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Proton Persona coolant pipe leaking and full radiator replacement

Meter goes up to overheat zone once reached home Us human... Illness and age-related disease will come to hunt us as we grow older everyday and so do the same with cars. My Proton Persona has been with me for 17 years and the engine is still running strong until today which I appreciate it very much. But it was the problem with coolant system this time when the temperature went up while I was driving home from work and I was lucky enough as the engine started to overheat when I reached home. I immediately turn off the engine and go to check the engine bay to see what went wrong where I start to notice smoke is coming up from the gearbox area. The coolant liquid was leaking from the pipe and subsequently contaminated underneath engine mounting. Because of my hobby which likes to troubleshoot and experience things myself, I decided to repair it on the coming weekend during off day. First, I have to remove the air intake system because it is blocking the point of leakage. Then, I spotted ...

Perodua Axia upgrade OEM speaker Mohawk M5 series

Perodua in car entertainment is not acceptable There is one thing that everyone would like to nag about their car and that is sound system. Certainly, speaker is the first item to upgrade because the quality of sound produced rely heavily on them. Up until one moment that I have enough with the stock speaker because it didn't quite sound clear and crispy then I decided to check on the available speaker to upgrade and more importantly I prefer OEM speaker. After a long time of survey I have decided to choose Mohawk brand and the series of speakers is M5  Not because I like BMW M5 though. Ha ha ha! I bought this from a famous car accessories shop in Bukit Mertajam and it retails at RM178 per pair. So both pair is RM356 and actual price is depend on how you bargain with them. The type of speaker I choose is 6-inch 2-way coaxial speaker which means this speaker comes with a small tweeter at the centre because I like sound to be crystal clear and crispy. The speaker build quality i...

Proton Persona clutch pump replacement

Clutch intermittently slip during depressing What is clutch pump and how it looks like? Do you ever wonder how clutch pedal will able to transfer pressure to the clutch plate inside drivetrain? Is it by cable or hydraulic? I thought the clutch inside our car is linked by a cable from the pedal to the actuator inside the engine but I was wrong. Not until my friend told me that I need to periodically check the fluid inside the reservoir to prevent from clutch misoperation which could cause a serious accident if not maintained properly. Now it is about time as I feel that my clutch pump started to slip even though the clutch pedal is fully depressed. What happened is actually the actuator start to gradually engaging the clutch pressure plate as fluid leaks giving the similar occasion as clutch pedal was released gradually. There was once I almost bumped onto the car in front and since then I have stopped driving this car and sort things out immediately.  I was shoc...