Kaki Kereta

Sexiest Subaru Forester Model Ads

2012-01-27T18:58:00.002+08:00

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2012-01-25T11:00:00.000+08:00

KAWASAKI ER-6 Naked 2012 Edition

2012-01-21T13:14:00.002+08:00

Fire Truck Vs Flood

2012-01-16T08:34:00.000+08:00

Crazy Lorry Tank Drift

2012-01-15T12:28:00.002+08:00

Kereta Ferrari RM2 juta remuk ketika pandu uji di lebuhraya KLIA

2012-01-15T10:08:00.000+08:00

BEGINILAH keadaan kereta Ferrari F430 yang mengalami kerosakan akibat kemalangan di Lebuh Raya KLIA kelmarin

SEPANG - Sebuah kereta Ferrari F430 yang sedang dipandu uji terbabas mengakibatkan kenderaan bernilai hampir RM2 juta itu remuk di Lebuh Raya Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur (KLIA) di sini petang kelmarin.

Dalam kejadian kira-kira pukul 5.30 petang itu, kereta mewah yang boleh memecut sehingga kelajuan 315 kilometer sejam tersebut dinaiki oleh dua lelaki berusia lingkungan 30-an dari terminal KLIA menghala ke arah plaza tol KLIA.

Difahamkan, ketika kejadian, kenderaan itu menjalani proses pandu uji sebelum diserahkan kepada pelanggannya.

Ketua Polis Daerah Sepang, Supritendan Imran Abdul Rahman berkata, setibanya di Kilometer 6.3 berhampiran tol tersebut, kereta yang dipercayai dipandu laju itu gagal dikawal lalu terbabas ke kiri jalan.

"Kereta itu terlanggar penghadang jalan serta sebatang tiang lampu sebelum terhumban kira-kira 20 meter dari bahu jalan.

"Pemandu dan penumpang kereta tersebut bagaimanapun terselamat dan hanya mengalami kecederaan ringan," katanya ketika dihubungi di sini semalam.

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Rich Car Window Washer

2012-01-13T11:48:00.002+08:00

Myvi 'terbang' atas van

2012-01-12T07:49:00.002+08:00

KOTA BHARU - Ini bukan aksi filem tetapi jeadian yang benar-benar berlaku. Seorang jurujual nyaris maut selepas kereta jenis Perodua Myvi yang dipandunya terbabas sebelum 'terbang' ke atas sebuah van yang diletakkan di tepi jalan.

Ketua Polis Daerah Kota Bharu, Asisten Komisioner Azham Othman berkata, kejadian tersebut berlaku kira-kira pukul 7.50 pagi di Jalan Long Yunus, dekat sini ketika mangsa sedang dalam perjalanan ke tempat kerjanya di bandar ini.

Menurutnya, kejadian tersebut berlaku apabila tayar kiri bahagian hadapan kereta yang dipandu seorang lelaki berusia 30 tahun tiba-tiba pancit menyebabkan dia hilang kawalan.

"Kereta tersebut kemudian terbabas dan merempuh longgokan batu dan pasir sebelum melayang ke atas sebuah van jenis Ford yang diletakkan berhampiran deretan kedai.

"Mangsa yang hanya mengalami kecederaan ringan dibantu orang ramai keluar dari keretanya di atas van itu," katanya ketika dihubungi semalam.-Kosmo

Lesen kenderaan automatik Mei ini

2012-01-11T07:57:00.000+08:00

IPOH - Kementerian Pengangkutan memberi opsyen kepada calon institut memandu untuk memilih kenderaan transmisi automatik dalam sesi ujian memandu mulai Mei ini selaras dengan pengenalan Kurikulum Baharu Pendidikan Pemandu.

Langkah ini akan memberi pilihan kepada hampir sejuta calon institut memandu setiap tahun untuk memilih sama ada memandu kenderaan transmisi automatik atau manual.

Menteri Pengangkutan, Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha bagaimanapun berkata, jika calon memilih transmisi automatik, mereka hanya dibenarkan memandu kenderaan transmisi yang sama selepas memperoleh lesen kelak.

