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sanadi
post Sep 12 2012, 06:57 PM

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QUOTE(kongyw @ Sep 12 2012, 06:48 PM)
Guys,
I know we don't use it because of our weather but has anyone set the air cond temperature to above 26 and yet the air is not warm/hot?
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I set mine to 30 as that is what is comfortable for me. 25 and below I feel it is too cold. I think is different for each individual on what is a comfortable temperature
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post Sep 14 2012, 07:03 PM

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QUOTE(dares @ Sep 14 2012, 06:54 PM)
FYI, if this has not already been posted.

» Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «

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Look at the upper right, it says "Confidential". Why don't car makers in Malaysia follow the practice in the USA? All TSB (Techical Service Buletin) are for public viewing and can be download from the internet.

Why the secrecy? If you are worried about intellectual property copyright the document and patent your work. That is the proper way to protect your IP.

I find no justification to make such TSBs "confidential".


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post Sep 14 2012, 08:34 PM

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QUOTE(ruffstuff @ Sep 14 2012, 08:18 PM)
Chassis range 488-2193?

what is the latest chasis number?
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Should be 16XXX or 17XXX by now. Mine is 57XX, received 14/6/2012
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post Sep 21 2012, 04:45 PM

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QUOTE(ahaidir777 @ Sep 21 2012, 04:17 PM)
FYI, my machine once in awhile become like yours, but after meter clocked >3k, the problem was disappear. in my opinion: maybe some new car need more running mileage for the engine to be stabilised.


Added on September 21, 2012, 4:22 pmafter 4 month, my car is getting better and better except for weird engine sound when idle, anyone experienced the same?   

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Maybe the TCU or whatever that controls the CVT Clutch has learned your driving style and adapted to it, hence "clutch adaptation".

I also observed the same thing. The launch from a stop is smoother now and less jerky compared to the time when i just received the car.

I've done 8000+ km, 3 months.
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post Sep 25 2012, 09:20 AM

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QUOTE(mat79 @ Sep 25 2012, 09:17 AM)
for cfe, not iafm+. I did mentioned before turbine spooling :-). For iafm+ manual preve, i think around 120nm++ shud be ok, it shud be around 2.5k rpm to 3k rpm max for town driving. While cvt iafm+ 2k rpm to 2.5k rpm shud be enough. Unless need more pulling power. Bye.
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I found that it is more practical to just accelerate briskly, going into boost to reach your cruising speed quickly and stay at your cruising speed a long as possible.

I am getting good FC, considering the power and torque of the car.
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post Oct 1 2012, 07:42 PM

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QUOTE(rich8833 @ Oct 1 2012, 07:29 PM)
Yes, hydrogen gas. Rm5.00 per tyre
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I think you meant nitrogen. Hydrogen is explosive (e.g. Hindenburg disaster) and lighter than air. You would be flying biggrin.gif
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post Oct 1 2012, 07:54 PM

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QUOTE(K2002 @ Oct 1 2012, 07:45 PM)
..i not good in chemistry...nitrogen is it a cooler that can cool down a very high boost cpu? like i7core from 3.Ghz to 7Ghz? ...tyre wont become ice after put in?
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That is liquid nitrogen. The nitrogen gas in tyres is used in airplanes and F1 cars. There are 2 main reasons:

1. The expansion rate is linear with temperature
2. The expansion is minimal compared to plain air

However, air is already ~70% nitrogen.

I just use normal air (it's free!)
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post Oct 17 2012, 09:49 AM

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QUOTE(deity01 @ Oct 17 2012, 09:40 AM)
about the custom user POI of our gps in CFE, do we just create 1 file for all the POIs or 1 location 1 file or or I can group them in several files like POIKL.asc, POISelangor.asc like that?

cos I am now trying to do the AES POI during office hour base on the jpj AES location lists...hahaha...

or hv someone already share it? brows.gif  brows.gif  thumbup.gif
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What I did was extract the AES gpi from malfreemaps.com and convert them to .asc that our GPS understands.

Credit goes to the malfreemaps team.


