DIY radiator flushing!

Have u check ur car radiator coolant lately? Is ur car always on ‘heat’ ie the engine temp is on the high side ( more then the half way mark )? If so then it is very likely that ur radiator’s coolant is already not longer functioning as it should i.e. keep ur engine ‘cool’ & rust preventing ( some people didn’t even have coolant, just plain water & while the engine might not overheat in the short run but it will due to rusting ).

Radiator flushing is the process of flushing out the radiator content before u fill it up with new coolant ( it is important to flush out the old coolant before u put in the new coolant as old & new coolant mixed together is no good ). Radiator flushing is being done at workshop or car service centre ( the job done might not be through as it took a least more then 15mintes & usually they pour in flushing agent which is very corrosive ) but u can diy at ur own home.

Over the weekend I DIY ( DIY is do it yourself ok! Not this type of DIY which is totally different but much more enjoyable ) my Nissan Sentra 1.6 auto Xe radiator flushing. I do the flushing as I discover that the coolant has lost it green color ( the Nissan is use by gf, and as lady as long as the car can move everything’s is A Ok ) for goodness know how long already!

This is how the flushing is being done as shown in the pic. First u disconnect the top big hose on top of the radiator ( the top hose is the outlet i.e. hot coolant from the engine ) then u connect in ur garden hose pouring in water all the time . Then u started the engine. U can see old coolant pouring out from the disconnected top hose. Continuing with the engine running until u see clear water coming out of the top hose ( in my case I let the process go on for half an hour with engine running ). This is how radiator flushing is done DIY style.

Please don't do radiator flushing with a hot engine! Wait for the engine to cool down first before u open the radiator's cap or disconnect the top hose. When engine is hot the water inside the radiator is very hot & under pressure so the danger of busting hot water is very real ( I don't want my reader who try out this diy to end-up half cooked if unsure or have no confident then better don't try this diy but u can try this DIY lah! He! He! ).

Now u have to fill in the new coolant. Pour out the radiator content by loosening the radiator outlet tap located on the left or right bottom corner of the radiator ( in my Nissan it is on the inside right corner ). Let out the content of the radiator ( don’t fully unscrew the tap so that flow is small as u need to let out just a bit more then the amount of coolant u r pouring in ).

The reason why I don’t empty the whole radiator content before I do radiator flushing is that the engine water pump ( located in the engine block ) don’t function with air in the radiator cooling system ( that is also why sometime engine overheat occur when u change radiator coolant as the radiator might be fill with water but engine block water piping is dry especially if the water pump is not filled with water ). In this case u will have to fill in the water through the top hose until u can see water pouring out out of the top hose.

In my case I pour in two bottles of Toyota long life coolant 1 liter each as it give longer & lasting protection for my Nissan ( I use Toyota coolant as it is cheaper at RM18.00 per bottle ). Using the correct type of coolant is important, engine block using case iron or alloy engine block, use different type of coolant.

I do hope the above information is useful to my dear readers! And to my regular readers sorry if this post is not so ‘hor ny’ as once in a blue moon the ‘real me’ appear!

Half of my salary gone…………..!!!

Unless u r very rich it is not advisable to have more then one gf ( u r expected to spend & spend like no tommorrow )! In my case I do have three gf ! Thus it is no surprise until now I am still very poor! One gf is whom I share everything with ( including pokeing ) so she sort of ‘own’ me while the other two gf is own by me ( Do I sound like a pi*mp here? ).

What are my other two gf? Both are Japanese. One is pretty, delicate & reliable. I can count on her to ‘perform’. The other is big, rugged, a bit temperamental ( I must know how to give in to her need & ‘service’ her ), classy ( well she use to be classy but no longer now as she has aged ) & she can do what my other Japanese gf can’t! The first of my Japanese gf is a Nissan Santra N16 and the second is a Mitsubishi Pajero 2.8 or Shogun as it is known.

The Pajero is the one giving me trouble. It is her air-con! It is suppose to blow out cool air but instead it blow out hot air ( the heater is not on, if fact it is not even connected ). I happen to be rather cold resistant ( since I am a big guy, beside if it get too cold I can always wear more cloths ) but I can’t stand the heat ( I am totally in-active when I get heated up. I have being on ‘heat’ lately whenever I drive my Pajero to work ).

