tightening handbrake cable & changing ac filter were just small matters. ur rm80 labour mainly for atf oil change & services brakes

Sorry misleading u. Need to fill in info here. Actually that is for M oil filter. I brought a wrong size with my own M oil. He replaced with a correct size and absorbed mine n gave me discount rm10. Means his M oil filter should charge rm25 but he bought mine cos he sure can sell it later n just charge me rm15 for his filter. It's not for atf filter.

How much time needed to do so much work? My car including M oil change, aircon flushing, road test all done in 90min.. Macam tak betul je. Flushing ac means flush out all n top up gas je kan? Tak buka dashboard pun.

Just filter alone cost rm240 or change ATF incl new atf filter total rm240 ya?

so the rm80 labour incl. ur engine oil change too?

yes u're charged for ac flush & new gas only

Yes. That part I didn't mention cos not much can scammed me there.

If I shared one more detail don't scold me. The M oil he showed me in dip stick was in dark brown colour not even black tarry look. It was a 4 yo M oil since Las last change. This car rarely move was parking most of the time. Let engine runs few weeks once. Wet market few km run type of Spare car. I read about M oil in reddit a lot so I figure it's wear n tear even with addictive n should not go bad without running (oxidise) it. Some reddits claimed 5 years no issue. They were right. If not because of ac not cold anymore I probably wait another year to change. Lol.

If u want more information you need to provide your car model

Some engine/ATF oil per liter also RM 45 or higher really depends type of brand fluid you use , some branded fluid really expensive via official genuine fluid

Air-conditioning i believe most condenser have their own dryer aka filter too if clogging also can result high compressor pressure, replace condenser dryer and refill the refrigerant also around that price assuming the dryer filter charge you rm 50 refill estimate RM 120 lum sum everything with workmanship, i mean car refrigerant cannot temporary cycle back to compressor and reuse later like house air-conditioning system if u faham what i mean .

I dunno what your Foreman done and do this is just my guessing base on estimated pricing on your invoice.

This post has been edited by zuozi: May 8 2025, 01:07 AM

u're ought to be shot
Lol

filter+gasket only

So filter gasket full set so costly? Rm240???

Service brake if u have tools you can also do it at home i mean is pretty easy if you know what you doing, old time when service brake assuming your rear brake is drum brake type since you mention is old car then those brake dust can build up overtime can result some noise when braking

My time we usually remove the drum back cover then water+brush off dust then dry with compress air,then check if brake cylinder is leaking if no then 400 grit sandpaper give it a rough wipe on brake shoes back and forward few time, then compress air then slightly adjust and cover back then pull and release handbrake then adjust again that what we call brake service .

Toyota vios. Nah he charged ac filter rm28. So 180 purely flushing maintenance. Oil filter in the bill was for M oil filter. Originally should be 25. Swapped mine (I brought wrong size) n gave me discount Rm10. So bill me rm15.

The thing is nobody would want to bukak dashboard unless you want to replace the cooling coil, not even servicing it.

Even your foreman would be afraid of taking your dashboard apart because in the course of doing that he may break some clips here and there and you may come back complaining to him of rattles and noises. Another headache for him.

Now, imagine your old and frail and wet and soggy cooling coil sitting inside your dashboard for the past 7 years. Do you still want to bother cleaning or flushing it? Even to pull out the cooling coil may also cause damage or accidentally puncture it due to bending and aging fins. What if it leaks after this, another round of taking out the dashboard? That would be another labor charge.

Confirmed no sound as I driven cars with braking sound before so I recognised them. In younger days was doing 3k km a month for work for ~8 years. Used to be regular patrons to workshop like 1.5mths to change M oil cos of the 5k km thingy.

For what u mentioned I saw the opening part but not the sandpaper part lol cause I went enjoy aircon in office to cool down d. Too hot this afternoon.

I duno how they flush but assuming with machine? I mean flushing out all old refrigerant then refill whole system with fresh refrigerant with compressor oil i think the price is about right, most B segment car in market i know when refill whole system manually mostly charge RM 120 if empty top up also cost RM 80 because they cannot estimate how much they refill since mostly they don't have the machine , most shop cant afford the expensive machine those proper machine mostly asking price start from RM 30k they said.

he must have confused it with electronic parking brake where it shares the same hydraulic system as transmission. epb might not work properly when atf is low

Wow. That's very detailed explanation. No wonder my last car the old partner checked then recommend me to change entirely new one. That car have few front collisions. Air con became not cold after a while suspect leaking even car was like 5 yo. So changed entire new set. Lasted till I sold it when it was 9 yo.

yep. or more

If no sounds we usually also do the standard procedure brake service things , if no service like the way i said then probably Labor nowadays is really so expensive compare to my time , i mean my time only RM30 for rear both side brake service.