Well as a continuation to the following thread:
My New mi16
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I got it checked in at AP Automotive Services where Paul Vassalo is servicing on Monday morning. I found it most convenient, bus takes me directly to work.
I called him on Friday and we talked for 10 minutes discussing the car and what most probably needed to be done with the timing belt, which were water pump, tensioner sth or another and some harmonic oscillator thingy needed to be checked.
Went in Monday morning, had a long discussion and i told him about the idle speed, and also the speedo flickering under 60km and a few other things. We agreed that because it has done 200ks a good inspection is needed on top of the belt. At this moment the estimated work wouldve been in the vicinity of $700.
Got a call during the day after inspection, and rolled of a list of urgent, non urgent and very minor problems. very thorough. Well after rolling off the urgent things to do (which i cannot remember too much of, except the engine mount) the little bits and pieces started to add up! So i said do them and he did give me alternatives to save money, eg speedo flickering is a bit of a job and can save a bit of money till next time, and it is not urgent.
I got another call last night mentioning the job is completed and that it is a bit expensive and i asked how much and he said $1500.. oh oh. Anyway he also said he found the problem with the idle and that it was to do with a diapragm in the manifold on the passenger side (i might be quoting him wrong), it was leaking air.
To my surprise, he explained this could be the reason for the lack of oomph in the lower revs until the vacuum hits the drivers side. An i thought the car was in top condition and was driving well. And to top it off he called me today, after i said yes fix this problem, saying he finished and now it drives like an mi16 should drive.
Well, as you can imagine, i cant wait till i drive it tonight (but spewing about the cost of it all of $1615 but they needed to be done). Oh well, a good price on the car now turns out to be a fair price.
I will update as to the difference in power, and also the list Paul made on the car.
Cheers,
Pug Warrior
My New mi16
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I got it checked in at AP Automotive Services where Paul Vassalo is servicing on Monday morning. I found it most convenient, bus takes me directly to work.
I called him on Friday and we talked for 10 minutes discussing the car and what most probably needed to be done with the timing belt, which were water pump, tensioner sth or another and some harmonic oscillator thingy needed to be checked.
Went in Monday morning, had a long discussion and i told him about the idle speed, and also the speedo flickering under 60km and a few other things. We agreed that because it has done 200ks a good inspection is needed on top of the belt. At this moment the estimated work wouldve been in the vicinity of $700.
Got a call during the day after inspection, and rolled of a list of urgent, non urgent and very minor problems. very thorough. Well after rolling off the urgent things to do (which i cannot remember too much of, except the engine mount) the little bits and pieces started to add up! So i said do them and he did give me alternatives to save money, eg speedo flickering is a bit of a job and can save a bit of money till next time, and it is not urgent.
I got another call last night mentioning the job is completed and that it is a bit expensive and i asked how much and he said $1500.. oh oh. Anyway he also said he found the problem with the idle and that it was to do with a diapragm in the manifold on the passenger side (i might be quoting him wrong), it was leaking air.
To my surprise, he explained this could be the reason for the lack of oomph in the lower revs until the vacuum hits the drivers side. An i thought the car was in top condition and was driving well. And to top it off he called me today, after i said yes fix this problem, saying he finished and now it drives like an mi16 should drive.
Well, as you can imagine, i cant wait till i drive it tonight (but spewing about the cost of it all of $1615 but they needed to be done). Oh well, a good price on the car now turns out to be a fair price.
I will update as to the difference in power, and also the list Paul made on the car.
Cheers,
Pug Warrior
