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 LYN Proton Saga/Iswara Driver's Thread! V28, Keep on Keeping on!

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markko234
post Jan 18 2015, 07:58 PM

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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. yawn.gif 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! smile.gif
markko234
post Jan 21 2015, 08:18 PM

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QUOTE(davidke20 @ Jan 19 2015, 08:10 AM)
If you're not in a hurry to spend too much on the car, get your hands on a can of BARDAHL engine treatment, pour it in during the next oil change. For an old car, SAE20W50 is suffice. No surprises. Check tyre pressure, make sure it stay above 30, below 40PSi on all time. Ayam usually 34PSi all round, if go long distance belakang will go 32PSi. Drive sensually, FC can cincai beat 12km/l. Try to pay attention to engine sound, whilst going up hill purposely use the wrong gear, like 4th? Try to ehar whether there's klicking sound from the engine. If yes, then need to send workshop retard your ignition timing abit. If you're good at it, release the lug nut that holds the distributor then gradually knock it counter clockwise a lil bit, tighten it back and you're retarded your engine ignition has been retarded. icon_rolleyes.gif

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Thanks for the tip! smile.gif Then I assume that if I have enough money, full overhaul will be my first choice in servicing the car? How much will it cost roughly?

And I am thinking of doing maybe transmission fluid flush or brake fluid flush while I earn more cash for the overhaul, are they recommended?

Thanks!
markko234
post Jan 21 2015, 10:02 PM

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QUOTE(davidke20 @ Jan 21 2015, 08:43 PM)
The cheapest oberhol I did was about RM600. Took me 24 hours to get the job done sweat.gif That was my 1st ORION 8Valve 1986 GaGa. Nowadays, it should be around RM1000 depending on which magician u go to.

Brake fluid flush, yes pls go ahead. Transmission fluid, change will do. DO NOT FLUSH. You wouldn't know what kind of rubbish flushing agent your magician gonna put in, later housing leak oil lar, driveshaft leak oil lar, flywheel leak oil lar, then u not only need to oberhol injin, gebox oso need oberhol liao doh.gif
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Alright, thanks again! biggrin.gif notworthy.gif
markko234
post Jan 22 2015, 10:20 PM

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QUOTE(Quazacolt @ Jan 22 2015, 02:25 AM)
full overhaul these days are in the 1-2k range, depending on part (ori or oem etc) and labor and whether mechanic is honest/competent or not (eg: some parts no need to change, mech says change anyways)

in addition to what bro david mentioned, ok to do transmission flush, however only use reputable products like lubegard ATF flush. not cheap btw
for manual transmission i believe not required as they aren't as sensitive as automatics.

if you're on budget, actually just using cheap proton ATF SP3 at very short intervals (eg: 500 or 1k km) will be sufficient for a "flushing" effect.

your car is auto or manual again?
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My car is a manual. The shifting has never been smooth since I started driving it, so felt like want to do some flushing if it helps. Shifting only smooth sometimes after the engine has been running for a while.

Btw, regarding on Davidke20's comment on shifting at 2.5k RPM and above, would it does more harm to my old engine's pistons as it always spins at high RPM? I normally drive 60km/h (hahaha my hometown people all drive slow slow, so so do I tongue.gif ) so it will be at 4th gear at 2k RPM constantly, realised that I stepped less on the pedal at 4th gear as compared to at 5th gear, but just scare at constantly 2k RPM will like, does harm to my old engine yawn.gif



 

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