Could be clutch plate symtoms but honestly, the mileage seems a bit low for clutch plate to give way. Normally, clutch plate starts to give was for say a 10-year old car and mileage > 150,000 km. At least, that's what happened to both my Manual Cars.

You can try to change the Transmission Fluid first.

http://www.carama.com/car-service-price-ca...et_modelYear=25

Unfortunately, the price estimate is not available but my guess is not more than RM600

Btw, your radiator problem fixed already. Wanted to share that my wife old car also had similar issue, the top part of the radiator had hairline cracks and water was evaporating. The mech tried to check for leaks int he pipping buy could not find any leaks. Waited until the engine was hot and could see that water was evoporating on the top part of the radiator

If u want a good air cond / radiator, check out this is a famous air-cond / radiator repair shop at Jln Raja Laut, right behind the Honda showroom called Ming Wah. Quite famous with reasonable charges.

Its Jalan Raja Laut heading from Jalan Ipoh / Chow Kit towards KL. After the Pizza Hut, you cant' miss it. If you are Chinese (or can ask your Chinese friends), the very famous "Pan Mee' shop is just around the corner.

This post has been edited by cfa28: Mar 7 2014, 12:17 PM

When it comes to repairign cars, its based on the cheapest to the most expensive way to fix it.

So, For gearbox, its

1) Change Transmission Fluid first - cheapest way

2) if Change fluid, problem still persist - Change Clutch Plate - more expensive than (1) but cheaper than (3)

3) If change Clutch Plate problem still persist - Overhaul Gear Box. I always recommend to overhaul your existing gear box cos u still know its history and existign condition and if your mechanic does a good job, it will operate as good as brand new. Problem is many if not most mechs don't want the trouble of opening a gear box and changing the individual parts as it could be a 1-week 2-week job depending on availability of parts but swap to a gear box from a chop shop is just 1-day job.

Cost wise, it depends on your car and model, which is cheaper. If you want a reliable mechanic around Puchong area, I can PM you. I have another in Sg Long area who does not cheat newbies, no camber tricks on people who does alignment. So, depends on which area you want