3 QUESTION : DASH RATTLING,SPEAKER,BARKE FLUID

kayi078

HELLO大家好,依個POST係我處男POST
有幾條問題想問問
先講我架車INFORMATION
6年既2手車 TOYOTA COROLLA 2萬5 MILEAGE

QUESTION 1: 我個dash有d嘈...開車果時
有2邊地方嘈,一個係乘客果邊既upper dash, airbag旁邊
如果我用隻手禁落去,no more rattle
早幾日開始我steering wheel 又有rattling,我分唔清佢係個STEERING WHEEL 定DRIVER'S DASH SIDE

去TOYOTA搞要$140 INSPECTION FEE,仲要唔100% SURE GETTING FIX OR NOT
有可能仲要收多D$
點算???

QUESTION 2: 我個OEM REAR TRUNK SPEAKER BUSTED OUT,係咪是但買返個岩SIZE既就PLUG&PLAY? 駛唔駛CONNECT WIRE,比較煩..'
            駛唔駛一次過換曬2個( REAR ) 定係一次過要換曬成架車果D SPEAKER ( FRONT&REAR )
             仲有咩叫做2-WAY SPEAKER 3-WAY SPEAKER?

QUESTION 3: 我架6年2手車岩岩買番黎,佢好低MILEAGE,有咩要特別注意?佢長期擺係度,我自己已經換左SPARK PLUG,OIL CHANGE,CHANGE BATTERY,我條SEPERTINE BELT CRACKED,下個星期去換,會唔會因為條BELT裂左所以有RATTLE FROM MY DASH? 仲有我FRONT BRAKE PAD INSPECT左之後有60% LIFE,仲可以用幾耐? 我駛唔駛 FLUSH BRAKE FUILD AND FILL IT UP? 仲有我POWER STEERING FLUID 好黑色,駛唔駛又FLUSH AND FILL?
仲有咩要特別注意架,我發覺我GAS MILEAGE麻麻, 25MPG CITY 32 HIGHWAY , TUNE-UP有無用? 不過我自己已經OIL CHANGE+REPLACE SPARK PLUG,依家去TUNE-UP會唔會浪費左之前果D $$$$$$$

SORRY我唔識打中文,我知我篇野好難明,SORRY
IT TOOK ME AN HOUR TO OPEN THIS POST!!!!

[ 本帖最後由 kayi078 於 2008-11-30 22:29 編輯 ]

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原帖由 kayi078 於 2008/12/14 19:07 發表
is there any place that can inpsect alignment for free?
i dont know i need it for not

i think most shop charges about $40 to $50 for wheel alignment check, why paying over $100k for a machine that has to do free report? not to mention the repair and maintenance cost for that machine, labor for a mechanic to operate it!?

if you have a mechanic u trust, he can always go for a road test and tell u he "thinks" you will need it or not; without an actual report i can even tell u it's bullsh!t; yet that might be give u an idea...

have seen ppl who got so used to their car, to a point they didn't realize it's bad until the problem was mentioned and being fixed...

if you think you are mechanic, do whatever u "think"; if not, get someone u trust to do the work for ya ~ there has to be a reason why we had to go thru all those training and stuff, now it depends, IF you have found yours?

kayi078

is there any place that can inpsect alignment for free?
i dont know i need it for not

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ur car is going straight doesn't mean the wheels are straight...

if wheels are \ \ then for sure it goes left, or / / then it goes right; if wheels are | \ it will still pull left, or | / it will still pull right...

yet if wheels are \  / or  /  \, the car will still seems to go straight but u will get uneven wear like others scenario

kayi078

alignment? do i need to do it?
my car is going straight

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u can always drain the coolant urself, but if dun bleed the cooling system right, or know how to observe u are getting it back to normal: u might experience serious overheating, which can cause serious engine damage...

it always looks easy to DIY, yet many times those DIYers will have missed out major stuff even during "just an oil change"; u might have saved a little bit of money but u could have ended up spending much more, just like gambling...

kayi078

can i DRAIN COOLANT by myself?

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my pleasure

librazhy

thankx for mechanical info, very useful irl.

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原帖由 librazhy 於 2008/12/8 12:01 發表
if a japanese 4 cylinder sedan's radiator is total loss, how much does it cost to rebuild factory radiator eg toyota?

does water pump require maintainence?

i dun see how radiator can be a total loss? it blew up? cracked? smashed?

if only the side tank is leaking, it can be replaced but is not cheap...depends on what year toyota it is, and what model, AT or MT, with or without AC, cost for radiator will be a little bit diff...generally speaking a decent one costs from $250 to $400 installed (now that depends on cars, and what is available)...

water pump doesn't require maintenance, i always recommand changing it with timing belt, along with tensioner and seals; u dun want to open up the same area again within 100k and worst thing is u dun want a leaky water pump to have coolant soaked up ur timing belt; as for cars with timing chain u pretty much won't touch water pump unless it leaks / noisy; coolant flush every 48k is a good habit as it keeps up the strength of your coolant + drain out the old contaminated coolant for no longer than 4 years (IF, still not reached 48k).

and for toyota's, make sure toyota's special red coolant is being used; have seen so many mechanic mixed universal green coolant into toyota's and causing pre-mature leaks / contamination in the cooling system (clogging up radiator etc).