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Continued from last post. So I gladly took that offer. They wanted the chassis number of the car (which I had with me) to be sent with the measurements of the CV joint to the supplier. Finally they found the part and informed that price of a one is Rs.15k and its not HDK as well. Didn't have any other option but to buy them, so ordered two. After few hours I had the parts. It's Chinese I guess, and imported from Dubai. It's a complete kit, The CV joint, Boot, Grease and boot tightening metallic straps. Quality wise it didn't seem bad and the boot was also much better. Its a rubber boot though. The genuine one is not rubber. Remember you Lancer EX owners, if this happened to you, the number of grooves in the CV joint are as follows. Outer - 28 Inner - 30 The important thing is that it is not possible to count the inner number of grooves of the existing CV joint without cutting it open. Once that is done, there is no turning back obviously. So, to remove the CV joint, first part that is holding the ball bearings have to be cut open and the bearings should be removed one by one. Once that is done, the outer cup can be removed. Thereafter you have to carefully cut the part that is fixed to the axel without harming the axel. This is a very delicate job. One mistake, you have to replace the entire axel. This took some time to do. Finally all came out and the new part went in without any trouble. Installed the left CV first and started the right one, surprise, surprise... that boot is not broken. It was some oil and dust which had given the looks of a broken boot. So we greased it and fixed it back. All in all this should have been a few hours job but extended up to 6 in the evening due to the issues stated above. The labour cost was Rs.5k. Now everything is ok. I'm in two minds whether to return the spare CV joint or keep it with me for future use if needed. Have to get the alignment done now. Thats it. So gents, I hope you'll learn from my mistakes if the need comes. Do share your thoughts. Cheers!

Funnily enough, this same fella who posted this on FB group promoted this 580 right here on this forum. Though he had a very fitting username for this specific content. Not laughing at anyone's misfortune or misjudgment, but a good lesson is to do your research before the jump.

Manjula Peiris has a BMW Z4 and a LWB Range Rover. That means they will be having the highest market in the future,not Toyota.

I am very new to cars. I have a vitz 2009 model and its mileage 80000 Km now. When I drive I can feel the gear changing automatically, so I think its time to a gear box repair. So I need to know whether 80K is the normal gear box repair interval or else. If I change gear box oil and wait until 100K? And how much cost to have a gear box repair?

4.CV Joint Replacement If you had read this thread from the beginning, you'd know that the fist repair I did to the car was the CV boot replacement. If not,It is this discussed in this post. Unfortunately the inevitable happened around the third week of December 2019. The replaced boot had torn and somehow gone unnoticed during the service. I noticed the famous taka taka sound one fine day morning during my drive to the office and immediately knew its the left side CV. Sadly it was a very busy time for me hence couldn't find time to have the issue checked and try to sort it out if possible. I ran the car like that for couple of weeks and on January this year took it to Unit#d Mot#rs to have the issued checked out. By that time the noise was so bad I was avoiding the sharp turns as much as possible. After checking, we found that the left side CV boot is torn much it was near to split in to two pieces. So I asked whether they have the part to replace and how much would that cost. While my car was being tested I saw another Lancer EX having its both CV axels removed so I figured this is reasonably costing job. But ladies and gents, I was wrong, I was so f**king wrong. Here is a photo of a right side CV axel which I took at the agent which was ready to be fixed to the above mentioned car. Apparently replacing just the CV joint is not on the agents books. You have to replace the entire CV axel. Now, one axel cost over Rs.170,000/- at the agent. After hearing the price, i could see starts circling over my head. WTF am I supposed to do, I thought to my self. So the obvious next thing was to find out whether there are recon axels to source from the usual Mitsu recon part importers. Unfortunately almost all the guys/places I knew didn't have the part. Finally started looking in to inter webs and found a shop who had just imported two parted out Lancer EXs (Lancer - ES trim) from Australia which claimed that they have the part. The only doubt he had was that the engines of donor cars didn't mach with mine. It was 4B11 and mine is 4A91. I think 4A92 is not offered in Australia and Japan. Explains the difficulty in sourcing recon parts. The name of the shop is 'Alliance Auto Parts'. I suggest you check with the for any body parts and mechanical parts of any type of car as they have a huge stock. Also the owner is a very helpful guy name Nadun. Back to the story, the doubt was correct. The outer grooves of the recon part didn't mach. That was the only axel I found and it too didn't mach. I had a trip to Kandy upcoming by this time and I didn't want to runt the car with an exposed CV joint further more. So decided to have it cleaned up and fix a aftermarket boot as a temporary measure until I locate an axel. Here is a photo of the cleaned CV. This temporary fix was done at my trusted mechanics place. After fixing the new boot I went the Kandy tour and ran it about 800 kms. The taka taka noise persisted throughout. Now you must be wondering why I didn't try to locate only the CV joint from local part importers as replacing CV joint is a common job. Yes I too wanted to look for it but initially I was told all sort of horror stories about replacing just the CV joint which made me to look for the entire axel. I wouldn't wanted to do something which is not recommended by the manufacturer. But as a last resort I had to opt to this. My mechanic was so reluctant to replace just the CV joint I had to fid another one who knew his way around Lancers who was willing to do this job. Fortunately, through a contact in Toyota Lanka I was introduced a Mitsu guy who surprisingly live near my town and was available to do the job. By this time the car was due its regular oil change and I went to Unit#d Mot#rs Hyde Park to get it done. There they showed me that right side CV boot is also leaking and they suspected right side CV is also busted. f**k me side ways right?? I decided to bite the bullet and have both CVs replaced at any cost by this time. So,I contacted 'Wimal Motors' which is located in Moratuwa (These guys are very helpful and their prices are very reasonable . Their return policy is also flexible) to see whether they have the CV joints to be bought. To my surprise they had the parts. One quoted Rs.8k and sold for 7K. Bought 2 for 14K. The brand is HDK and are made in Japan. The shop instructed me to count the inner and outer grooves of the existing CV and match with the numbers of the new one before opening up the package. Above is the package, you can see the numbers 25 & 23. That is the count of outer and inner grooves. So we removed the CV axel last Saturday and counted the grooves. Oh everything was ok, right.. No you guys, It won't work that way. At least for me, these car things will never work out at one go. My CV axel had 28 outer grooves. I should have kept this counted at the time I removed the axel initially but I didn't. So there's a lesson in that for all of us. Called Wimal Motors and took the parts back with the removed axel. Now you would think that they had the part I wanted with them. After searching their books and shop for agonising 15 minutes I was informed that they didn't have the part. But offered to contact their suppliers and have them bought down within few hours if available.. To be continued..