"Hanya calon yang lulus dengan kenderaan transmisi manual dibenarkan memandu kenderaan manual dan automatik,'' katanya kepada pemberita selepas menyampaikan cek sumbangan Magnum IT Sdn. Bhd. kepada 23 pertubuhan bukan kerajaan (NGO) di sini semalam.

Katanya, menerusi pengenalan lesen memandu baharu itu, Jabatan Pengangkutan Jalan (JPJ) akan memantau dan menguatkuasakan undang-undang berkaitan terhadap mana-mana pemandu yang mempunyai lesen transmisi automatik yang memandu kenderaan transmisi manual.

"Sudah tentu ada (tindakan). Semuanya sudah jelas dan pemandu yang ada lesen automatik tidak dibenarkan pandu (transmisi) manual.

"Jika mahu, mereka mesti ambil lesen manual untuk memandu kenderaan kedua-dua transmisi," katanya.-Kosmo

kk: nampaknya dengan terlaksana lesen kenderaan automotik ini, para pemandu lebih mudah untuk mendapatkan lesen dan secara tidak langsung akan meningkatkan penjualan kereta bertransmisi automotik. Kenderaan bertransmisi manual pasti akan berkurangan di pasaran kereta. Saya berharap Proton masih mengeluarkan kereta bertransimis manual kerana kenderaan bertransmisi manual ada peminatnya tersendiri dan kos penyelenggaraannya lebih murah.

Pemandu diuji kereta automatik tidak dibenar pandu kereta manual

2012-01-10T20:24:00.000+08:00

2012/01/10
IPOH: Mereka yang memegang lesen memandu selepas diuji dengan kenderaan transmisi automatik hanya dibenarkan memandu kenderaan jenis itu sahaja mulai Mei ini, kata Menteri Pengangkutan Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha.

Beliau berkata, melalui pelaksanaan sistem baru itu, pemandu yang lulus selepas diuji menggunakan kenderaan manual dibenarkan memandu kedua-dua jenis kenderaan, transmisi automatik dan manual.

"Kita sedang membuat satu rancangan pengubahsuaian terhadap Kurikulum Baru Pendidikan Pemandu siap yang merangkumi ujian menggunakan kereta automatik sebagai satu pilihan.

"Terpulang pada pelajar untuk memilih sama ada mereka hendak diuji dengan kenderaan automatik atau manual untuk belajar.

"Mereka yang diuji kereta manual lesen memandu boleh digunakan untuk memandu manual dan auto manakala mereka yang diuji dengan kereta auto, pemegang lesen hanya boleh memandu kereta auto sahaja," katanya kepada pemberita di sini, hari ini.

Terdahulu, beliau menyampaikan sumbangan cek Magnum IT Sdn Bhd sebanyak RM69,000 kepada 23 badan-badan kebajikan di seluruh Perak.

Sebelum ini, kerajaan mengumumkan cadangan penggunaan kenderaan transmisi automatik bagi ujian memandu yang akan dilaksanakan pada Mei selepas pengubahsuaian terhadap Kurikulum Baru Pendidikan Pemandu siap.
Mengenai pendidikan keselamatan jalan raya dalam mata pelajaran Bahasa Melayu di sekolah menengah, Kong berkata, kerajaan bercadang untuk melanjutkannya sehingga ke Tingkatan Empat bagi mewujudkan satu budaya keselamatan jalan raya di kalangan generasi muda.

Kong berkata, bagi Tingkatan Satu sebuah buku teks yang mengandungi pendidikan keselamatan jalan raya disediakan mulai tahun ini.

"Ini adalah satu usaha kerajaan dan agensi berkaitan termasuk Jabatan Keselamatan Jalan Raya (JKJR) sebagai satu usaha untuk membantu pengguna jalan raya agar lebih bertanggungjawab dan mematuhi peraturan undang-undang jalan raya," katanya.

Pada April 2007, JKJR dengan kerjasama Kementerian Pelajaran memperkenalkan pendidikan keselamatan jalan raya yang diterapkan dalam mata pelajaran Bahasa Melayu, bermula di 1,000 sekolah rendah terpilih. - BERNAMA

Layan Drift Depan Penguatkuasa Makan Diri

2012-01-06T14:36:00.000+08:00

PERIKSA...anggota JPJ memeriksa kenderaan yang diubah suai.