Normally a car air-con is not cool if :-

1.the air-con gas is gone or not enough ( due to gas leakages, depend on where the leakage is the problem can be fixed inexpensively )

2.the air-con cooling fin is dirty ( so it is no longer efficient, just took out the cooling fins & clean it, not expensive but time consuming )

3.the air-con compressor is faulty ( have to buy a new compressor very expensive, in fact the most expensive component of a car air-con system )

4.the air-con control unit is faulty ( rather expensive, problem is finding parts or circuits but it is very rare to have this problem )

5.the air-con heat radiator ( located in front of the Pajero cooling radiator in the engine bay ) is blocked ( with dirt or cracked hence gas leakage, expensive as a Pagero has two air-con heat radiators one big & one small )

6.the air-con heat radiator’s fan is not working ( not too expensive a Pajero has two air-con radiator fans one big & one small, but it is time consuming to change them ) .

As the most common problem is dirty air-con cooling fins I agree to have it cleaned. A lot of work in taking apart the air-con cooling fins as my Pajero has dual air-con.

The Pajero front air-con is located just behind the glove compartment. The white box thing.

While the hind air-con is located inside the right ( driver side ) back panel.

The front air-con cooling fins inside the white air-con box. See it is very dirty with death insect stuck inside.

The hind air-con cooling fins, also very dirty, not death insect is found but got hairs ( I wander how the hairs got suc*k into there? ).

It is discovered that the front air-con cooling fin is leaking gas ( the second most expensive component of a car air-con system ) & because the leak is inside the cooling fin it can’t be sealed by aluminum welding. See the new & the old. Pajero air-con cooling fins ( Denso brand ) is the ‘bee hives’ type double layers with dense cooling fins. Dam expensive, cost me RM450-00 ( half of my salary gone ). And to keep the cooling fins clean & prevent insect from getting in I seal up the air-con outside air intake ( it is always advisable to close the outside air intake as insect will always end up in the cooling fin including dust & dirt ). With the new cooling fin installed the Pajero air-con's performance is now very cooling.

Inside temp is at 34C ( late afternoon, see I go to work inside an oven, arrive at office with my ‘ball’ half-cooked! How to drive & work like this ) before air-con is switch on.

Inside temp at 25C after half hour with air-con on at full blast! The temp will drop to 21C in two hours, at night it will drop to 19C! Very good performance! Money well spend ( but I have to forgo a few other ‘activities’ )!

Something Wrong With GF

Something is wrong with her.Normally one 'poke' & one 'twist' will start her & she will be willing for me to do however I like with her. Well she still start with one 'poke' & one 'twist'. However after doing her for half an hour or when she really get heated up, I shut her down! That is when she shown her problem! If I start her that is one 'poke' & one 'twist', nothing! Nothing happen except she just made a clicking noise! She only show this problem when she is all heated up, no such problem once she cooled down. Oh I am sorry, I am refering to this gf ( not my regular gf where I do a lot of 'pokeing' & have sexerise ) which I also do 'pokeing' ( into the keyhole with key of couse ) & driving.

What cause the problem? The battery? No! This is the first thing I check ( 90% of the time, starting problem is cause by weak battery ). So how about electrical system? Possible, as once she cooled down ( about 1 hour time, in the meant time while waitting for her to cool down I will be smokeing a few sticks of ciggy drooling at any sex*y ladies passing by ) she can be started up. No that is no the problem ( thank goodness ) as my friend who is also a mechanic can't even jump started the Pajero ( as in stealing the Pajero ). So cumfirm the problem is with the starter! This is how the Pajero starter look like.

Look rather simple & solid( notice the smaller cylinder, that is the relay switch, attached to the big cylinder which is the actual starter, more on this later ). The problem is takeing out the starter which is located deep down in the engine compartment. The second battery have to be taken out including the gear box's dip stick & the fuel filter plus the turbo inter-cooler ( partially dismended ) just to remove two screw which attached the starter to the engine block. And then the starter can only be remove from underneat the Pajero ( luckly the guy who is removeing the starter is a small guy, he spend almost 3 hour underneat my Pajero removing just two srews as the space is very tight ).

The problem with any starter is nomally the wore-out carbon contact.So I have this changed. With new carbon I hope this will solve the problem.

Wah lah!!One poke & one twist she is ever ready for me! So happy, so off I went driving. But my happyness is short-lived. Just to test that she is really well I stopped her & started her against with her all heated up. Nothing!! Nothing at all just a 'clicking' sound!! (My mechanic friend is now scraching his head like no tomorrow wandering what the fcuk is wrong with the starter! ) Once she is cool no such problem! Anyway the process of takeing out the starter began against ( the poor small mechanic spend another 3 hour underneat my Pajero ).

