130k Service..

I have been so busy lately and hardly had time for myself. With work and outside work stuff, things on the car has definitely got the e-breaks ON! Also on top of that, what ever extra cash i have is strictly for savings only as the wedding bells are not too far along and the bank balance arnt looking so good.

Even with all that back in Feb 2014, the moose was schedule to have its fluids change at 130 000 kilometers. Shocking i know as i actually clocked 30k so fast since i bought the car, considering that i usually use my bike for work and the car is only for the weekend.

I will usually bring the moose to my regular place in USJ, but ever since my last visit at MRZ for the wheel bearing replacement, im actually happy with his service. This guy is actually an ex-federal auto mechanic and an enthusiast to volvo cars. He definitely knows his way around the S40 in particular and has seen it all in Volvo cars.

This time, it was just a change of fluid with the regular Castrol EDGE TITANIUM 5W-40 SN. 5.5L needed to be filled into its oil tummy hence 2 bottles are required, lucky for me, i had balance from the previous service.

Also along with it was the OEM Oil Filter as well. The only thing i did like about the service is the fact that they sucked out all the oil as oppose to draining it out. Some may say its the same thing but to me, only by draining it out you will get all the old oil out.

As you can see, its a trusted place for S40 in particular.

Damage:

Oil: RM 200
Oil Filter: RM 40
Labor: RM 20 i think...

Service of 120k km 24/08/2013

Kinda backdated but what the hell..a blog is a blog :)

Seeing my to do list was getting longer and longer this service i decided to knock off some items from it..

Here is the list

1. Castrol Fully Sys (lucky had balance from the old bottle so no need to buy 2 --> RM220

2. Volvo Original Oil Filter - RM 45

3. Steering Rack Cover (Driver Side) - RM 105

4. Toyota ATF (I was told its the best alternative) - RM 145

5. Drive Belt (Since i was changing the tensioner) - RM 195

6. Belt Tensioner - RM 275

7. Front O2 Sensor - RM 650

To reset CEL - RM 45

Labor - RM 180

And total burnt = RM 1860

on top of that an additional charge for using my card so in total = RM 1906

The charge of using the card to pay should actually be paid by the merchant legally but they are conveniently charging it to their customers..sigh

Post Service - Well the CEL came back on after some time with the same error so im really getting pissed off now with this issue. Starting to think this workshop is unable to solve this issue but more of trial and error arghh..

On top of that i had to do alignment for the front as the shocks were removed to help with installing the rack cover. Took it to a shop recommended by Wyn as well and did it for all 4 tires. The prize that i got now i there is a new noise coming from the rear of the car that sounds like bearing...and bingo it is bearing.

You would think that after spending so much of your hard earned $$$ to actually solve all the issues and make the car as perfect as possible but one by one it is testing me, hmm no worries i still can hold it together.

so now back to the list:

Next things to fix/do:

1. Front Lambda Sensor 

2. Steering Rack cover 

3. Belt Tensioner 

4. Service AC

5. Suspension

6. Bushing

7. All parts related to its arms and suspension

8. Rear passenger power window = RM 1 000 (Better find a used one from the halfcut shop)

9. Tint

10. Multimedia system

11. Rims + Tyre

12. Painting = RM 1500 +- (Hopefully 1 layer of paint will do the job)

13. AC fan

14. Rear wheel bearing

15. HID

16. LED Lights 

Item 13 & 14 is on priority and need to keep checking why the CEL keeps coming on..