Attached File(s)
Attached File  myPOIWarnings.zip ( 5.96k ) Number of downloads: 94
sanadi
post Oct 17 2012, 11:26 AM

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QUOTE(multiplexer @ Oct 17 2012, 10:16 AM)
bro Sanadi, i have been searching, trying to convert .gpi to csv but non avail.. mind to share the tools to convert the .gpi? i dont think that .gpi can be converted directly to .asc.. might need to convert to .csv then only manually converted to .asc...but i lost the first part.. .gpi to .csv... thanks in advance...
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I use GPSBabel, a FREE software to convert between various gps formats.

link: http://www.gpsbabel.org/

1. .gpi convert to .csv
2. Open .csv in excel to do some editing
3. Save as .csv
4. Rename extension .csv to .asc
5. Transfer to GPS HU in Preve

That was what I did

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sanadi
post Oct 17 2012, 12:27 PM

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QUOTE(multiplexer @ Oct 17 2012, 11:58 AM)
yup.. less beading.. how long have u coated bro?


Added on October 17, 2012, 12:00 pm

unfortunately bro, whenever i try to open .gpi files, the software would not detect the .gpi files.. it was looking for .gpx instead..  rclxub.gif
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In the "Input" section, click "Format" and look for "Garmin Points of Interest (.gpi)"

I have attached a picAttached Image
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post Oct 17 2012, 03:50 PM

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QUOTE(multiplexer @ Oct 17 2012, 12:45 PM)
here are mine.. any advise? tqvm in advance
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In the output "Format", click to use "Comma separated values"

If for some reason it doesn't work, convert .gpi to "Garmin MapSource - gdb", then convert that .gdb to .csv.

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sanadi
post Oct 17 2012, 09:20 PM

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QUOTE(thebugbud @ Oct 17 2012, 09:13 PM)
Hi,

Need a help from sifu here. Since I have gotten my Preve CFE in July, I have encountered 2 occurrences where my battery was drained flat.

The 1st was 2 months old and the latest was yesterday which is 4 months old. In this 2 occurrences, I did jump started the car and let it charged then everything is back to normal.

Wonder if anyone encounter similar problems and possible to share your experience in resolving the problem. Thanks.
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Did you shut off your car in N? It it is in N, even though the car is locked, it would still be draining battery. Put it in P then turn it OFF.
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post Oct 17 2012, 09:26 PM

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QUOTE(edwinkbs @ Oct 17 2012, 09:22 PM)
May I ask which files in prevoc forum (GPS POIs) is the latest one? I saw so many people uploading their own version, not sure which one is the latest with aes etc.
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Mine was based on MFM-AES Camera v2.1 and MFM-AES Traffic Light v2.0 dated 09-10-2012.
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post Oct 23 2012, 07:26 PM

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Do not fill with RON97. You will get addicted and burn a hole in your wallet!

7.5L/100km is very good FC.
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post Oct 25 2012, 12:42 PM

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10W40 refers to 2 things:

1. 10W the viscosity of the oil at 40*C (Centistroke, cSt)
2. 40 the viscosity of the oil at 100*C (Centistroke, cSt)

10W, 5W, 0W... is there a difference in Malaysia, Yes.

When you start the car in the morning, the temp is usually aroung 27*C. the lower the W number the less viscous the oil, thus flows better during start up.

More thorough explanation can be found at:
http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/motor-oil-101/

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post Oct 26 2012, 06:41 PM

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Guys, i've just had a problem with my ESC. It illuminater aftet driving around 6km. I was doing 80kph on a straight dry road.

Plan to go to SC this monday. What do you think could be the problem? I just did wheel alignment and balancing a few days ago. It was off wheel balancing, not on wheel. Any ideas?

10,600 km done on my car.
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post Oct 30 2012, 02:07 PM

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QUOTE(Cavino @ Oct 30 2012, 01:59 PM)
Actually there is not much difference between 10W 5W and 0W in Malaysia, bro. At our weather, EVEN at cameron getting, it did not goes below 0 celcius. It is only how far it goes below 0 celcius that 10-0 winter rating makes any difference as it mantained fluidity at sub-negative temperature.

At our malaysian lowest temperature, 0 Winter weight has the same viscosity as 10W. As a matter of fact, i would recommend getting the winter rating closer to the operating weight to be better. Therefore 10W30 is better than 0W30 within the same type of eo. This is because the lower the winter rating, the more viscosity index addictives are used. That means more chances of addictives wearing out if use for longer period of time. However if comparing semi/mineral to fs, fs has higher NATURAL VI thus by default, has needed less addictives to keep them apart.
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5W, 0W are NOT winter rating, not at 0*C. They are viscosity at 40*C. That is why in oil data sheet they have viscosity at 100*C and at 40*C.

