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Hi all! I'm back! Sorry for not posting for a very long time, I was studying at college, with no car at my disposal, so I don't really have any questions with my car!

Now I got my car back, it's a...

Hi. How do I actually sense whether my car is dragging, or it is during that time, my car is losing power?

I went to the mechanic that day, he helped me do something with it, and it feels quite...

Hi. Thanks for all your replies.

I have 2 questions in mind:

1. In my car manual, it doesn't teach me how to drain the radiator. I do, however, managed to find the petcock and drain some of the...

Hi. I followed what 4wheeldrift said and drove the car for about 15 minutes, then went home and check the automatic transmission fluid level with the engine still running.

I got quite a strange...

Hi. Thanks for all your help.

This morning, I woke up and the first thing, I went to check my automatic transmission fluid level. The car is cold, as it haven't been driven for almost 12 hours.
...

Hi! Yup... this is my first car. Actually, I just got my driving license 4 months ago.

This car is actually 2 years old already, it is used by my brother before he went overseas. Now he went...

Hi. The engine oil dipstick and the automatic transmission dipstick on my car seems quite confusing. It is not the same as the one described in the manual.

For the engine oil dipstick, it looks...

Hi. I found out that there are occasional leaks from my car. It looks and smells like plain water, and it is coming out from the place between the driver (and passenger) seat and the engine, or below...

Hi. How do I find the petcock to drain some of my coolant out? I went underneath the car, but I can't see anything whcih seems to be a petcock. Any ideas or graphical samples for it?

Hi, thanks for your replies.

There is another thing which I'm really worried about: the mechanic actually let the brake reservoir open for about half an hour after filling in the new brake fluid!...

Hi. Thanks for your replies.

Actually, I do think I have to worry, because here, there are many mechanics which are not professionals or experts in their field. They just do what they know,...

Hi. Today, during the major service of my car, the mechanic flushed out the coolant. After that, he added in a bottle (1 litre) of antifreeze, then after that, he used water to fill in the rest of...

Hi... Today, I brought my car for a major service, and that includes flushing and changing the brake fluid.

However, I soon noticed that the mechanic actually overfilled it. It is over the MAX by...

Hi. Thanks for the reply. 4wheeldrift is right, Proton is a Malaysian made car, so maybe it isn't sold in Canada. That's why.

Well, my car has 2 front brake discs and 2 brake drums. What are the...

Hi. Just today, I drove my car, and I have a feeling that my car is 'dragging'. It is like when I drive, I feel some resistance (although not much), especially when I release the accerelator, it...

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On my car's brake fluid reservoir cap, it states "Use DOT 3 or DOT 4 fluid only". So, which do you think is more recommended for my car? Is it DOT 4, as it has a higher dry and wet boiling...

Thanks Jazzxs.

After reading your advice and referring to my car's service manual, the services which I decide to do are as follows:

1. Flush and replace Radiator Coolant
2. Flush and...

Hi. Yesterday, I went to bring my car to do a Major Service (which, according to the car manual, has to be done every 20,000 km) at the Authorised Service Centre of my car. However, I was really...

Hi. A few days ago, I did a tyre rotation on my car. When I took out my front wheel, I saw that the brake rotors are 'dirty pinkish' in color. I'm wondering, is this rust (though I think it doesn't...

Hi Weapon_R. Okay, now I understand that, if there are no scratches on the car the next time when I want to wax my car, I'll use pure wax.

However, next time when I intend to wax my car, there...

Hi. In Malaysia here, there are lots of TV advertisements about motor-oil addictives, with MotorUP and X-1R being the most 'dominant'.

The claims about them on TV sounds pretty impressive....

Hi. I polished my car just now using the Polish/Wax compound, and it does remove the scratch, however, there is still some scratch on it (you have to look quite hard to see it though). I can still...

Hi. Thanks for all your replies.

After relooking at my car for a long time, I think I'd like to change something about the condition of my car. The white paint that I am seeing is actually from...

Hi. Recently, I've scratched my car. I don't really know how I scratched it, but I think I scratched it with another car.

The part of my car (which is almost black in color) which is scratched now...

I'm from Sarawak.. east Malaysia.

Haha, I don't have any special ability... It's just that, if the tyre pressure is low, you have a feeling that your car is dragging and not powerful right? And you can't accelerate easily!

:)

Hi. I have another question about radiator coolant.

You see, I'm from Malaysia, where the weather is hot and humid the whole year. However, from what I know, the anti-freeze in the radiator should...

Hi. I'm new to this forum. I'm also quite young, and just drived a few moths. Hope you would be able to answer my questions.

I'm from Malaysia. I own a Proton Wira 1.5 GLi, and on the car, it...