Hey wan ask any recommended shops to do service in pg island? my wira is 1.6 Auto wira. I've been using mineral oil all the while, is it possible to change to semi or fully syn oil?

My FC is getting worse now, about 300-320km for a full tank of R95 .

My Wira nowadays, if I don't start the car after 1-2 days, the car will jerk for the first 10 minutes (feel like the petrol cannot reach the engine). I have to press the gas pedal lightly (somtimes tapping) and let the car accelerate slowly so that the car doesn't "mati engine". If I press the gas pedal more, the car will jerk and "mati engine". After a few mins of "slow accel", the car will not jerk anymore when the gas pedal is depressed more. This can be quite dangerous for me as sometimes I need to accelerate out of a junction quickly, it would be disastrous if the car mati engine halfway while doing that.

The car is an auto car, 1996 (first generation batch).

Is there anything I should be alarmed or expect? The car have been sent for servicing quite regularly especially on engine oil + filter, brake fluid, battery etc. Only air-con I don't really send for servicing. And btw, the engine have never been overhauled before.

Please help and Thanks for your guidance

This post has been edited by SnoWFisH: May 26 2010, 02:29 PM

Hmmm...I need to take it out to check right? If need to replace it, how much does it cost to replace it including labour charges?

I'm going to send my car for servicing soon, so I plan to replace my plugs and also the fuel filter since I'm having problems starting my engine.

My wira is a 1.6 Fuel injection engine.

I'm currently still using normal oem stock plugs. Will changing to platinum plugs (bosch super 4 / NGK G power) help in improving pick-up and FC significantly? Any particular models to recommend? The plug gap is 1.1mm right? (No idea where my manual went).

As for the fuel filter...should be ok to let the mechanic decide what brand to use right?

Thanks a lot! Know nuts about car maintainence apart from changing engine oil and oil filter .

Btw, no internal mods are done to the car engine and using sharlu 20W-50 mineral engine oil...I'm currently getting around 350 km for full tank with R95 petrol. Is this FC acceptable? I drive about 30-40 km everyday.

Thank you

This post has been edited by SnoWFisH: Jul 12 2010, 09:53 PM

Any brand to recommend for the fuel filter?

Good morning peeps!

Actually previously I was using 10w40 for my car, until the last service the lady boss mechanic advised me to switch to 20w50 for my car because there's no difference in using 10w40 and 20w50 for a car as old as my car (or was it 5w50...can't remember). So far, in terms of performance I don't feel any drop in kick apart from the ever-repeating failed to start engine syndrome after a 2 days idle. FC did drop slightly, but I can stretch the mileage up to 500 km ++ for non-stop driving on highway on a full tank until the petrol warning sign appear.

I think I'll ask the lady boss to top up for me back 10w40 and see got any difference or not. I will not postpone replacing engine oil anymore cuz the last time I replaced, the mechanic had to cucuk cucuk the bottom cuz the hole got stuck from the sludge. The sludge all came out after like the car "pangsai" only =.=.

Btw, how big is our Wira emergency petrol tank ar?

So that means I could go about 60 more km on the reserve tank on a conservative stand point...

Huhuh...I need to train more like Keisuke from Initial D


Haha...well at least you get free trip down the hill . Say your nicks sounds familiar. Do you play IDAS last time?

oh uphill, i think that will test ur gostan skill lo . Snow here! I think I got ask "tunjuk ajar" from you before.

Yea, that would be around 6-7 years ago at Sogo man...I remember kena tapao by you dem teruk in KOF. If I rmb correctly you were pretty tall right?

Okeh! I bawa ostrich egg also

Baru send my car to service... Drive shaft (or tri-sub?) cracked at 3 different places. how much would this cost? I'm also changing the fuel filter, oil filter, engine oil (mineral), gear oil (auto) and plugs at the same time...

I'm in penang .

This is my list of stuff I did,

Change:-

1. Engine oil
2. Oil Filter
3. Fuel Filter
4. Drive Shaft + oiling
5. Transmission oil + drain/flush
6. Power steering oil
7. Power steering cover? (thats what my mechanic told me for steering turning the wheel)
8. Irridium plugs (NGK)
9. Change gaskets cuz leak at various places


Mine is 1.6 Fuel Injection Wira loh.

the mechanic qouted me 1200 .

This post has been edited by SnoWFisH: Jul 23 2010, 02:50 PM

There are some items which I don't understand in my invoice (was in a rush so I din't really ask for explaination, too busy with bargaining).

Stuff changed :
Engine Cap Gasket <- the square gasket for the engine?
FRT Steering Cover LH <- apa nie?
Changed Drive shaft, oil and seal (Shaft brand is Keba I think).
Oil Filter and Engine Oil change
Petrol Filter change
Auto Filter & Gasket change
Power steering fluid flush & replace
ATF-3 change
Oil Sump nut change
Spark Plug change (Denso Irridium)

final amount was 1.1k, free balancing and alignment.

Did I kena pancung? The mechanic took 1 whole day from morning until evening, he say got small leaks almost everywhere, so he washed the engine bay else well.

Anyway I'm glad there's no more "krak krak krak" sound whenever I turn, pick-up is a hella lot faster as well.

This post has been edited by SnoWFisH: Jul 23 2010, 08:52 PM

Well I did initially asked for platinum, but the boss say extra 20 bucks can get iridium liao, so go for iridium lo (200 bucks for 4)

Btw, majority of the cost of service came from ATF flushing + top up and drive shaft loh.

Ooo . My fren tukar his Bosch Super 4 plugs here for 200++ (satria). That was last year. In fact I asked a few shops here for plat plugs (NGK/Bosch), most say its RM 45-60 per plug. Luckily I took iridium then, din't kena potong so bad.


Yeah, costly for me but the lady boss nice enough to help me do free balancing, cleaning and also car wash
160 is including labour cost? Maybe next time I should DIY if its easy

Well, my mechanic usually couple together labour charges with the component prices in the receipt, so there's no separate labour charges in the invoice. I expect the labour charges is counted in together already la.

I was using NGK Oem plugs previously, so yeah there is a very noticeable performance in terms of pick-up. FC I dunno, cuz need to drive a few more weeks to know.

FC = fuel consumption

shinjite: Thanks for the advice about the Fuel filter earlier, seems that its the culprit of the "not enough petrol reaching the engine" problem. Now very smooth

My engine is stock for 1.6 FE 4G92 engine. So far no problem ar. I rarely need to go above 2.5k rpm now for pick-up.
No problem what-so ever so far . No matter what material the plugs are made off, the voltage supplied should be identical.

yeha you advised me the reason why my engine kept jerking the first few mins I start my car is cuz the fuel filter stuck or fuel pump not working. I'm glad the problem is the fuel filter!

The mechanic took the filter out, the liquid that came out of the filter (outlet) was black in colour . I could see his face also .

morning ppl....very heavy rain this morning