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I don't think its good for any engine to be washed by water. a dust layer doesn't have a big impact on heating the engine. I have seen some workplaces wash engine bay after covering electrical parts such as the fuse box and sensors with plastic bags so that water doesn't get in to them. Once I had a bad experience where I couldn't notice and the guy at the service station had already washed the engine bay with the water pressure gun. Day after my idle up sensor wasn't working so that when I switch on the AC, the idle RPM will stay the same without increasing a bit and it caused the engine to jerk a lot. the idle up sensor had gone and had to replace that. mine is not a hybrid though. a little dust won't hurt the engine as much as water does

It is possible that this engine has a history of overheating. In addition to the things others have mentioned above check the water pump as well particularly if that it has not been recently (say within last five years) replaced. Also check if the pressure inside the coolant system is at the proper level ie cap is sealed (and rated for something like 127kpa) and no cracks/leaks in the tank/core/hose etc however minor it is.

With the engine fully warm and gear in P with AC switched on, very slowly rev up from idle to just above 2000 RPM and see if you get any noticeable vibration at any particular RPM? If so you have bad engine mounts. Another thing you can do is to do a cold start, allow it to run with the vibration for a minute or so and switch off the engine while the vibration is still going on. Then visually inspect plugs in each cylinder for carbon deposits (ie compare each with others for any differences) after allowing the engine block to cool down for a while. BTW when was your transmission fluid was last changed?

No you can't and for the average Sri lankan a handbrake turn is a drift.

Stupid idiots like you get excited because of the tax hike and buy a piece of shit. Then they claim the wheel fell off the car or something and blame all second hand cars and sellers in general. Just because of the tax hike, don't make hasty decisions and suffer. Make sure you get the car properly checked. Also check the CR properly. @irage - After 2005, DPL cars were also issued regular numbers with DP prefix such as DP-KA-2345. When they get transferred they get the same number with the province prefix - WP-KA-2345 Also please write your responses in English. That's a forum rule.

CS1 have no problem tackling inclines, atleast not the ones in sl Auto feels a bit underpowered tho

Hi all, I own a Toyota Aqua. And I do my regular services at C*rePo*nt. Last time when I took it there for the service that guy who changed oil requested me to do an engine bay wash saying that area is so dusty. Upto that point I only allowed them to use the high pressure air (Because from the place I bought the car asked me not to wash the engine bay as it might cause further damage). The reason that serviceman told me was that due that dust it might create an unnecessary heat in the invertor and may lead into early problematic situations. Also he stated that they use a special chemical instead of water. So I allowed them to do so. During the process I saw them using high pressure water. Since I was in a hurry to my workplace I was not able to ask them why they used water as well. So my questions are 1) Is it okay to do such an engine bay wash especially for a hybrid which is filled with complicated electronics? 2) Will the dust really remain as a causative factor for heat generation in the investor (like the dust layer acting as a heat insulator) ? 3) If it is necessary to do the wash how often should I do it (I know this question may sound stupid as it depends on the amount of dust collected. But I mean generally is it necessary to do it like I change oil in every 5000km's. I use solely this car for driving within the Colombo city) Thanks in advance!

Yeah, they did charge extra 2000-2500 for that. But I'v been watching it throughout the process ( Because I'm so particular on what what they do to my vehicle), and they did use the water gun after spraying off some chemical. And I normally do my services at C*rePo*nt Pannipitiya where it's spacious and less crowded than the Thalawathugoda branch where I did this particular service. and not that much satisfied with their respect to the vehicles at that T'wathugoda branch. And thanks again for all your ideas. The reason for not to do my services at T*y*ta L*nka is that sometimes they use SAE 5-30 for hybrids, when they run outta SAE 0-20 oil which is the recommended oil for hybrids.

Yes, Water and electronics never mixed,.. .Anyone washing a modern car's engine bay would be asking for trouble. It's just a matter of time.

Was the car subjected to recent flood waters? Because when I look at the diagnosis report, it looks like some kind of loose connection/leak in electrical wiring/connectors/fuse because the car has produced errors in almost all the sensors which are seemingly unrelated. With the engine running try to emulate the fault by shaking the wire harness inside the engine bay and under the dashboard. If you fail to find a clue, check the electrical connections beginning with the battery terminals. Remove the fuses, plugin type relays and visually check them for discoloration, cracks, dirty contacts etc. There are several grounding connections on the engine block. Check if they are loose or corroded. Check for loose connectors particularly those under the hood and the one at the ECU. I do not think focusing on the things indicated in diagnosis report will help you to home in on the actual issue. Could be a problem with ECU but first we need to eliminate other possibilities.

I am in the same situation and finding a car that matches somewhat same criteria. The options I have found are, Perodua Viva 1000cc (Prefer manual) Hyundai eon (brand new 21.50 but made in india ) Kia Picanto Nissan fb15 (probably passed 100k KM mark and most of them are abused) Honda Fit Jazz (YOM something like 2001-2002) Suzuki Liana Toyota vitz 1999-2002 (again may have passed 100k km mark) Nissan March AK12/ k12/ BK12 (2002-2004) Mazda BJ5P/ BJ3P/ BJ5W(Wagon) Mazda Demio Suzuki Swift Jeep model Japan Suzuki swift beetle Indian made so and so...but I still can't make up my mind for something

Hi guys!! Sorry for delay in responding. The issue was sorted and as rumesh correctly said it was the water pump that created the issue. Due to the use of water instead of the coolant, water pump has been damaged severely. once it was replaced with a new pump heating issue disappeared. Purchase the water pump from Pi_ne__r motors panchikawatta and they were surprised that issue was identified correctly soo soon. speacial thanks to Rumesh88 for this. Regards,

Did you have a look at your spark plugs and coil pack? Also check your fuel pressure.

