When comes to car maintenance, I'm always LATE.
Close friends do know that I'm a car freak n I do care a lot about cars, especially mine.
But somehow, whenever it's time for regular servicing, there must b something bothering me n kept me busy all the time.
N since I've joined a new company, I've got no time for my car's maintenance as I need to follow their regular working hours, just like every1 else unless I applied leave on purpose.
But now, I'm smarter. Instead of sending to the regular workshop that my friend owns, I'll just buy the "stuffs" n get things done @ the workshop located 1 street away from the office.
But this time, I went back to my friend's workshop for servicing my E54.
As I'm no longer a money "leaker", racing oils n over-rated engine oils r no longer on my list, namely Q8, Motul, etc.
Previously I've tried on Shell Helix Hx7 Semi-Synthetic 10W40, I'm totally satisfied with the product. I can feel the engine to b quieter n helps on reducing fuel consumption. N it's cheap in price of coz ;)
I was once a 'fast' person, but somehow as we grew older, we tend to go 'slower'.
But lately, I hav an intention to go faster n faster.
The reason I got slower might b caused by my car-kakis as they're all "kissing" queen's ass (at UK).
N the urge to go faster will most probably b influenced by Joshua Lim, 1 of my PIC (partner in crime). He's always the fast guy as he has a 'heavy right foot' when comes to driving.
So, with this urge of going faster, I've chosen a lubricant that's much suitable for the Ummph!!
After getting comments from several sources which included a fellow colleague from MIS dept, who drives an E54 as well, I've decided on Mobil 1 Fully-Synthetic 5W50.
I'm pretty afraid that the engine oil might evaporate in a short time. It's bcoz I've always chosen 10W40 oils for my car, 5W50 oils might b too thin for the engine as it "got used" to 10W oils.
Evaporate is 1 thing, the most important thing is, the price of the fucking oil is fucking double the previous fucking engine oil that I used!!!
I want no money to b flushed down the drain =.=
But after some times of hesitation, I've decided to stick to my initial plan, the Mobil 1 5W50 it is.
Mobil 1 was claimed to b the most advanced performance synthetic engine oil.
Rally Formula ok, dont play play!!
Well, as usual like other famous engine oils, Mobil 1 claims to contains active cleaning agents that prevent surges build-up, reduces fuel consumption, improve on performance n so on~
Besides, I've had the ATF drained n ATF filter replaced. Genuine Proton ATF were purchased directly from Proton Parts Centre n brought over for replacement.
After the oil change, I've felt the car to b slightly "lighter" as the engine could rev-up easier thanks to the thinner engine oil compound.
Driving as regular, the engine's RPM (revolutions per minute) will increase around 0.8K to 1K.
Which is turn, I need to lessen on the throttle to retain my casual driving speed.
N when the beast in me awakes n started to go fast, the response can b felt in a great degree as compared to the past.
So far so good, I'm fucking satisfied. Just hoping the fucking oil wont fucking evaporate =.=
Oh btw, I've got 2 pieces of GoodYear Eagle F1 bolted on the front wheels.
Zoom off, ciao :)
of delayed Car maintenance
Crap by Wong C. MartiN on Wednesday, April 08, 2009
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