Hi guys, wanna ask regarding this car.

Im going to buy a 2005 savvy (manual) from someone. ANd what i have heard from left and right, dun buy a proton car at its first year, which savvy first year is 2005 CMIIW. Whats the different between each version/year?

And can you guys suggest me what i need to check before buying this car. I dun have anyone i know who works as a technician to help me, and i dun want to pay someone for it because i have some cars to check. But if that person can check multiple cars with only one time payment then ok .


Thanks

bought this car at 85km. Dunno if this car ever change its timing belt no one able to tell. Usually savvy should change its timingbelt for the first time at what KM? is there any way to check if the timingbelt has been changed?

Yeah u r correct. Better i change it
btw if the speedometer sensor is died, does it cause the jerking?
Savvy manual btw

haha ya im going to send it to renautech for service.
Btw a small incident happen today. a stupid driver bump to my car bumper, leaving a white wide scratch and small dent (i think that is the stupid drivers car paint left on it ).
Can i use nail polish remover to remove that 'foreign' paint? I try a bit amount and i can remove some part of the scratch mark. But i dunno the side effect if i use acetone to remove it. Is it safe for my car paint? i dun really care about the dent, its 2005 car anyway, but the scratch mark is really annoying to see

This post has been edited by sarungman: Jan 28 2013, 11:14 PM

i c... thanks!

today when i go to renautech to change my car belts, suddenly i smell something burnt... like a burnt rubber. Im not sure if it comes from the aircond but even from outside car, i still can smell it. Very2 strong burnt smell. I tot it is engine overheat, but the indicator showed fine, and the engine still running smooth.

I suspect it is from clutch disc. Coz i feel the car sometimes feel like loss of power even the revs are high. I asked the mechanics to check the clutch plate. Or anything that might be the source. has anyone here ever experience this before

yeah i was there at 11am. Maybe u spotted my black savvy with R3 sticker on the windscreen.

Total damage 1112 (RM212 for labour).
- timing, alternator, aircond belt
- engine(agip semi-sync) and gearbox oil(tranself) with filter
- rear brake pump
- sparkplug Bosch set
- and brake fluid
- reverse lamp bulb
Supposed to change the speedsensor too, but my budget was so tight. Maybe next month or else i have to eat grass for a couple weeks. Fortunately the clutch plate is still good. They just did the readjustment

William is so nice guy. He waited me to pick up my car (should be 6.30PM, but due to traffic jam I was late, arrived at 7.37PM )

This post has been edited by sarungman: Feb 2 2013, 11:20 PM

341.7K??? how come?? u altered it or it just happened ur car travel that far



btw, i just realize something(part) is missing from my car. Do u know the long rubber lining between the roof and doors(left/right) (outside)? I just realized it is lost
What's the use of it? can i find the replacement for it somewhere? it looks a bit ugly for the car detail

This post has been edited by sarungman: Feb 7 2013, 07:03 PM

damn, my car tyre got leak . Where can i find shop who can fix tubeless tire specially in PJ area?

bring it to Renau Tech at subang jaya USJ8
tell them ur situation and ask them to diagnostic your car


btw since you dunno the history of its timing belt, and normally savvy timing belts need to be changed at 60k (or 80k? CMIIW), better if u change it. But if u confident enuf to assume prev owner had changed it, so u can gamble to postpone it until 100k-110k km which i suggest u not to do it



btw.
My eng temp sometimes reaches and stays in 4 bars. Normally should maintain 3 bars rite?
Do i need to bring my car to service? i checked the coolant is still sufficient, no clogged in the reservoir. Rad fan still running good, and sometimes it runs even the engine is turned off (i think this part is normal). and oil level is a bit towards to min mark (cool condition)

This post has been edited by sarungman: Feb 22 2013, 12:03 AM

No. But if i turn it on it never goes up to 4 bars.

so its actually more on to thermostat prob? can explain abit detail on the bold?

Anyone knows why my savvy sometimes stay idle at 1k rpm? usually around 900rpm. If happen to reach 1k rpm at idle, the temp will constantly change between 3-4 bar.

This happen with aircond is on. Worst if no aircond... stay in 4 bar and i could feel warm-hot around bonet/ engine compartment from 2-3 feet away.

...

btw im going to go away around 10 days. And i will leave my car not being use for the time being. Issit okay if i leave the battery still connected and parking brake is engaged?

This post has been edited by sarungman: May 17 2013, 10:59 PM

Now my car get serious prob. After running idle for 10-15 min the temp got max bars. But no warning lite is shown. If try to drive slooowwly then got one. If fast enuf it won't show but stay in max bar indicator. Checked the radiator the water is empty. I fill it again and empty after couple km. No leak I can see from below. But when the indicator is max I could not feel excess heat around the engine.... strange

And the engine starts to shake wildly. Very hard to accelerate from full stop using 2nd gear. Feel very heavy. All trouble come very sudden. I dun know what happen

This post has been edited by sarungman: Jun 10 2013, 09:01 AM

estimate repair cost?

i dun know what to say ... i put it at renautech ald. Hope to hear good news soon


--edit---
so far they said, prob on thermostat housing / radiator housing (what i heard from phone CMIIW), and ignition coil....

This post has been edited by sarungman: Jun 11 2013, 10:27 AM

haha... should be the car slow and heavy pickup + overheat problem
but till now i hvnt received any news of my car. Unable to contact renautech, no one picks up my call

Renautech charged me for 210
the coil is 360ish if im not mistaken

last month i got this prob also.

Everytime im in the middle of heavy jam, my car easily get hot. Temp raised up till 4 bar. Finaly it reached max bar untill overheat warning sign showed up. Coolant in the reservoir also gone.... no leaking. Bring it to renautech they fix the thermostat housing because of rust or clogged... and thermostat sensor too. Because i was late to fix it, the overheat problem caused the ignition coil to crack...

now with the new parts, the problem seems to be solved. But now it starts to happen again. In heavy jam (and slow moving traffic), temp easily raises up between 3 and 4 constantly. I noticed that even when the temp reaches 4 bar, the radiator fan does not spin... but eventually spins after couple secs. i think the problem is because of the electrical fan. It doesn't seem accurately know when to start spinning. which part that control the fan? thermostat? ECU?

@davidke20

i wan to mod my radiator like that where to go and how to explain to the foreman? i stay in pj

if u see carefully, even when you turn on your aircon, the fan only spins when the aircon kicks in. i saw my friend's savvy also like this.