This is the souce of all this strange paj starting problem. It is a sort of relay switch which also activate the starter motor. It is attached to the started as show in the second picture. Apparently when hot this thing don't function thus the starter don't start & just made a clicking noise. Changing this switch solve the problem.

So to my dear reader I hope that if ur car give the above problem it might just be the starter relay giving u problem.

Bad Luck............

From bad day to bad luck!!! 3 day after geting mine Pajero going it is mine nissan turn to give me headach!!!(I wander wheather it want to get mine attention as I use it to tow back the pajero, couldn't be as I praise it for be so strong as to tow back a big 4WD like pajero.) It start nice enought but later during the day when mine lover want to use it it just wouldn't start. NOW WHAT!!!!!!!!! Oh just a flat battery, but hello I use maintence free battery a BOSH battery for ------- sack!!! And I bought it 15 months ago, just outside warranty period. Damn luck!

As usualy I DIY battery change. I bought a Yogohama brand this time cost me RM220-00.
That is no the end of the story, due to mine carelessness I accidentelly disconect the battery
without back-up hence the car ecu setting is gone. With defult setting the car behave like unsatisfief lover. No choice but to reset at nissan workshop cost me RM46-20. Just this few days mine cars cost me RM333-20.

DIY Ac Pump

Due to bad economic nowaday I have being saving real hard for rainny day. One way I can save is on mine fuel expenses, hence I perfer to travel on this nowaday..........


So I only use mine Pajero once a week or when its rain.(Mine company don't fancy a wet & soaked to the ball Horny Ang Moh reporting to work). Thus on that day when I want to repair the punture tyre after it have being manually pump using bicycle, the Pajero do start after a few kick. It feel very shuggish no power at all even if I press the paddel to the floor. After moving a few hundred meter from the house the damn car died on me.

NOW WHAT!! As '####!!!%%%18XXXX' go through mine mind. I have no choice but to tow back the Pajero using mine other car a Nissan Sentra saloon. Small car towing big car back to mine house. Luckly only a few hundred meter & now on the main road. That will be real emberassing.

Now for those of u who don't have desiel car, it is usually no much of a problem compare to petrol car. If it don't start or start with difficulty it is usually the battery is weak, heater is gone, ac pump leaking air, fuel pump faulty or worse case engine head having problem. In mine case I discover that the ac pump is leaking air. This is how it look like...............
The one on the left is the recon one after I seach the whole town for it on mine trusty Honda Ex5. Cost me RM60-00.The one on the right is the faulty one, look much newer but it is leaking air & new one cost a bomb! Anyway I took out and fix in the recon ac pump myself. I use the recon fuel filter as well as I discover that it is still very clean even though it look very dirty on the outside.


The faulty ac pump without the connector. The container contain gasoline which I use together with toot brush to clean the recon ac pump. So on that day I spend RM60-00 on ac pump (will cost around RM150-00 to RM200-00 if u tow ur car to workshop & they will kill like pig with all sort of reason why u car don't start ) & RM7-00 on tyre punture.

The ABC of buying a car.

Car market is really bad nowaday with almost all car dealer offering some form of discount. It is now a buyer market. So u dicided 2 buy a car now. I am face with this decision a sometime ago. So how do I made mine decision?

1. Ask u'self this ? Do u really need a car? If yes
(I need a car 2 'par toll' ie 4 dating purpose, with car I can 'do' so many thing together inside a car. I think this is a very good reason.)
then how much or rather ur burget 4 the car.

