Doesn't really look particularly eye-catching. Maybe it's the angle.



I want this one.

Our "dalam laut" former TS's car looks almost like this

His front bumper, if properly fitted, looks much better than the one made by R3 for the Persona. Somehow it just doesn't look nice.

Sorry u got lemon car...I wonder y got ppl so smart..got new model,they go buy old 1...

This is R3 for Persona? I thought is the same one with NEO

If my memory serves me right, yes.

Get a new one man. Since its flooded, it's starting to rust somewhere.
No good mayday mayday.

Hi. I am buying a Proton Persona SE' 2008 from a used car dealer. Can anyone please tell me what things to check when buying a second hand proton car?? This is my first time buying a Proton. So I really don't know what to look for. I have already paid the booking and I'm waiting for the car to go for inspection in puspakom. The dealer insisted once the inspection is done, I pay him full.

Can anyone please accompany me to check the car, before I officially get it??




I'm attaching the picture of the engine here. Please lemme know if anything looks fishy..

This post has been edited by TDUEnthusiast: Jun 8 2014, 09:15 PM

feel my SV(auto) engine room very hot.
any recommended solution to decrease the temp ?
atf cooler ?
thanks

feel my SV(auto) engine room very hot.
any recommended solution to decrease the temp ?
atf cooler ?
thanks

Hi.

There's not much you can do about the heat as the Campro engine runs rather hot (average of 88C during operation). If you feel worried however, make sure the coolant is changed regularly and properly as well(as in to use distilled or RO water rather than tap water to fill the radiator after pouring coolant in to prevent rust). Good things aren't cheap, cheap things aren't (sometimes) good.

Spend more on the radiator coolant (2L should be enough for both the radiator and excess tank), and get about 15L of distilled water (RM1.8) each if you want to flush the radiator, or just about 5L or so if you're just topping up the radiator and the excess tank and not filling the entire cooling system (which includes the coolant pathways through the engine).

Edit: If I'm not mistaken, the last time I tried topping up the radiator, I used about 3L or less only after pouring the coolant in. Whatever it is, just pour it in slowly if you don't want to waste your precious coolant until it reaches the top of the radiator. If you have a radiator attachment that allows air bubbles to be vented out of the radiator while preventing the water from flowing out under pressure, that would be great. Otherwise the best alternative is probably to drive the car and let the air bubles flow out from the excess radiator coolant line to the excess tank and out from there (there are two hoses; one which goes into the excess tank: the one for the coolant retrieval, another for the air bubble(s) I believe).

This post has been edited by TDUEnthusiast: Jun 8 2014, 09:24 PM

thanks for your reply
the coolant is the green liquid ?
can refill it by myself ?
newbie here

Not necessarily always green. It depends on the coolant itself. For my case, I bought Castrol Radicool (SF or something, forgot), and it was blue in color.

Yes, you can fill the radiator yourself. You can empty it by opening the pet-cock located on the bottom left of the radiator (from your point of view when facing the engine from the outside and the front of the car). Once the water stops flowing out, screw it back tight and pour the coolant in (33% mix of total cooling system content), which works out to 1.67L in the radiator and 333ML in the excess tank if I remember correctly. The rest fill it up with distilled or RO water, and slowly to prevent overflowing. Check back regularly for a few days/weeks to see the level of the radiator content as it will reduce as the air bubbles escape from the system, if any.

thanks again for your information.

Hi bro,

Sorry for late reply,mind to share what gear oil you using?

This morning I can't lock / alarm my car. Not sure why. Need to pressed panic button to lock the car then repressed it again to stop the alarm sound but for unlocking is just normal. 1st time happen.

Make sure your doors, bonnet and boot are closed properly first.
If after closing all and it still happened, send it to SC for checks.

first thing first.
-make sure the engine is cool from the beginning.
-start the engine.
-easily crank or not
-put into N hear any "tak tak tak" sound or not in the engine bay.
-then put into Reverse and hold the brake,got excessive shaking or not.
-make sure it is less then 1K RPM when idle
-full blast the air cond.it may running out of gas
-switch on all the lights and signals lights
-turn on and off the radio and play with button on the steering wheel.
-check the remote trunk on the key fob
-check the front and rear bumper.look for the plastic screw.already lost or not.
-check the tyre compartment for any rust.
-play with the wiper and the sprayer.
-make sure it is easy to close all the doors
-check the power windows
-check the central lock
-check the lighter socket it is working or not.
-check the interior light.
-play with side mirror controller.
-when test drive,check for any clonking sound.