Read the link in my post and you can see the viscosity difference at 40*C is there. 0W does help especially at startup in flowing faster to the engine head compared to 10W.
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post Oct 30 2012, 03:55 PM

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QUOTE(Cavino @ Oct 30 2012, 03:08 PM)
As mentioned in the above post, it is winter rating. 0w can withstand and retain fluidity vs 5W at even lower sub-zero temperature.

You do have a point on 0W30 is better than 10W30 at startup in default. I forgotten all abt that liao until I re-read BobtheOilGuy again. This is however just one aspect of having 0W30 instead of 10W30. Most FS (0W rated should be FS liao coz mineral tak da that rating) here is actually hydrocracked highly refined mineral (Group 3) rather than true Ester or POA based fully synthetic thus VI addictives must be used.

Mineral starting viscosity without VI will rated 0 for OW30 and 5 for 5W30. To thin it further, VI is used to so that that it can reach weight 30 at operating temperature. The more VI is used, the more chances of addictives wearing out thus viscosity will go back to original rating (0 for 0W and 5 for 5W).  Thus if the longer you used, the risk is greater that the starting viscosity will slowly moved back to original rating. Once back to original, 10W30 is definitely more thinner than 0W30. So key point, the wider the range between winter rating and normal temp rating, the more VII is used. The more VII used, the faster it will wear out after extended used due to the larger range.

However this is a mute point if you service your car on schedule. Then again, most FS here are 5W or 0W rated, very rare on 10W rated. So if compare 0W vs 10W, you're talking abt FS vs basic mineral, I would take FS anything as long as I can afford it. Anything better than 10W30 mineral due to its synthetic based contents and properties along with much cleaner mineral based stock. So in actual fact, comparing 10W vs 0W here is another mute point.

However there is still debate going on if 10K and above mileage will wear out the addictives for our weather, driving conditions, humidity, dust that tends to contaminate and wear our eo faster than normal (vs most western countries where the articles are from).

Secondly there are also some newer oil tech such as magnatec, even supposedly the new Havoline tech where lube residue will stick to components even during cold start that can minimized  engine wear. This all adds up to allow multiple choices to reduce startup wear and choosing the most suitable eo viscosity and brands. So questions is......is 0W30 normal fs better than 5W30 fs with magnetized lube......? I don't know either.
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I use FS oil, Syntium 5000 0W30. With regards to Grp III, III+ or IV, I don't really care all that much. What matters to me is the rating of the oil. ACEA ratings, BMW ratings, MBB and VW ratings. You are right about oil change interval. What Proton recommends is good enough for me. I am not confident of going more that 10,000 km even on FS without used oil analysis or having a good oil life monitor like on MBs and BMWs.
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post Oct 31 2012, 04:21 PM

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Of course this new ECU/TCU map will cause higher FC. You said it best, overtaking another car is very "stim". Too much "stimming" will cause your car to run out of steam (or fuel) faster. biggrin.gif

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post Nov 2 2012, 03:38 PM

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QUOTE(G K Lai @ Nov 2 2012, 02:55 PM)
From my few days observation, I think my FC for this tank will be much higher! SID indicates 12.8L/100km  cry.gif
I have to be even more lighter foot. Maybe the SC give me that 15W/50 oil that cause higher FC?  mad.gif
Why you ask them whether got recall power windows? Where did you got the news from?  rclxms.gif
For mine, both front windows are working fine, just a little "tight" feeling when winding up.
But both rear windows are quite powerful and fast.

Bro Arthur, are you happy with this EON SC at Sungai Pinang...? I think I will change to this SC for my next service since they can also do update for the car and this is what I preferred. Do they charge you any unnecessary items (thus, extra fees) in your bill? How's their working attitude?

Regarding 180km/h top speed on your updated TCU, I've noticed also when driving at 80km/h, the new RPM is now close to 2K compare to previous version at around 1.5K, maybe the new program simply shift the entire ratio down a tad to make it more responsive? If I can request my own TCU setting, then I would hope they keep the current (latest) ratio for speed under 60km/h for more agility on city driving and gradually shifting the ratio to previous version for higher speed cruising such as 70-80km/h onwards.  tongue.gif
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Hmm, from your experience and Arthur's, I'd say I would decline the update and stick with the original mapping. Currently, it takes me to drive like a mad man to get higher than 10L/100 km. My normal driving I can get 8.8 - 9.4 L/100km easily.

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