2. How much u are capable of paying 4 the car will determine the type of car u buy. R u going 2 buy new car or 2nd hand wan ie pre-owned will do. Both have pros & cons.
New car is of course better,
(Which guy don't wan 2 date a virgin and have a virgin wife? )
it enjoy lower interest rate, waranty & the new car feeling. But please don't forget new car depreciated terriblely.
( Yeah virgin wife have no sexperiance at all, terrible in fact, u have 2 teach them every & any things of couse if u happen 2 be virgin u'self then everythings is OK)
Pre-owned car can be consider also.The main advantage is that with the same amount u use 2 buy a new car u can now buy a much bigger/better car. This is be'cos the car has already depreciated and the cost is being bore by the previous owner.
( Some guy prefer gf/wife with ex-bf.This is b'cos while dateing at intimate stage they enjoy it a lot as the gf/wife is well sexperiance as the ex-bf have already teach them all the technic ie all the hard work have be done, foundation has be established so 2 say. )
Some 2nd hand car came bundle with a lot of extra like sport rim with low profile tyre,hight power sound system,tinted glass etc which u can bargain 4 free. All this extra u have 2 buy if u buy new car although optional only but sooner or later u will fit as least some extra 2 ur new car, tinted glass 4 eg.
(Eg.Some get married & only have children after a long time. Some well sexperiance gf/wife came with extra as well!!! Ha! Ha! I meant children ie divorces. So u don't have 2 'work' 2 produce result.Somemore the children maybe thought babystage already so save a lot on trouble & cost.FIY baby milk is dam expensive. )
However buying 2nd car have risk since most 2nd hand car don't have waranty or at most with 2 months waranty only. U have 2 check out the car properly before buying it so as to prevent u'self from buying an accident car or problematic car. More of that later.
( This is the same with gf/wife with ex-bf made sure that she is really broken off with that guy.This is expecially so as that guy have intimate sexperiance with the gf/wife & of couse ur 'performance' must be on par if not better then the other guy or else ur gf/wife will yield 4 that sexperiance unless she don't mind ur poor 'performance'. Or worse still her ex-bf is a gangster & he came after u with a 'parang' then u r in deep sheep!!!! So be carefull. )

Now u have some ideal 2 buy new or 2nd hand car with ur burget. We came 2 point no3.

3.What type? Hah? What 2 u meant what type? Well there hatch-back, saloon, mpv, suv, pick-up double carbin and 4X4. So which type u want? Each type have pro & con also.

Hatch-back 2 door or 4 door.2 door eg proton satria 4 door produa kancil,kelisa,kenari(it is not a hacth-back sort of small mpv), hundai gets etc. Small size easy 2 park,easy on fuel comsumption (f c), simple maintentence quite cheap & simple.Car cc usually between 650 to 1000. Suitable for town use,single ( partoll can do lah ),small family <4.saloon style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">He! He! I am sure some of u do test drive ur gf, but ur gf is similar to but not a car ok. Seek permission first. If u want 2 test-drive do test-drive with responsiblelity & precausion ie wear condom. I am also sure that ur gf also want 2 find out about ur 'performance'. And if u r a lousy driver eer I meant ur sexperiance 'performance' u can always bring along a mechanic I meant someone good in this. Ahem! Ahem! Horny Ang Moh 4 e.g He! He!)

7. Financing!!!! Yeah u buy u pay! Can u affort? How much u pay per month :- amount u borrow x int rate in % x no of years + the amount u borrow divided by no of months = u monthly instalment. Also set aside some $ 4 fuel. When buying new car it is advisible to borrow so as to avoid IRD. U can pay off later with one lump sum 2 save int but please do it within a year as the rebate is more. Also don't redeem u reg card untill the loan period is up even though u have settel the loan to avoid IRD. Also u save on insurance 1st party dam expensive 3rd party only RM60 per year. If u wan 2 be safe buy 1st party but personally I feel it is a waste of money u cann't really claim u money unless the accident is real bad. If u buy pre-own car u can buy on cash no problem from IRD. Deal with first owner already.

8.Back-up service of the car. A lotl of people forgot about this. Some car in, fact most new car are control by electronic. So u just can't simply have them service by any garage under the coconut tree. Nomal service like oil/filter chg can of couse but made sure u fill the correct oil grade. Made sure the car is fully back by service centre and the service centre service is good. It will be a good ideal if u can pay a visit 2 the service centre & have a look see. U can judge the service, price and most impt the problem likely 2 be developed by the car u intended 2 buy. A talk withe the car owner there will yield a lot of valuable information like fc, ride quality, any regret with the car etc.

9. Some other factor 2 consider beside the above. Some people buy car for snob appeal. U will look better if u arrive in a merc then if u arrive in a kancil but then merc have hight maintence hight fc, the opposit of kancil. People will say wah! rich fellow.BTW pre-own merc is real cheap due to high fuel price. A merce c200k is now less then RM100k.
( This why some rich people will always find a beautifull gf/wife if cannot then beautiful mistress also can do 2. So people will c & say that bugger is real rich can affort 2 have such beautifull wife. )

So the above is mine ABC of buying car. Hope it is helpful 2 u reader. Do drop ur comment.