Lol, thanks to this thread, I feel bad for all the people I see on the road driving a DFSK. How quickly people are ready to burn millions of hard earned cash without a simple & free google search.

I know right?☺️

What fun!!!! ?

I am pretty sure one of these days we are going to hear that the oil companies have put a hit out on Gayanath OR have awarded him a billion dollar fortune.

Unicorn? Babe? For a dfcc? ?‍♂️

It was a roadside place in Kandana bro. Known to us for some time. He did a good job though

From what i gather the 320D diesel and the 318i Petrol despite being on the same platform are quite different on account of the drivetrain itself The E46 is quite popular and has quite a following locally Are supercharger failures common on the Mercedes? Those late 90's early 2000's Mercs aren't known for build quality or reliability afaik

No No @Dave8781 it's not the questions - please do feel free to ask away It was more of a general observation about how we as a society operate in relation to the loopholes which surround the laws that govern car related matters here It's a policy failure tbh when you think long and hard about it - a mix of social development issues, economics and geopolitics that govern the access we have to cars in this country

And they call automatic drivers gay! ?

So thats why its makes that *chras* grinding noise when you put a stick in reverse! ?

I may have a similar dilemma myself. I went to see all these vehicles and test drove as well except for the Venue. Venue is out of the question for me and I have already ruled it out. All the other vehicles you have mentioned are better than the Venue in my opinion. MG ZS has gained so much popularity over the past 2 years, people who own the vehicle are hell bent on defending and praising it but you need to keep in mind that it has been in Sri Lanka for only about 2 years, so you never know of its durability. Although, they do offer a 5 year warranty, which is a good thing. When it comes to interior space, none of the others come close to ZS. Since you have kids, you may need to consider that. As cons, it does not have some useful features like automatic climate control, power folding mirrors, Android Auto(if you have an iPhone, then fine). Also a friend who owns an ZS told me that it only does about 6-8 kmpl in city. Kia Stonic has almost everything ZS has, except for the sun roof, driving modes and some other minor features. In addition, the Stonic has power folding mirrors, automatic climate control, Android Auto and Apple Carplay, rain sensing wipers, bi-projection headlamps, which in my opinion are pretty handy during an urban commute and pretty much all the other times as well. My only problem with it was that it does not have much leg room for the rear passengers. It's not horrible, but it's not ideal either. If you are someone who pushes the driver's seat to the back as much as possible, then don't go for this one at all, as people in the back are going to be seriously cramped for space, especially if they are going to be adult passengers. But it would be okay for short commutes. Also the Stonic has a DCT gear box, which are known to have caused so much trouble in some vehicles in creeping traffic conditions. So you would wanna think about that as well. On the other hand, Kia offers a 5 year/150000 km warranty that covers the engine, gearbox, battery etc. so you would probably be okay. Toyota Raize has the smallest dimensions out of the 3, yet surprisingly, it has more room for the rear passenger than the Stonic! It is also taller than the Stonic. If you go for the Raize, then it would be better to go for the Z grade in my opinion. As others have mentioned in this thread, Raize seems to be way overrated. Most of the features they advertised back in November like Display Audio, Navi Ready, Panoramic View, Panoramic Parking are in fact manufacturer options, which means you need to pay extra to have them fitted. If you get the Z grade without any options, you don't even get a display! If you really want a Toyota, then buy the Z grade with Navi Ready package or the Panoramic View package so that you can retrofit a player/display later from Sri Lanka. Even so, it would cost you over 6 million, and in my opinion, it is such a rip off! And being a grey import and all, it's just not worth it. I guess my point is, you cannot have "everything" you are looking for in one vehicle. You would have to make some compromises and you would have to decide which of those compromises would affect you the least.

I’m new to this.so if its been any inconvenience I’ll sincerely apologize.thank you

Has the gearbox oil ever been changed?? If people bother to change fluids on time and carry out periodic preventive maintenance then there should be no need to contend with a large repair at such a low mileage Just because the shifting is a little pronounced jumping to a conclusion that the gearbox needs to be repaired is premature and excessive I feel. As @CNX said, have a sound qualified professional at recognized outfit (the agents even) have a look at it. Don't give them ideas saying the gearbox is broken because people will happily try to sell you a reconditioned box with no mileage provenance if they know you're trigger happy and uninitiated.

You can't predict for another 5 years.Look what happen to the second hand market when raize was introduced suddenly.What if toyota decided to release a better one in the coming years.raize hype will be gone and you loose anyway.If you want to minimize the loss then go with toyota.