KUALA LUMPUR: Layan drift depan anggota kereta peronda. Begitulah lagak berani seorang pemilik Nissan Silvia yang sepatutnya digunakan untuk pameran kereta seperti seolah-olah mencabar peronda Jabatan Pengangkutan Jalan (JPJ) yang sedang melakukan rondaan di Bandar Tasik Selatan, Cheras.

Bagaimanapun, pemilik kenderaan berusia 24 tahun itu terlupa penguat kuasa JPJ mampu menjejaki kenderaannya berdasarkan nombor pendaftaran digunakan.

Hasil intipan Unit Risikan Operasi JPJ Kuala Lumpur, pemandu kenderaan berkenaan dicekup bersama keretanya itu di rumahnya di Taman Connaught, Cheras kelmarin.

Pengarah JPJ Wilayah, Mohd Nadzri Osman berkata, ketika sepasukan anggota peronda JPJ sedang membuat rondaan di kawasan berkenaan, mereka ternampak sebuah kereta jenis Nissan Silvia berwarna hijau yang diubah suai dan ketika cuba ditahan, pemandu kereta berkenaan sengaja memecut laju.

“Pasukan peronda yang mencurigai mengekori kenderaan berkenaan bagaimanapun pemandu terbabit menunjukkan keangkuhannya dengan mempamerkan aksi drift di hadapan kereta peronda sebelum melarikan diri.

“Bagaimanapun, melalui nombor pendaftaran kenderaan itu, Unit Risikan Operasi berjaya menjejaki kereta itu dan mencekup pemiliknya selain menyita kenderaan itu,” katanya kepada Harian Metro, semalam.

Katanya, siasatan awal mendapati keretanya itu kebiasaannya dipamerkan ketika pameran kereta di ibu kota bagaimanapun cara badan kereta dan ekzos itu tidak diubah suai tidak mengikut spesifikasi ditetapkan.

Beliau berkata, cara pemanduan drift di jalan biasa adalah kesalahan berat kerana ia bukan saja membahayakan pemandu itu sendiri malah pengguna jalan raya lain.

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Kereta 200cc dikeluarkan di India

2012-01-05T09:05:00.000+08:00

PENGARAH Urusan Bajaj Auto, Rajiv Bajaj bergambar dengan kereta 200cc, RE60 di New Delhi semalam.

NEW DELHI - Pengeluar kereta Bajaj Auto di India mendedahkan sebuah kereta berkuasa 200cc yang hanya mengeluarkan 60 gram karbon dioksida bagi setiap kilometer.

Kereta itu yang dinamakan RE60 yang bergerak sejauh 35 kilometer bagi setiap satu liter petrol akan memasuki pasaran kenderaan berharga murah di negara ini.

Namun, harga kereta itu tidak didedahkan oleh Pengarah Urusan Bajaj Auto, Rajiv Bajaj.

Kereta itu untuk dinaiki seramai empat orang yang mempunyai kelajuan 70 kilometer sejam dan berat hanya 400 kilogram.

Ia dibina khas untuk kegunaan pengguna bandar. - AFP

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Proton Tuah P3-21A Interior

2012-01-03T09:18:00.000+08:00

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Proton P3-21A Spotted

2011-12-29T16:58:00.000+08:00

1,055 buah kereta Honda dimusnahkan

2011-12-28T17:09:00.000+08:00

SEJUMLAH kereta Honda yang rosak akibat banjir menunggu untuk dimusnahkan di sebuah loji kereta syarikat tersebut di wilayah Ayutthaya, tengah Thailand semalam.

BANGKOK - Pembuat kereta No.1 Jepun, Honda mula memusnahkan sebanyak 1,055 buah kereta buatannya di Thailand semalam.

Tindakan itu dilakukan bagi meyakinkan para pelanggan bahawa tiada kenderaan yang rosak akibat banjir di negara berkenaan dijual kepada mereka.

Honda dalam satu kenyataan memberitahu, proses memusnahkan semua kenderaan di kilang Honda di tengah wilayah Ayutthaya itu dijangka mengambil masa selama sebulan.

Kilang Honda terletak di Taman Industri Rojanam yang merupakan kawasan yang ditenggelami air pada awal Oktober lalu.

