30,000 km update with my Mahindra Thar 700

Though the improvement is not highly remarkable, but still feels better than before.

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30,000 km Service Update:

The Thar went in for its 30,000 km service today at Punjab Mahindra, Ahmedabad. I had 3 issues which were required to be fixed up as listed below:

Air Mass Sensor Cleaning (This was recommended by Bhpian Rajith to improve the throttle response).

Wheel alignment

Had noticed water leakage from the windshield area a few times but then it had not resurfaced in the last few drives during the rain.

Since I had been using Mahindra’s Maximile Engine oil, the oil change interval is about 20,000 km. It was replaced 10,000 km earlier hence was not replaced this time. Mahindra has given useful information regarding the service intervals and I have been following it diligently.

Service cost: Rs. 2371.

The wheel alignment seems to be alright for now.

There’s certainly an improvement of 15-20% in the throttle response after the air mass sensor cleaning. The Thar now feels less sluggish while driving in traffic, it starts pulling right from 1500 rpm now. Though the improvement is not highly remarkable, but still feels better than before. I guess this will have to be done every 10,000 km to ensure the improvement remains that way.

The Service centre guys did a pressure wash to check on the windshield leakage and couldn’t find any leakage. Needless to mention I also did try to do it a couple of times while the Thar was sent for a routine wash and it didn’t leak either.

Wolverine characteristics in Jeep, Eh!!!!

Sunday drive:

Did a 180 km round trip to Zanzari Waterfalls this Sunday afternoon, we wanted to have a long drive coupled with some OTR trail driving.

There’s a bit of improvement in the highway cruising as we well after the Air mass sensor cleaning is done. The ODO is catching up quickly now with regular driving, it’s already completed 10K km in last 7 months of which 1.5 months it was lying idle during COVID second wave.

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