Guys, bad mounting causing the steering to shake / vibrate during idle.
Any long-term problems if left it unrepaired? Other than annoyance.

I set it low myself to save fuel.

NO A/C Idle = 600-700 (not too much vibration) still ok

A/C Idle =

600-700 - moderate rattling
700-900 - very significant ratting... the whole dashboardand steering go ta ta ta ta ta
loudly
950 or 1100 rpm - rattling reduced again.

How much you changed the mounting?
Is the mouting change a labour intensive work? Maybe I wait until timing belt change, then do it together if so.

It's the same for me. The steering rattle but if I put my hand there, the rattle stop.
That means steering rattle is not mounting problem??

A lot of labour involved?
WIll it be easier to do that together with timing belt change?

Is the Iswara petrol cap suppose to be able to close in air-tight condition?
Because sometimes I check the tyre and is near the gas cap, I can smell a bit of petrol.

And also, for closing the lid, should we close it as tight as we can twist the cap?

I think most of the old cars will have part of the seatbelt turning into 'hairy' areas.
For me the part made the buckle stuck on a particular position on the belt. No problem with buckling/unbuckling, only that when in a rush to unbuckle, the spring is quite quick to spring back causing the metal buckle to hit the window.

I wonder any risk that one day it might cracked the window. And any idea what to do with he belt to minimize the hitting risk?

I changed at some dodgy shop once...
End up the tyre rims are showered with brake pad brown dust everyday...
No sound or anything.. But I just felt unsatisfied about the dust issue.. so in the end purchased another set of ori pads from Proton... no dust since.

I changed that many years ago.. probably less than 50. not sure about now.

Anyone know whether unwashed empty engine oil bottle (with clean residue engine oil), is safe to store petrol during emergencies (eg. when ran out of fuel)?

The iswara fuel tank outlet pipe is at the bottom most part of the tank?
Means there's no such thing as if the fuel gets too low, dirt get suck up etc?

Is there any need to clean anything inside the air-cond system on periodic basis?
Anything like the filters we have in room AC?

I think the no-filter is why is easier for Iswara / LMST to pickup those rubbish truck smells if following behind.

If steering sort of wobble left and right when driving straight on slow speed what could be the issue? feels like the steering is wobbling or shaking left and right.. tyre balance? or something else?

and if acceleration on 2nd gear feels very restricted like cant accelerated enough to catch on to 3rd gear sufficiently what possible causes? it seems like the power doesn't really want to come despite hard revving at 2nd gear.

3rd and Fourth gear onward is fine but that's because I don't rev up to more than 2k rpm at this gears. Maybe I have problems with high revving cannot generated enough power but on higher gears the gear help to derive the power so I didn't perceived the sluggishness.

This post has been edited by frontierzone: Mar 2 2019, 11:59 AM

Probably I try balancing first. Are there various balancing method? Some say they take off the wheels and apply some weights to the rim.

Do you still use the stock Sydney Blaupunkt radio? That speaker system beats many low end stock music system today. Like those in Myvi, Saga BLM all sounds pretty lousy.

During U turn when steering turn maximum to right or during 3 point turn (max steering to right), during movement I can sense there like "tak tak tak" sound like something going to break. Haven't test this out exclusively but on random occasions I noticed this. What's the problem?

Sound likely from the suspension or some linkages to the tyres.

This post has been edited by frontierzone: May 30 2019, 10:30 AM

Okay will have a check. Do I have to tilt the tyres sideways first before checking? If confirm leaks, is it urgent for immediate fix?

It seems nothing looks leaking on both inner and outer CV joints. Tilted both wheels to inspect and also open the hood to look at the inner CV. It's all dry and look intact.

Is it difficult to open the timing belt cover to have a look at the timing belt? How many screws have to be unbolted?

Is it normal that when we follow behind cars throwing black smoke or when trailing an Garbage truck, all the foul smell enters cabin even though AC set to recirculation mode? Do I have a faulty recirculation/bring outside air valve mechanism?