Bencana berkenaan menyebabkan pengeluaran kilang tersebut terpaksa dihentikan manakala gambar-gambar dari udara menunjukkan ratusan buah kereta Honda digenangi air berselut.

"Walaupun kami dapat memindahkan banyak kereta baharu ke kawasan selamat, sejumlah kereta yang ada di kilang ini rosak akibat banjir," kata Timbalan Presiden Eksekutif Honda Automobile Thailand, Pitak Pruittisarikorn.

"Kami tidak menjual kereta yang rosak ini kepada pelanggan, menjual atau mengguna semula sebarang bahagian kenderaan tersebut," tambahnya.

Kebanyakan kereta yang akan dimusnahkan merupakan model kereta sedan saiz pertengahan seperti Honda City, Honda Brio dan Honda Jazz.

Lebih 700 orang terkorban dalam banjir yang menjejaskan 65 daripada 77 wilayah yang terletak di kawasan rendah di Thailand sejak beberapa bulan lalu.

Banjir tersebut turut menyebabkan tujuh taman industri utama terpaksa ditutup sekali gus mengganggu rangkaian bekalan global. - AFP

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All Info and Q&A about Engine Overheating

2011-12-28T09:53:00.000+08:00

Overheats when in heavy traffic or after extended idling

Low coolant level
Bad radiator cap
Bad thermostat
Radiator fan not coming on
Failed head gasket
Water pump impeller corroded

Overheats when driving at speed, or on repeated heavy acceleration

Radiator and/or block internally clogged with rust, scale, silt, gel, or externally blocked with road debris
Bad radiator cap
Bad thermostat
Radiator fins corroded and falling off
Water pump impeller corroded
Lower radiator hose collapsing

Overheats immediately after coming off highway

Radiator fan not coming on
Bad thermostat

Overheats anytime, or erratically

Low coolant level
Bad radiator cap
Bad thermostat
Electrical problem with gauge temperature sender or associated wiring
Radiator fan not coming on

Overheats seconds after the car is started

Electrical problem with gauge temperature sender or associated wiring

Seems to run slightly too hot all the time, gauge sometimes nears the red zone

Radiator and/or block internally clogged with rust, scale, silt, gel, or externally blocked with road debris
Bad radiator cap
Bad thermostat
Radiator fins corroded and falling off
Lower radiator hose collapsing
Radiator fan not coming on

Bubbles in coolant expansion reservoir

Bad radiator cap
Failed head gasket
Failed water pump seal admitting air from suction side

Air in radiator, but expansion reservoir full

Coolant leak
Too much air in system after fluid change
Bad radiator cap
Bad seal between radiator cap and expansion reservoir
Failed head gasket

Low coolant level

Can be caused by many, many things. Among them,
Failed head gasket
Worn water pump seals
Lack of maintenance
Hoses leaking
Radiator core leaking
Radiator upper tank cracked

If the coolant is allowed to get low, the water pump can't circulate it through the radiator at idle, so heat cannot be removed. Normally the pump can circulate even low coolant if the pump spins fast enough, so a low coolant level generally will not cause overheating at speed.

If the low coolant level is accompanied by an expansion reservoir level that's much higher than normal, your rad cap or head gasket is suspect.

Age, or the use of inexpensive silicated coolants will wear the water pump seals rapidly, causing premature leakage.

The water pump has a small "weep hole" in it, and a noticeable drop in coolant level over several months is normal. You need to keep an eye on the level and top it up once in a while.

Air in the system is very bad. Your cooling system is meant to operate with all parts and surfaces completely immersed in coolant, as that's how the anti-corrosion properties of the coolant work. Air equals corrosion. Also, with air in it, the system cannot be pressurized, which is one way boiling is controlled. Boiling (or vaporization of the coolant) is just as bad as a low level.

If the engine starts to overheat at idle, or in heavy traffic, and the gauge goes down when you rev it, the coolant is probably low. Best to check.

Radiator or block internally clogged with rust, scale, silt, gel, or externally blocked with road debris

The radiator is the engine's main heat exchanger. Unless coolant can pass freely through it at the speed the water pump and thermostat want to push it, it can't get rid of the heat it needs to get rid of, and deposits prevent fluid movement.

