Sunday, March 29, 2020

My 15 year old KN filter





Yesterday I removed the KN air filter from my Hyundai Matrix 1.6 2005. The last cleaning was like 3 years ago. 

But anyway, the condition of the filter is still good even though the vehicle already clock up above 200k km. After cleaning...can really felt the difference. So took up for a short sprint..really worth an investment !


Sunday, March 15, 2020

Hyundai Matrix Maintenance 2020

This is new maintenance, in fact it's a follow up maintenance. Can't do all the maintenance in a single day. So it was follow up the following week.

Driver side power window has not been working for quite a while. Found the motor was faulty. The motor cost me RM260...not cheap but this is the 1st time replacing it...hopefully will last for another 10 years. And now all power window are working good.







Driver side drive shaft rubber shear off...spray out all the grease..passenger side drive shaft was ok. Had the CV rubber replace.

And there was engine oil leak, quite a strong leak. Tracing the leak lead to the driven cams. The oil seal has worn off...so 2pcs was replace.





This is after the camshaft driven oil seal replace, the bottom was cleans and I drove about 35km, so far so good.


Overall I''am  happy with the outcome...a few more maintenance to go..central lock, engine mounting and wind screen washer pump.



Coming to due would be the battery, touching 3 year soon


Sunday, March 8, 2020

At 204762km, Hyundai Matrix repair


My Hyundai Matrix 2005 is still going strong, some maintenance have taken place this weekend which cannot be delay any further.

There was oil leaks on the valve cover, it gets worst but due too workload , I don't have the time to replace it. Power steering oil too have some leaks due to the hoses have harden.


And then the clutch pump begin show sign of leaks as intermittent the brake oil sign start to appear. I had to top up the brake oil reservoir every 2 months.


Rear absorber begin to squicks for quite a while and a check found both side leaking. Now a days I don't carry much load at the back, daily drive about 12km... so I manage stretch the replacement for quite a while.


After repair... All looks even better. The ride too was much comfortable




 Here are the work scope
- New Valve Cover Gasket with Plug Seal
- Power Steering Tank Hose and Flushing
- Rear Absorber (L/R)
- Clutch Pump (Lower) Assembly

All parts supplied by the workshop, with labour...all costing RM1200.