my iswara is just hit by a motor (brainless motorist) . the car didnt dent. But the left signal is faulty . The blink rate is abnormal . What 's the normal cost to fix that ? the right is still fine.

Thanks so much for your effort to reply, I'm really grateful for that

My DIY light is about the same type with the previous interior light (also aftermarket light when my bro still using the car), I cabut the old one and its also 2 wire only, so I just connect like what I saw, guess the previous accessories shop didn't do a good job.

Do you guys have any good accessories shop to intro around Cheras / Ampang?

yeah ...i just start with an UNSER this evening ..

drove the way back already took more than 30minutes thanks to jam at EDL highway ...

so i guesses should be charged enough ...

damn ..i need to add buzzer or something for my lights coz they quite dim in the morning ...

My mum's 2004 vios got that mechanism where if you switch off engine and the light is still on it will buzz till you are deaf. Not sure if we can get an aftermarket one.
I am doing air-cond service tomorrow due to cold water dripping from the passenger side. Air-cond still blow cold air but now I have to bring it up to fan 2. Fan 1 air-cond is non-existent.

Hi Bro YAB...

Pics? Connections?
IINM did all that in old old Gaga tered years back when first got it & DIY installed it...
Dunno when/where oledi...
Will see if can find...

In short...it's a black plastic box with 3 connections...to fused power supply, earth & headlamp line (IINM).
The module is a Seller built-up pcb...IINM2...
And there were 2 models... 

Hi Everyone! 

Juz 2share...my latest DIY done successfully 2day... 

This is a Headlamp Warning Sensor Buzzer Module that will sound a Buzzer if the Ignition Key is turned to OFF when the car lamps are still ON.
There are 2 versions of the module. The other version comes with an extra sensor feature for the removal of the Ignition Key as in ole gen hi-end Sagas & Iswaras.



The module itself comes with all cables labelled clearly and instructions to install. However, I could not use those instructions as they are related to an Iswara...

That's it! 
Anyone interested?

ps. Most of my time DIY-ing was spent "hunting" for the correct fuses to connect sensor cables from the Module.
pps. Anyone interested may search in LYN Automotive Garage. The seller calls himself "Cyanboy".

***Edited : Note for Pic #2 (re cable colours) edited. Sincere apologies.

I hate ants!!!!      

Parked under a tree for 1 day at work, went home, and found ants....thought only a couple so just squished them. Today, when i turn on aircond, the ants all crawled out, scary wei....

So far, found the bonnet board that covers the spare tyre is the problem. Water somehow was able to sip through the rubber seal that encircle the whole bonnet and soaked the whole board. The ants lived directly under the board and now I am hoping there is no queen yet. No signs of ant nest yet. Changed the board already and now trying to find where the water went through. I am considering changing the rubber seals if they are not expensive. How much do they cost, if I decide to DIY myself?

He mentioned the spare tyre board got soaked where the ants made their headquarters and were having a good time there.

You removed the trunk/boot door to take out the rubber lining ?

No need to cut what. Oso no need to take out the boot door.

Ok, i dried the car liao....today got rain... my car back part is exposed to rain. let me see if tomorrow still got soaking or not. If got can confirm the rubber gone dy right?

front , back and at the meter there d blink rate abnormal

Torque is leverage, measured in Newton-metre, pound-foot etc. For example, when you tighten the
bolt using spanner, torque that you applied is your applied force x the spanner length. It is independent of speed.

Horsepower is another name for power which is energy expenditure per unit time. measured in
joules per sec i.e. Watts

The above 2 concepts are related.
Torque x rotational speed  = power (kW) or horsepower (hp)
(one horsepower  = 0.746 kW)

So in the spanner example above, power depends on how fast you turn the spanner, even if the torque remains the same.

Yes torque determines how much you can accelerate the car, and so is horsepower which not only
accelerates but at what speed at that time. They are not really independent stuff, just what
kind of measurements are involved. Horsepower depends on torque AND speed at any one time.

TECHNICAL STUFF:

Torque of 4G13 engine is 109 Nm @ 4000 rpm (measured at crankshaft).
1st gear ratio = 3.363, final drive gear ratio = 4.322
The gearbox thus reduces the 4000 rpm to 275 rpm while increasing torque to 1584 Nm.

