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  1. Dear Experts These days, octane 95 is limited to IOC sheds and Colombo & nearby areas. When we travel to remote areas, it is hard to find 95. What is your latest advises / experiences on using Eco Tablet with octane 92. Does it really increase the octane number? Is there any harmful effect from Eco Tablet to the vehicle? (Using Eco Tablet is very easier than liquid octane boosters. 1 tablet for 25~50L) Thanks in advance.
  2. Dear Friends Octane 95 is not available these days. 1) Have any of you used "STP Octane Booster" with Octane 92 petrol as an alternative? What is your idea about it? 2) What about Soltron. 3) What about Eco Tablet. Thanks in advance.
  3. Dear Friends If I'm not using Idle Start-Stop function of 2017 Japanese Alto, can I use a normal battery instead of a battery specially manufactured for "Start-Stop". Thanks in advance.
  4. Dear Friends I need to buy two tyres for 2017 Japanese Alto. Out of Nexen (Korean) & Nankang (Taiwan) tyres, what would be better? Thanks in Advance.
  5. Dear Friends Recently, I bought a Japanese alto 2017 December (HA36S chassis). It is registered in SL in 2019. 1) Odometer is 32,000. But may be tampered. However, all four tyres are same Dunlop Japanese 2017 year ones. Seems around 50%~60% percent worn. 2) Later, I noticed that RMV sticker had been removed and attached to the file after laminating. So, I guessed that windscreen is replaced, may be due to an accidents. However, I serviced it at a garage and the mechanic told me that there are no signs of a big accident. But both number plates are slightly damaged and there were painting touches in several places including front and rear bumpers. 3) The fan belt seems slightly slipping. 4) Idle Stop indicator in blinking and not working. (It was intermittently working, when I purchased it). Does it due to weakness of the 12V battery? So, what are the maintenance works that you suggest, since I don’t know the history exactly? I have already replaced Engine Oil, Oil Filter, Transmission Oil and Brake Oil. i) A/C Service? ii) Engine Tune Up? iii) Any other things that you suggest? iv) Do you recommend to get it checked at A*W?
  6. Dear Udayasl Thanks for sharing information on your bad experience. This will save a number of people in the future from incidents like this. Since you are a knowledgeable person, you could check the catalog and find the correct part number. But unfortunately, most of the people in SL (even mechanics working in garages) will not be capable of doing this. I have never purchased anything from this company. But I have heard that, if we want to buy an OEM shock, this is the place. However, the actual story is different. Thank you once again, for saving other people including us.
  7. Thanks for the reply. The problem is, an extra effort needed for avoiding those rubbers, plastics, glasses etc.
  8. Dear Friends So far, I have used only Wash & Wax which are easy to use. Therefore, I don't have idea, how to use paste wax and spray wax. When I use paste wax or spray wax, SHOULD I AVOID windscreen, glasses, rubber beadings, un-painted plastic parts etc? Thank you in advance.
  9. Better not to play games your brakes. Get it replaced immediately.
  10. 1) What about D**h car wash and B*i*ol car wash? 2) What about S*R Wash & Wax?
  11. My friend, not to dishearten you, but I think 18.4 is impossible. If you are driving only on express way, it may be. But on normal roads, definitely this figure is wrong. Earlier I had a 2007 Passo and 2018 Vitz. Both were having same Daihatsu 1KR-FE engine. (Old Passo had 4 speed auto gear box and new Vitz had CVT). Average of Vitz was 10.8km/L. The maximum efficiency I got was 17. But it was for a trip from Colombo to Anuradhapura, early in the morning (without any traffic) and with very economical driving (without any hard acceleration etc.). At heavy traffic in Colombo city, it drops even down to 6km/L. As I remember, 2007 Passo had little bit higher efficiency compared to 2018 Vitz. (little bit, not much). Mainly because Vitz is little bit heavier than Passo. I have posted a topic called " This is How to Calculate Fuel Efficiency" on this forum. Perhaps it may be useful for you.
  12. Congratulations Friend. Its very smart looking. How was the price and is this manual or auto?
  13. Thanks for your comment. I think, another method is, we can fill up to the lid. Anyway, it has to be ensured that the car is on a flat, horizontal surface. Sometimes I have heard some people are saying, "that Vitz is doing 15-16 in Colombo and 20 in out stations". Also heard something like "My Alto / Mira is doing 18 in city and 24 in long trips". Most of this kind of words are due to not knowing how to calculate the fuel deficiency correctly. Otherwise, they are telling lies.
  14. Dear Friends This is not a question, but an answer to a question which was not asked. There is another big thread on this forum on "Fuel Efficiency" where large number of members had posted comments on fuel efficiency of their cars. But looking at some comments, we can clearly identify that, some of the members do not know how to calculate the fuel efficiency correctly. That is why I thought of posting this. 1) Get your car full tanked. Take down the current mileage; say M1. 2) Drive the car until fuel level becomes somewhat low. At least below the quarter of the full level. 3) Re-fuel again to full tank and take down mileage M2 and amount of fuel pumped V2. 4) Now, it is clear that, to move the car from M1 to M2, it has consumed V2 amount of fuel. Therefore, the fuel efficiency = (M2 - M1) / V2 There may be some fellows who are not familiar with this algebraic formula. For the ease of them, I will try to explain using a numerical example. 1) Get your car full tanked. Take down the current mileage. Suppose it is 76,369km 2) Drive the car until fuel level becomes somewhat low. At least below the quarter of the full level. 3) Re-fuel again to full tank and take down mileage and amount of fuel pumped. In this time, suppose the mileage is 76,801km and amount of fuel pumped is 45L. 4) Then the distance the vehicle traveled using 45L is 76,801km - 76,369km = 432km. Therefore, the fuel efficiency is 432km ÷ 45L = 9.6km/L. This method gives you the average fuel efficiency between these two fillings. But if you need a further accurate figure, you can extend it to multiple number of fillings rather than two. For example if you had five fillings then the formula will be (M5-M1) / (V5+V4+V3+V2) Please note that the amount of fuel pumped at first filling (V1) is NOT used in the calculation.
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