Healthy car happy car
I have been in crunch mode for what seems to be an eternity, and I still am in crunch mode at least until next week. But today the stars seemed to have aligned for me because all my projects have been sent out for review and I find myself having the whole day to myself.
After spending the morning with my wife and kid, I started to plan for some service items that are due for my Ford Fiesta. I made a quick call to my usual Ford specialist workshop, Al-isra Autoparts, and made sure they have time to give my car a quick once over. As usual they are more than happy to oblige despite the short notice, and told me to come over.
3 items that was planned today:
Engine flush
Engine flushing is basically pouring a can of engine flush chemicals into the engine to be mixed with the existing engine oil, and let the engine idle for about 5 minutes. The chemicals will flow around the engine with the engine oil and remove any gunk and deposits from the engine oil passageways. At 60k km, this was a good time to perform this service.
Engine oil change
If you own a car, you'll know what an oil change entails (I hope you do). Engine oils are the lubricants that keep your car operating smoothly despite the constant explosions and parts moving against each other when your engine is running. Needless to say, using good oils and changing them regularly is key to keeping your engine healthy. As far as brands go, you can hardly go wrong with Liqui Moly products. As for the oil filter, I am using original Ford oil filters.
Spark plugs replacement
According to the service schedule for my car, the spark plugs are supposed to be changed at 60k km. But as it turns out, my plugs are actually still in decent condition (see below to compare the old and new plugs). I'd say they are still good for another 20k km, but I changed them anyway.
Last but not least, I asked the technician to inspect my car's belting to see if I need to change the aux belt and timing belt. He said the aux belt look fine, but could not inspect the timing belt as they will need to dismantle the cover. Nonetheless he assures me as long as I am not always stuck in traffic, it is good until 90k km.
Today's damage is about RM 370 (around 66 SBD or $91 USD).
There are a few more items to do which I am planning to DIY if I have time tomorrow, which I will continue in another post.
On a side note, I saw this project car owned by the shop's boss. It's a regular Fiesta 5 door chassis undergoing a full conversion to a Fiesta ST. If successful, it will be the only 5 door Fiesta ST in Malaysia (official local units have 3 doors)
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I see a lot of ford fiestas here in our country but I was told the maintenance is expensive when it comes to parts. Looks like you are loving your fiesta. How long have you had it?
Not sure about Philippine but Ford parts here in Malaysia are slightly more pricey than their japanese peers, but if you know here to look it's not hard to find a good bargain.
Come this October I will have owned this car for 6 years. I love this car for many reasons, I'll write a post about it in the near future, stay tuned :)
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Wow, you got a really great price for all of the stuff that you got done. I have a feeling that bill would have been closer to $200 or $300 if you had all of that done in the states. I used to change my own oil, but I just don't feel like getting dirty like I used to. It really isn't as cost effective as it used to be either. The savings just aren't there anymore. Great post!
Yep labour in Malaysia is quite cheap that's why we don't DIY as much as. But our cars are very expensive (My little Fiesta costs about $20k in USD) so many tend to keep them for many years and keep repairing them.
It's a tradeoff, I guess.
I bet! Hopefully it runs like a top now!