Any deposits at all in the radiator are bad and are caused by one of more of the following:
Incorrect coolant
Mixing incompatible coolants
Old, corrosive coolant
Use of tap water to mix with aftermarket coolants
When you pull the rad cap off and shine a flashlight inside, the coolant should be transparent (plus whatever color it was

when put in), and the fins should be clearly visible.

If the fluid is murky, brown, smells like rubber, goopy, or if the fins have white, crusty deposits on them, you've got circulation problems, and likely corrosion problems inside the engine.

Old coolant gets acidic and corrosive, and will eat all sorts of internal parts, from your head gasket to the water pump impeller. It also cannot carry heat as effectively as fresh coolant.

Inexpensive silicated coolants (the cloudy stuff) can cause silt to build up in the engine's water jacket as well as the rad, providing an impediment to free flow of coolant. Honda emphatically recommends that you use their coolant and no other in their cars.

Coolant should be changed every two years with a non-silicate, non-borate type. Long-Life coolant is supposed to be good for five years, but I've never personally been comfortable with that. I change mine every two years or less.

Mixing coolants of different formulations can destroy the corrosion-inhibitors, leaidng to rapid corrosion, water pump, thermostat and radiator failure, as well as head gasket problems.

A radiator problem peculiar to Northern regions is external corrosion of the fins. This is caused by winter and road salt, and reduces the fins to a white powder. The fins then crumble and fall off, and once they do, that section of the radiator cannot exchange heat with the outside air. Run your hand gently over the fins at the middle of the rad's core, at the very bottom, under the bumper. If they're crumbly, you'll know.

Warmer areas may suffer from sand, pine needles and other debris embedded in the lower half of the rad, which prevent air movement through the rad and thus impair heat exchanging.

Bad radiator cap

The radiator cap does several things. It seals the system against the outside world (main seal function) keeps the system pressurized when needed, so as to raise the boiling point of the coolant allows excess pressure and coolant expansion to vent to the expansion reservoir (pressure seal function) allows coolant to return to the radiator when the engine cools down (return seal function)

As you may have gathered from the above section, the radiator cap has three seals, any of which may fail independently of the others:

The main seal is the one that seals the cap against the top of the filler neck. Just a rubber gasket that operates just like one on the lid of a pickle jar. Simple and reliable.

A failed pressure seal will allow the coolant to boil at a lower temperature, and coolant will be able to travel freely and foamily to the expansion reservoir. This will cause localized hot-spots inside the engine, which can lead to premature head warpage, and may hasten head gasket failure. It will also cause the rad coolant level to be low, just like a failed head gasket.

A failed return seal will prevent the coolant from returning to the radiator as the rad cools off, causing a vacuum that can collapse the radiator's hoses. This will prevent the coolant from circulating if the hoses don't re-expand as the engine warms up.

A bad rad cap can cause similar symptoms to a failed head gasket, so it's a cheap first step to try before bringing it in.

If you replace the rad cap and you still have bubbles in the coolant (or foam in the reservoir), then suspect the head gasket.

If the engine starts to overheat at idle, or in heavy traffic, and the gauge goes down when you rev it, the coolant is probably low.

Moreover, a neglected cooling system can load up the cap with crud and corrosion, preventing proper coolant flow in and out through it. Peel the seals back with your fingernail to check for goop. If you find any, a blast with a garden hose and probing with a toothpick should clear most of it out.

But anyway, a new rad cap is less than $20. Make a habit to change it every 5 years, just in case. It's pretty important.

Bad thermostat

This part is the traffic cop that controls when the coolant is allowed to circulate and when it isn't. It's the device that's meant to quickly allow the engine to warm up to its design temperature, but no hotter than that.

Thermostats can stick shut or open, get lazy, or fail to open at the correct temperature. Depending on how and when they fail, they will cause either overheating or underheating. Overheating usually happens when the thermostat fails to open, or fails to open enough. If it fails to close, the engine will run too cool, causing all sorts of other problems.

A cooling system full of rust, scale, silt, or gel will interfere with the thermostat's operation, causing even more cooling problems. Gunk can plug up the thermostat, causing overheating, or make it stick open, causing underheating.

Incorrect installation of the thermostat (can be done, even by professionals!) will also interfere with thermostat operation.

