Where and how much is the fog lamp?

Mine is broken after kena something....

Looks like TC or Nissan wanted to dispose off their stocks of 0W-20... see the bottles all dated more than 2-3 years old. Anyway, I found better response and fuel economy on 0w-20. Previously, TC uses Castrol Maganatec 10w-30 and this oil sucks, the car no power at all.

Wondering anyone running on 0w-30 using Fully Synthetic oil? Any feel on the performance and fuel economy part?

Wanted to change back to 0w-30 or 5w-30 fs oil. The xW part is not important, as here is hot year round, even at genting temp it is still not WINTER rating.

When I change my cooling coil, I go back to TC service center. At least they have the know how and more familiar with it. So far, having my whole dashboard removed twice there is no weird noise (1 time to change cooling coil, 1 time to change blower motor).

about 4 months for 10k km

You MUST change your mechanic ASAP! Go find a better and more reputable one.

This is purely a conman and doesn't know what is he doing. All he is doing is pushing sales of his product at the expense of your car engine.

Using 0w20 is not too thin, if the engine is designed for it. I have done many runs on highway, not a single drop of oil is burnt.

Also the usage of engine oil flush is a suspect. You don't have to use any engine flush unless you have some engine situation that warrants it.

Suggest you buy any 0w20 from spare part shop, or if you can't find 0w20, then 5w30 should be easy to come by. Just make sure it is fully synthetic. It makes a big difference.

There are risk in running oil that is too thick for the engine. The damage may not be obvious or fast acting, but damage MAY occur nonetheless.

Besides, running at 30 or 20 would save more petrol compared with 40 oil, not to mention more power.

Are you sure? I think SC got confused.

My aircond blower motor replacement at Tan Chong cost me 1k!

RM1K for the AC blower motor and if you are unlucky, there is this servo motor for the hot/cold air, that would cost another RM400.

That's what happen to me. First the servo kong, go replace RM400. Then 2 weeks later the AC blower motor kong, goes another RM1K.

The only way to teach Tan Chong a lesson is to ask everyone you know TO NEVER BUY A NISSAN FROM THEM!

This is daylight robbery.

This I agree. So far this is the most problematic car that I have owned.

For auto it's Nissan Matic-S only. Remember Matic-S not others, they are not compatible.

I fix mine 1K in TC. Replacing cooling coil will need to remove the whole dashboard... and outside mech quote me for RM800, I figure it is not worth the savings. At least TC people should have the experience in removing Almera dashboard, or else you will end up with multiple rattling noise in the future. So far, mine has changed twice, both by TC, and there is no rattling noise for 5 years car.

If you find any outside mechanic that is experienced in removing Almera dashboard do share with us...

Do check your belt often, SERIOUSLY LOW QUALITY belt from TC! Mine always develop crack around 50k km.

Eh.. sorry. I was referring to aircond blower motor. My evaporator assy was fixed under warranty claim.

Look at the bottle and it will say what it is compatible with.

It would be something like...

SPECIFICATION / TECHNICAL DATA
JASO 1A
Suitable for use where the following is required:
- Toyota WS
- Nissan Matic S
- Hyundai SP-IV

Also, be aware when looking at internet, as some country will have different formula, so the same brand over there may be compatible, but the one in Malaysia may or may not.

Have you fixed your AC blower motor? How much?

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I feel the same, sluggish and fuel consumption is very bad. Turn out to be spark plug problem.

Try checking the plugs, replace air filter, replace the engine oil (flush) and replace ATF.

Got picture of the gap? So we can compare.

I think the RM380 is not the whole motor assembly, just the inner part of the motor (the magnet coil). They will remove the entire dashboard, remove the blower motor, then remove the motor from the fan, then remove the coil and replace it.

Was given the same option by outside mech, but in the decide to replace the whole thing. Cause no confident if this is the right way.

Damn that's bad!

So what did TC say?