High pressure water under an engine bay is a big no irrespective of whether the car is a hybrid or not. I only wash my engine bay when I feel its dirty (maybe every 20,000km or so). A bit of dust under it is perfectly all right, it will not have an effect on the heat as cars are made to run that way.

i hv been servicing my vehicles at C*r* P*o*nt since 2011. they never use water except for some sort of evaporating foam and of course they charge extra for that.

This is indeed a ex DPL car. which i would believe specially ordered by the Agents, and lately resold with Regular plates. we used to have Luxel but it's an Auto, nothing bad about 1ZZ-FE.

A little dust is not unhealthy. Do not lose your sleep over it

toyota lanka also uses water to clean enginne bay of hybrid cars.usually they clean the outer area inside engine bay with low pressure water. nothing to worry about using water in that way.the chemical is used to clean the centre area of engine bay

EGR cleaned and refitted with ECU reset. But no luck still the vibration comes at engine warming up idle. Also I have observed one thing extra is that I kept my hand on top of the plastic cover of the engine and try to feel how it goes on engine, while the steering and dash vibrating from inside the car. How it sense me was that there are no brakings on it and it was a continuously beat, no shaking or other hesitations. If I recall my old car, that too had the similar beat and fell on top of the engine (But I never got such vibration on the dash or seats) If this happens all the time, I would agree that could be a bad mount or more, but why the hell I get this only in warmup process? :sport-smiley-027: :sport-smiley-027: Appreciate your feedback and support

I collect Hot Wheels, we do have few active facebook pages with gang of Hot Wheels + diecast model collectors. You can meet a lot of friendly chaps and few guys selling die-casts. FB Pages: Model Car Lovers of Sri Lanka Sri Lankan Hot Wheels Collecotr (SLHWC)

Do you know that vehicles that met with accidents in Japan are brought down, repaired and are put up for sale as "unregistered" and that people like you who hunt down after the "unregistered" word will get caught? These vehicles are more likely to lose all the 4 wheels at once instead of just one

For f#ck's sake... u say you lost a wheel of a car because it was bought second hand??? Or is it because you didn't do basic maintenance of the bloody thing? What you need is a dose of common sense, not economics and political science...

Welcome to the forum and a very informative post. But i have to say that you are incorrect on some accounts. A bad oil seal isn't entirely the fault of the previous owner, as with anything on a car oil seals have a lifetime and they will eventually leak. Again lack of space to do maintenance on the engine isn't related to the owner is it? I say you have been very lucky if you found a car that only had bad oil seals as an immediate repair. I know people who had to replace their gearbox straight after purchase, now that of course is the fault of the previous owner who hasn't changed Atf. What I'm saying is an oil seal isn't a serviceable part so you can't really "maintain" it.

Hi, My first post here. I own a Kelisa (2004 M) so thought I could be a help. what I can advise regarding Kelisa is when you're buying one try to buy a Kelisa with manufacturing year as new as possible. I happened to buy the 2004 Kelisa without checking much as it was my first car and little did I know that it was a "poorly maintained vehicle". The owner didn't even have a full insurance on it and I didn't bother to check anything like engine health etc. after few weeks of buying (in 2015), it turned out engine oil seals were gone and due to the compact size in the engine bay, the mechanics advised me that I need to remove the engine in order to reach the crank seals (I verified from two places). So I had to remove the engine + gearbox just to replace one oil seal. But as the mechanic advised, I replaced all the engine oil seals and gearbox oil seals because it not worth to remove the engine to put it back just replacing one oil seal costs about 1000 LKR. due to this incident I had to bear huge labour cost. so be mindful. the Kelisa can actually be run cheap. I go to work from Pannipitiya to Colombo 3 and I leave home at 5.30 in the morning due to time zone differences at work. as there is no traffic at that time and when I'm coming back after 9 hours, I get 17kmpl WITHOUT AC (tested so many times). When the AC is switched on it decreases a bit. But I like to roll the window down and drive so I always get 17kmpl. so its very economic. regarding services, you can use Valvoline engine oil (5w30) which costs less than 3000 LKR for 3 Litres and VIC oil filter costs less than 900 LKR. an air filter for Kelisa costs about 1200 LKR. Kelisa comes with a fuel filter embedded inside the fuel pump so that it doesn't require changing regularly unless something is wrong with that. cons are too much vibration/ jerking and the small cockpit if you're a well built person I have a Daihatsu L700 user manual (Base of Kelisa) in Google drive so if you need to look at it let me know I'll give the link. cheers.

With AC off and engine warmed up what is the engine RPM? Does the vibration begin as you apply brake then return to normal (like a momentary dip in RPM) or is it continuous?