Normally mounted in the top of the lower rad hose in modern cars, the thermostat senses engine heat in the coolant. It is supposed to open up when the coolant in the block has warmed up enough, allow the cooled coolant in the rad to flow into the block, pushing the hot coolant from the block into the rad.

When the thermostat is closed, a small bypass hose allows coolant to circulate through the engine block, around the business end of the thermostat, through the water pump, and back around again. This keeps block temperature even, and helps the thermostat warm up as well. Once the thermostat opens, the bypass is closed off by means of a special extension on the bottom of the thermostat.

Aftermarket thermostats are highly associated with overheating and underheating. Most car require 78C (172F) thermostats (that's the opening temperature). Too many aftermarket thermostats are wrongly rated for your car and are poorly made.

Your emissions system may not work correctly with a different rating installed. In addition, some aftermarket units lack a bleed hole, the absence of which can trap air and lead to overheating.

Changing it every 5 years is excellent preventative maintenance.

Electric fan not coming on

The engine's heat is removed from the coolant through the radiator. When you drive, the motion of your car is enough to push sufficient air through the radiator to effect proper cooling, but when you are stopped, or moving slowly in heavy traffic, your radiator needs help. This is what the fan does: It pulls air through the rad when the rad isn't moving.

The problem is that, in order to work, it needs to be turned on. There are various fuses, sensors, switches, relays, and several yards of wiring and connections concerned with turning the fan on, and they do go bad. The fan motor itself is very robust, and rarely goes bad.

The fan switch is immersed in coolant. When the coolant gets hot enough, the switch closes, and grounds either the fan itself, or a relay, which then provides power to the fan.

In some cars, if the coolant in the rad is too low, the fan switch may not be fully immersed in coolant and would thus sense a false temperature and not switch the fan on. Some cars have the fan switch deep at the bottom of the cooling jacket, others have it higher up. Higher up is more prone to this issue. Keep in mind that all but the very newest caruse two Wiring and connectors on older cars begin to corrode and break down, which cause their own headaches.

Older car, have no relay for the fan switch. The switch simply grounds the fan, allowing current to flow, and the fan to come on. (The fan itself still has a relay though.)

Newer car use a relay to help insulate the switch from having to carry the full current that the fan's drawing. The idea is to help the switch last longer, but the downside is a bit more complexity and more parts to fail.

Failed head gasket

When the gasket goes, typically the first thing that happens is that combustion chamber gases are pumped into the water jacket. You will see this as bubbles in the expansion reservoir. This will quickly lead to low coolant level in the engine, and overheating at idle, even if the fan comes on, since the water pump can't move the coolant around properly any more.

If the engine starts to overheat at idle, or in heavy traffic, and the gauge goes down when you rev it, the coolant is low.

The symptoms are similar to a failed rad cap. If you top up the rad, replace the rad cap and the problem persists, the head gasket is definitely questionable. To confirm this, a garage can apply a pressure test (NOT a "compression test"), where air is blown into each cylinder in turn until the technician sees bubbles in the radiator. If no bubbles are seen, the problem is elsewhere, such as an external leak.

This can be accompanied by an expansion reservoir level that is much higher than normal, and which does not go down once the engine cools off.

If you choose to simply add fluid and ignore the issue, eventually oil and coolant will begin mixing together, and coolant will get sucked into the combustion chamber. Ignoring this is a good way to toast a perfectly good engine. Get it fixed early and there will be no further issues.

Bad seal between radiator cap and expansion reservoir, or too much air in system after fluid change

When coolant expands, it needs to go someplace temporarily so it doesn't burst hoses or blow the rad. The expansion reservoir is where it goes.

The fluid pushes out of the pressure seal in the rad cap, and travels down the skinny rubber hose at the filler neck to the expansion reservoir.

As the engine cools off after you shut it down, the return seal in the cap opens up, and the coolant is sucked back in through that same rubber hose.

If the reservoir has run dry, the amount pushed out may not be sufficient to cover the bottom of the reservoir's intake pipe, leaving the system unable to pull the coolant back in, so you'll end up with air in the rad, and resulting loss of pressure. If the rubber hose is disconnected or split, the expanded coolant may end up on the road instead of the in the reservoir, leading to the same situation. And air in your rad is a bad thing.

