Good service is a must.....

I went to service my Evo at Cruise Power Garage yesterday morning. It was time to change the engine oil for my car and where else to go except MLOC's recommended workshop for Evos? I didn't realize that it was a public holiday (DYMM's birthday) and I reached there about 10:20am and was surprised to find that it was closed. Shit... I called Ah Kit and fortunately, he told me that his workshop is open that day but he is just running a little late. Phew...

Anyway, he opened up the workshop and asked me to drive my car in and so I did. As he was trying to find a "place" to jack up my car, we both found out that my car is a little too low. The only place for the jack to go in was from the driver side but when he jacked it up, it was pressing against my side skirts, threatening to crack it. Shit!!!

The only solution was to use wood and so I reversed my car and then he laid a piece of wood for my front right tire to "elevate" it a little higher. I drove my car in again and my right tire was now 1 inch higher. Guess what? It's still too low... Crap...

Front right tire on a piece of wood

Fortunately, there were a few more pieces of wood so Ah Kit placed one piece of wood which is about 1.5 inches thick on top of the jack before jacking my car up. This time it worked.

A jack stand was also used for additional support. You can also see the piece of wood also.

It was wierd to see my car tilted to one side. I was silently praying it doesn't erm... flip... yeah... i got crazy imaginations...

Wow... the engine oil is... sooooooooo black and thick. Guess I made the right call to change it else I'd be killing my engine internals...

As I wasn't gonna track the car, I didn't have to use the 300V so 6100 Synergie 15w-50 is sufficient to keep my engine internals healthy. Lucky me as the price difference between the 2 oils is at least RM 160 and above...

Making sure gravity does its job of draining every single drop of the Motul oil into my engine block.

My Evo's heart, the mighty 4G63T... has got new blood in it... or should I say oil... lol... The previous owner did a great job here, using a lot of goodies and also colour coding the engine bay... I like... ^^

Lest you think that this workshop only works on Evos, it doesn't as there are other cars in his workshop. His other worker was working on a perdana while there is a Vios also and jack stands further inside the garage. Ah Kit, the owner is a very friendly guy and is very forthcoming with ideas on car care. Its pretty hard to find a workshop owner who gives advice freely and doesn't rush/force you into changing this and that in order to make more money from you.

If you stay near kuchai lama/happy garden/sri petaling area and wants to find a reputable workshop to fix/maintain your car, you can call Ah Kit at 012-610-7616.