Engine Oil Review

This time I would like to write review on engine oil that I have used for my Perodua Viva other than the Perodua Engine oil. When I first sent my Perodua Viva for service outside, I used the Eneos 5w30 engine oil. That time the price is around MYR 110 for 4 liters. Not bad, the engine is quiet and cold start has improved (faster warm up during cold start). How do I determine this? Well, Perodua Viva uses hot and cold indicator. During cold start up in the early morning, the blue light goes out less than 2 minutes. Well, I changed it around 8k km.

Forged Racing for Viva Condenser Fan

Additional condenser fan for Perodua Viva.

Often stuck in traffic jams during hot sunny day? Finding the car aircond less cold/ too slow to get cold after parking in a hot sunny area? Then this should help to get aircond coldness effectively and quickly.

Coolant Review

Pictures collected from the internet :)

There were a few coolants that I have tested/used in my Perodua Viva. Since not much review when I first try to search on coolants thus I make this review for others who might still blur what to use.

All this while I have tried Water Wetter from Redline®, coolant from UMW (said to be same Toyota® coolant- actually it is not. More about that later.) and the coolant for Toyota® itself.

It is time to change ATF!

It is already time to change the automatic transmission fluid (ATF). This time I would like to share how to do it yourself. My advice is to change the fluids every 20,000km. Besides that it is also necessary to change the ATF filter every 60,000km or 70,000km. More about that in my next post and hopefully I have the time to do it as well as take pictures at the same time. ;)

Roof Soundproof

At last, my plan to DIY soundproofing my Perodua Viva’s roof has completed. The result is now a more comfortable drive during this rainy season.

It is a quite challenging task and involves some help. It is not impossible to do it alone but very difficult especially when getting the roof panel off. However the result really pays off. This time I choose to make a single layer of soundproof just using the Insulflex®. This is because I cannot seem to find where I put the soundblok (bitumen strip like) as this was a delayed project for a few years. :(

Want to maintain your aircond colderness? Try this!

In this part I would like to share how you could help to maintain your Perodua Viva aircond coldness. :) Well other than installing cabin air filter, it is also important to make sure aircond blower stay squeaky clean.

Aircond blower

The cabin filter helps to filter debris and make the air conditioning more hygienic. The filter really does aid in this. I have cleaned my blower twice. The first attempt to clean it, there was a lot of dust sticking to the blower. Yesterday when I did it again, there was less dust. This maybe due to previously my Perodua Viva was not installed/came without cabin air filter.

ATF Cooler y'all!!!

The position of my ATF cooler

Ever wonder why is the auto gear unwillingly to change gear even when you stomp on the pedal? Usually at night/ cold weather I do not seem to face this problem. My guess is because the auto transmission is being stressed too much plus the hot Malaysian weather especially during high loads. This eventually will increase the fuel consumption due to wrong gear selection by the gearbox. Installing an ATF cooler for the auto transmission will hugely help to overcome this issue.

Eventhough I am using fully synthetic gear oil form Redline ® for my beloved Perodua Viva I still find the lack of power and sometimes have to down shift manually to overtake or going out of junction. However with fully synthetic gear oils I never encounter gearbox overheating even during hard acceleration or downhill. :)

Welcome 2012!!!

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From today onwards, one of my resolutions for 2012 is to add a tag to each of my photos. This is to avoid any exploitation of my pictures for god knows what purpose. Sometimes I do find someone somewhere is using my pictures. However there are a few good people that tag my blog for their picture resource/reference. Thanks a lot to those who tag my blog or writings as their reference.

And thanks to all that follow my blogs until today. If there is any… :p