If you've just changed the coolant, there will be some air trapped that will work its way loose back to the upper radiator tank. If there is a lot, there will be too much for the expanded coolant to push all the way into the reservoir. What this means is you'll have a situation similar to that immediately above, where the engine will be unable to suck in coolant from the reservoir. When you change the coolant, take the car for a drive after. Let it cool down, then check the rad for air. Top it off, do the same thing the morning after the next drive, and you should be OK from then on.

Regular checks of your coolant level, both in the expansuion tank and the rad, are important in any case.

Lower radiator hose collapsed

If you're using genuine hoses, you'll never see this problem unless your rad cap has gone bad and won't allow coolant back into the engine.

When the water pump is turning, it's sucking water through the thermostat and the lower rad hose. That suction can cause the same sort of hose collapse as you get in a drinking straw when you try to suck a thick milkshake through it. If the hose is insufficiently reinforced on the inside, it can get sucked flat and coolant flow will stop. When you let off the pedal or shut the car off, the hose pops back to normal. If you use aftermarket hoses, not all of them will be of high quality, and may be prone to this phenomenon.

To check for this, rev the car hard with your hand on the throttle in the engine compartment, and watch the lower hose. If it doesn't collapse, it's probably fine.

This can also happen as the car cools off, if the rad cap return seal has gone bad.

Water pump impeller corroded

The only time you'll ever see this is if

you're using a low-quality aftermarket water pump, or
you've mixed incompatible coolants, or
the coolant has never, ever been changed.
If the impeller is gone or much reduced in size, coolant can't be pumped into and out of the rad, so it will boil and overheat.

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Real Transformer

2011-12-28T08:14:00.002+08:00

Kancil 4X4

2011-12-21T14:49:00.001+08:00

Ini adalah salah satu modifikasi yang agak menarik yang dilakukan terhadap Perodua Kancil. Modifikasi yang dilakukan agak kemas dan tidak kelihatan janggal kerana hampir menyerupai kenderaan pikup 4x4.

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Tip Penjagaan 'Windscreen' Kereta

2011-12-21T09:13:00.000+08:00

Memandangkan sekarang sudah tiba musim hujan, penglihatan pemandu pada waktu hujan boleh menjadi terhad disebabkan oleh 'windscreen' atau cermin hadapan kereta yang tidak dijaga. Ramai yang tidak tahu penglihatan yang kabur semasa hujan bukan saja disebabkan oleh getah 'wiper' yang sudah keras tetapi boleh juga disebabkan oleh debu-debu halus yang melekat di permukaan 'windscreen' menjadikan permukaannya terasa kasar.

Contoh cermin hadapan yang kabur. Sumber: Google Images

Jika ini terjadi di kereta anda, apa yang anda perlukan hanyalah 'rain repellent' untuk membersihkan cermin hadapan anda dan ia akan bertindak sebagai satu lapisan kalis air supaya air tidak melekat di cermin hadapan anda. Harga sebotol dalam sekitar RM6-RM8 bergantung kepada saiz dan jenama.

Perbezaan setelah menggunakan 'rain repellent'. Sumber: Google Images

Cara penggunaanya amat mudah, anda hanya perlukan titiskan 'rain repellent' ke atas cermin hadapan dan sapu rata dengan menggunakan tisu bersih selepas anda membasuh kereta. Anda boleh ulang semula bila cermin hadapan anda sudah mula kabur.

Proton Wira Makeover Finished

2011-12-20T07:53:00.000+08:00

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Proton Makeover Ad

2011-12-18T15:52:00.002+08:00

Drift Car Passenger

2011-12-15T23:27:00.001+08:00

Coke and Mentos Rocket Car

2011-12-15T16:29:00.000+08:00

Lagi Gambar Proton Makeover No.2 Proton Wira

2011-12-15T07:13:00.001+08:00

Nampaknya proses makeover oleh R3 keatas Proton wira milik Sashideran Radha Krishnan berjalan dengan lancar dan hampir siap. Kemasan kulit di atas 'dashboard' amat menarik dengan jahitan warna biru sesuai dengan penampilan warna kereta. Saya rasa pihak R3 membuat kerja yang bagus dalam menaik taraf kereta lama seperti baharu.

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Proton Makeover No. 2 - Proton Wira

2011-12-13T10:43:00.000+08:00

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