Radius of tire 175/70R13 = 0.288m,
Since torque = force x radius arm, you can calculate the pushing force to be
1584 / 0.288 = 5509 N which is equivalent to 561 kg force.
This means a force equivalent to 561 kg is pushing your car forward in gear 1 at 4000 rpm.

The power that generated at the engine = Torque x rotational speed
=  109 x 4000 x 2 x 3.142 /60 W = 45,664W = 45.664 kW = 61 hp approx.
This is the amount of energy extracted from burning petrol per sec and translated to engine
shaft output.

The power mentioned here is the same thing as in your household appliance like 2000W kettle,
50W lamp etc.

Torque can be increased or decreased by way of the gearbox. Power remains nearly same, i.e.
reduced slightly by frictional losses passing throught the drive chain.

At gear 1 & 4000 rpm, the speed is 30 km/h. The road friction & wind resistance is about
17.8kg, so the balance from the 561-17.8 = 543.2 kilos of force suppled at the wheel is to
accelerate the car.

My lmst fc is really superb nia
I pumped Rm80 and can barely drive 320 km
Does that mean my fc = RM80/1.91=41.88L , 313km/41.88=7.47km/l ?
I know its a rough calculation but is tis normal?

Mine is lmst 04 manual

Now weather manyak panas, kasi 97 also not so power liao le. My ciplak vacuum meter always say i floor to much on hot weather despite same displacement on pedal compared to end of year. Hot air seemed to affect the car performance a lot.

During my drive: (Vacuum meter installed, accelerate at most 0.2bar unless pickup from stop = 0.1bar)
my normal fc = 11.2-11.8km/l
PLUS highway fc = 14+km/l

When I got the car 3 yrs ago = 12-16km/l (Car still powerful, normally floor to 0.2bar can fly car liao )

Hahaha, Vios is so not in the future "want to have car", I guess Inspira is my sooo want to have XD

Apa pasal poison saya. Meter kedai abang la, recently found that need to reset the vacuum meter in hot days coz it'll display -0.1bar without throttle. Reset then back to normal again

Time for wallet to slim before new year! 

Any tips for driving in hot days ka? Miss the power compared to rainy december and night driving lol. Need to air con cucuk CAI liao.

Hello all the sifus here. Need your opinions here

I'm currently driving a 20 year old Saga. Can say the car is very under maintained, only oil change and recently changed the aircond system(because the weather is too hot). Others remain almost untouched for as long as I can remember. Got makan minyak hitam a bit. FC is quite poor, around 10.5 km/l.

Just want to know where I should start to service on this car?? And what engine oil that I should use?? Thanks!

wat's the purpose of installing the battery meter on the car? why it's so important to know the voltage of the battery? p/s : my dad bought a old iswara installed with the battery voltage, and i dont know what is this for.

after driving the 12 year old iswara for a few days , i noticed that the engine started to develop a strange sound . when i accelerate , the car takes along time to rev up compared to my uncle 's 1996 iswara. i heard  the 'zik , zik , zik' sound . i think it's the engine 's problem .Is it expensive to fix this?

i wanna save fuel , so I change the gear even the car havent reach the 2.5rpm . so i often use gear -5 altought the car speed is only 60km/h. The engine is not dead and the car is not vibrating too much. But , i noticed the sound of 'zik, zik, zik ' , seems like a bearing sound. I'm wondering will it cause harm to the engine?if i change the gear so quickly ?

Lol. @ thought drive at lower rpm coyld save the fuel. Will it cause harm to the engineif I use low rpm (not enough speed) to drive the car?

I accidentally hit the car's back when I reverse into a parking space.  The reverse sensor isn't working anymore. I wanna know is it expensive to fix that?

20 January 2015, my car rammed into a viva early in the morning. First time accident for me. I am not hurt, the other driver also ok. But I am really exhausted because it happened in Kota Kinabalu and I have no people to back me up. Not sure how much is the lost, but the mechanic and towing guy say fixable.







Drive safely everyone. Chinese new year is around the corner. For me, it's over before it even started.