ATF and Engine oil :

These two has three functions ; lubricate, cool, protect.

Lubricate : you know by the word itself
Cool : Transfer heat from one hot place to another cooler place, eg. oil pan
Protect : protect from metal to metal friction, overheating, grinding, and whatever other possible reasons.


An ATF Cooler can help you take care of your gearbox by cooling down the ATF. Your ATF in Gearbox is overheating if you're going up genting and it jumps to free gear. This can be solved by adding ATF cooler, and of course, LUBEGARD 'black high friction modifier' atf additive which is proven and raises the boiling point of your atf.

Changing your 4litres of ATF to synthetic in your gearbox is not gonna do any good. If yes, minimal. The secret is that you have to flush your gearbox if you are to change to a different type of ATF. Not many workshops in this country has the machine to do it. Your gearbox will probably have a total of 6-8litres inside, that includes ATF that's left in the torque converter when your engine is not running and when you are doing an oil change.

Flushing process takes 8-14litres of new ATF. Change 4litres only, you'll only contaminate that particular 4litres of atf lol. By flushing, you may be also able to get rid of some minor problems such as late gearshifting, etc.

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Added on April 8, 2010, 11:16 pmEngine Oil :

Yes, some people do believe in flushing. Well, pouring in just a flush chemical is not really gonna help. The best method is to pour the flush chemical in with fresh cheap new engine oil and let it run idle for like 20mins, drain the oil, pour another round of 4litres cheap oil and drain again. By then, you're able to pour in your desired oil already.

Observe this :
Do a flush process, your new oil lasts longer and turns black at a slower rate.

Dont do a flush, observe how fast ur current oil turns black.


Of course, there are some flush chemicals that are harmful to ur engine, that i must admit. However, some are not - These good chemicals not only removes sludge and carbon in ur engine, but also CREATES A COAT OF PRIMER WHEREVER THERE'S METAL TO METAL FRICTION. With this done, you don't need any other engine oil additives already .

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Added on April 8, 2010, 11:20 pmI did mention Lubegard's ATF protectants.

Common failure on a BMW E36 328i's gearbox is that it breaks down at a certain mileage (which i cudnt remember when). Lubegard was used since the car was bought on day one, and it ran an additional 100k km extra till it breaks down compared to other cars of the same model that was bought at the same time.

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Added on April 8, 2010, 11:29 pmTo keep your engine at optimum condition, i strong believe that you guys have to do more than just an engine oil change .

This post has been edited by ThunderGod_Cid: Apr 8 2010, 11:29 PM

I'm using yokohama c-drive... good in both wet n dry. But a lil noisy after 50% thread down

saman?

10bottles left to let go. Till then, will be out of stock til further notice

danny : you gotta be kidding me

sure boh... a kelisa takes a long time to climb from 100-140. Its only torqy before that speed.

Unless... its got a yaris, or yrv engine

Danny : go to Kingston as mentioned. Perhaps he'll help you out. trust me on this

indeed

want a good price mention my name .

I'm happy with his job so far... sent a V8, NSX, Intake pipes for a Dodge Viper, Mazda6, Ford Explorer, fabricated a straight pipe to replace a Ferrari's cat, and other numerous cars, including my own.

Never a complain from me regarding the price and workmanship

you probably have cold start issues

zaidi : ur engine should be all dirty inside now. No offense, take off ur oil cap and have a look inside

jerry : Workmanship, aftermarket service, knowledge of the person in charge.

Ray86 : Pedal travel is far. I wonder if the rod behind the master pump can be adjusted?


Btw, pro-rs :

1. Danny
2. amd_hardcore

yes

its probabaly engine braking

Another step forward for steven

i tink i see my oil in there

you wouldn need a DVD touch screeen player when you can have a car-pc at the same price .

dont get what ure trying to say bro... leaking has got nothing to do with thermostat. Even if your thermostat opens that late like steven says, your fan is already preset to switch on at the temperature, no lower than that.

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Added on April 12, 2010, 12:09 pmalarm - not to prevent thieves from stealing ur car, but to alarm you and make u aware that ur car is being stolen

This post has been edited by ThunderGod_Cid: Apr 12 2010, 12:09 PM

Even with ur current thermostat, your head gasket shouldnt be giving way that soon. Head got skim? Gasket original? Workmanship ok?

at most 4 fins?

Get 10-row leh.

cheers mate . Thank mxsteven as well

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Added on April 12, 2010, 11:02 pmYou're probably talking about the valve cover gasket, and not head gasket. Its two different things.

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Added on April 12, 2010, 11:05 pmaiyoo... didint come online for half a day so many posts already.

Hhmm... too much torque isnt good for your mountings and maybe chassis.

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Added on April 12, 2010, 11:08 pmRoy, if a dot can do so much, what about Filtermag?

I have this on my car and it works well.... dam pretty well...
Price range also doesnt run far from dots.

This post has been edited by ThunderGod_Cid: Apr 12 2010, 11:08 PM