running fine.

Power steering belt causing the wheels to wobble

thats wat i was thinking, they were just trying to convince me that the problem has been sorted out hehe


Anyways tested the car yesterday till 120Kmph and there wasn't any wobbling so i guess the problem was due to balancing

[Xehaust]

Hey everyone. I have a question here.

My car has got punctures some time back (Rear left tyre) and even the tyres were changed quite a while back. No alignment or balancing was done. Recently when i went for alignment as 10K kms since the last alignment were up, the tyre guy said no need for balancing if there is no wobbling in the car.

After the punctures are fixed, no balancing has been done and i dont think they fit it exactly the same way as it was.

There is no wobbling in my car so i only got the alignment done and the car drives straight on a line without any pulling. Do i need tyre balancing?

[humyum]

Xehaust.The front 2 tyres if balanced without any need for weights there wont be any steering vibration and the rear tyres even if unbalanced wont cause any problem.But remember when u rotate your tyres and if the back unbalanced tyres come in the front then the steering vibration will start.
As a rule when you get alignment done,get the balancing checked.
Ask them to mount the tyres on the balancing machine without removing any previous weights and check out the balancing.If its perfect let it remain how it is.
Even if it shows that 5 grams of weight need to be added.Ask him to remove the old weights and rebalance the entire thing.
Even a 5 gram unbalance will lead to a little undesirable steering vibration at high speeds.

[Xehaust]

Thanks humyum but i dint understand anything about the weights stuff. Whats that?
Guess ive never seen balancing before so i dont know.

Anyway, im guessing that this means that as of now, im fine, but in the future, if i get rotation done, balancing should be checked. Am i right?

[humyum]

Originally Posted by Xehaust

Thanks humyum but i dint understand anything about the weights stuff. Whats that?
Guess ive never seen balancing before so i dont know.

Anyway, im guessing that this means that as of now, im fine, but in the future, if i get rotation done, balancing should be checked. Am i right?

Weights is what is added to the wheel on either side of the rim to balance the imbalance of the entire rotating mass which would lead to steering vibration.

Things in your car are vibration free because your rear tyre was puntured,removed and fixed back at the same rear left location.Hence no problem.
So next time when u get an alignment done,get all the wheel balanced,rotated and follow this practice every 5 thousand k.That is what i do.

[iraghava]

Originally Posted by Xehaust

After the punctures are fixed, no balancing has been done and i dont think they fit it exactly the same way as it was.

There is no wobbling in my car so i only got the alignment done and the car drives straight on a line without any pulling. Do i need tyre balancing?

First understand the difference between Balancing & Alignment & what happens with both & then decide whether you need to balance the wheels or not.

Wheel Balancing is needed when you face a steering wobbles at high speeds (usually above 100) which is resulted mainly by wheels going into bumps/potholes & getting disbalanced or rims getting bent. If you face a high-speed wobbling problem then get all 4 wheels balanced & the problem should go away. If it doesn't, then inspect the sidewalls on all 4 tyres to see if they've developed any bulges which are the other cause of disbalance & wobbling.

Wheel Alignment problem is when your car when travelling in a straight line on a level road does not track straight but gets pulled to either Left or Right. You need to have the alignment adjusted to ensure that the car tracks straight.

Depending on these symptoms, decide what your car needs.

Originally Posted by Xehaust

Thanks humyum but i dint understand anything about the weights stuff. Whats that?

Anyway, im guessing that this means that as of now, im fine, but in the future, if i get rotation done, balancing should be checked. Am i right?

To correct the balancing of a wheel weights are applied on to the wheels as detected by the Balancing Machine.

If your car's settering does not wobble then you're fine but yes when doing rotation, balacing & alignment are recommended.

[Xehaust]

@irhaghava, i know what both are and why they are done. Got the alignment done as the car was pulling towards the rest but left out balancing as there was no wobbling present.
What i was confirming is whether i should have got balancing done. There are no bulges of any sort on my tyres and i inspect them from time to time and air pressure is checked every week.

Anyways, Thank you for the information and the prompt reply. This is why BHP is so enjoyable. Users are always ready to help and prompt as well.

[Rahulkool]

tested the car till 150 and now its perfectly fine

[supremeBaleno]

Originally Posted by Rahulkool

I have to pay some 700 bucks for the oil, that all.

They changed the oil without changing the oil filter ? I would think that these 2 need to be changed simultaneously.