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  • pacheck nyo na muna yan sir. mahirap yan lalo pagnamatayan ka while hanging then try nyo yung steep climb sa likod ng cybergate
  • tune up?
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  • guys pa advice naman

    kapag pini pindot ko ang horn button via steering wheel. sometimes working some times not working

    when i do repeat it several times the horn will work after several tries.

    innova 2003 model po

    thank you in advance
  • question mga paps ito kasi lumabas sa pag scan ng fiesta s 2011 ko



    dati nag overheat ito at tinanggal ang thermostat para daw di na maulit. tapos nag check engine after few months tapos yan ang na scan, ang suggestion sakin sa talyer is bumili ng sensor at thermostat tapos ikakabit ulit.

    bakit sa pinas karamihan ng mga talyer eh tinatanggal ang thermostat?

    -- edited by milesdsc on Dec 20 2017, 05:05 PM
  • bakit sa pinas karamihan ng mga talyer eh tinatanggal ang thermostat?

    di daw kailangan kasi mainit naman daw sa pilipinas. lol
  • di daw kailangan kasi mainit naman daw sa pilipinas. lol


    Well oo may point din naman sila haha. Ang problem na trigger yung check engine light..
  • salamat sa mga reply nyo sa previous page. pareho kami ng nararanasan ni monching. galing kasi ako ng chapel on the hill last weekend. ang lalim kasi nun eh. sing tarik din siguro nung sa sbucks. pinatay ko na aircon para makaakyat. mukang kailangan nga ng tune up nung sasakyan
  • Well oo may point din naman sila haha. Ang problem na trigger yung check engine light..

    it actually doesnt help na bumilis uminit ang makina (hot climate natin). mas matagal pa nga warm up time lalo sa mga medyo may edad nang sasakyan.

    "effective" lang yang tanggal-thermostat sa mga pampasadang jeep, bus, at taxi na di pinapatay ang makina.
  • it actually doesnt help na bumilis uminit ang makina (hot climate natin). mas matagal pa nga warm up time lalo sa mga medyo may edad nang sasakyan.

    "effective" lang yang tanggal-thermostat sa mga pampasadang jeep, bus, at taxi na di pinapatay ang makina.


    Hmm speaking of long drives.. nagbabalak kami mag La Union, with this condition na ibabalik ang thermostat at aayusin ang sensor... mas ok bang wala ang thermostat? TIA
  • Kinagat nang Daga yung wiring nang sasakyan ko sa engine. Buti nalang 1 wire lang nadale, ni DIY ko nalang para maikabit. Ano po suggestion nyo para maiwasan ito?. TIA!.
  • Hmm speaking of long drives.. nagbabalak kami mag La Union, with this condition na ibabalik ang thermostat at aayusin ang sensor... mas ok bang wala ang thermostat? TIA

    possible mag limp mode yung ECU. not sure though. better 100% condition ng auto lalo ganyan kalayo.
    Kinagat nang Daga yung wiring nang sasakyan ko sa engine. Buti nalang 1 wire lang nadale, ni DIY ko nalang para maikabit. Ano po suggestion nyo para maiwasan ito?. TIA!.

    exterminate the mickey mouse.
  • Ano po suggestion nyo para maiwasan ito?


    Nag-alaga kami ng pusang pinoy hehehe.
  • Dun sa mga nagdududa tungkol sa SUA ng montero, eto basahin niyo:

    <click here for link>

    Montero na naman.... nag SUA daw... isipin niyo kung bakit sa dinami dami ng sasakyan sa EDSA Shaw tunnel na dumaan dyan, bakit Montero lang nagkaroon ng ganyang problema.
  • @milesdsc - I suggest to replace the thermostat. The previous reason kung bakit ka nagoverheat maybe a faulty thermostat that's stuck closed. The thermostat's job is to keep the engine in the correct operating temperature in any situation. The reality is, it is in standstill or stop-and-go traffic where out engines run hottest. So in essence if your thermostat is rated to open at 80deg C, open yan in stop-and-go situation. Actually coolant temps can reach 100deg in traffic and your temp gauge would still read this as normal (meaning no deviation sa gauge).

    It is when you're cruising on either traffic-free EDSA or sa highway where coolant temp drops. This also where your thermostat will work. If your coolant temp drops below 80deg, the thermostat will close to keep the engine in optimal operating temperature. So if you don't have a thermostat in place you're running an overcooled engine, when this happens, the ECU will stay in closed loop mode and your fuel mileage will decrease. Overcooling can also have a effect on your oil's viscosity as it also doesn't reach its desired working range.

    @redwing - C'mon! You know cars. You work on cars. Don't tell me naniniwala ka sa SUA?

    -- edited by BlackSG5 on Dec 21 2017, 08:43 PM
  • @redwing - C'mon! You know cars. You work on cars. Don't tell me naniniwala ka sa SUA?


    e bakit montero lang yung nag SUA dun? di ko lang nabasa, napanood ko din yung report sa TV.... pati yung video mula sa motor cyclist na kasama sa report...

    so question is, bakit montero lang nag nagkakaganito dito? dont tell me na driver error ito? traffic tapos magkakamali kang pindutin ang gas pedal kesa sa brake pedal?

    ..... habang tinatahak ang edsa shaw underpass in absolute traffic? traffic so madalas nakatapak ka sa preno niyan.... so bakit bigla na lang tatapakan mo yung gas pedal, e, matic ang madalas na binibili na montero?

    automatic creep yan kapa nasa 'drive' o 'D' ang gear selector? Kelangan mo lang tapakan ang brake pag matrapik para mag creep to keep the safe distance...

    buti sana kung nakatigil ang sasakyan tapos nakatapak ka sa preno, bibitawan mo yung preno para tapakan ang gas, pede mangyari ang drive error katulad dun sa mga naunang report ng SUA.... madalas nasa parking lot sila tapos bigla na lang sisibat ang montero pag lagay sa D....

    e, ito slowly creeping forward, ergo, nakatapak yung driver sa preno at mabagal ang andar nila.... di niya kelangan tapakan ang gas at mabagal ang takbo nilang lahat (parati naman mabagal ang takbo basta umabot ka sa tunnel na mismo, e...).
  • @redwing - I don't want to get into a long debate about this topic because this is not the proper thread for it and don't want to be responsible for the closure for it. You have your reasons, and I have mine. Let's just agree to disagree. No offense was meant for you, I was just surprised that you believe in it.
  • No offense was meant for you, I was just surprised that you believe in it.


    Its not just that I believe it, I tend not to but it just does not make sense as a car driver to do what mitsubishi is saying about the SUA issue.... which is human error, and in a case like this where common sense is used when driving slowly...

    and partly is because Mitsubishi has a history of not acting on vehicle faults from as far back as the 1980s.... 1990s: Tokyo police raided the MMC headquarters and found about 20,000+ consumer complaints dating back to the 1980s regarding their vehicles.... which they never acted on. This was just after mercedes purchased Mitsubishi and this raid sent the stock prices tumbling down.... bad move and bad timing mercedes...

    I think this was the link I read before: <click here for link>

    ... and apparently they were raided again in the early 2010s as well..... damn they never learn.

    new raid: <click here for link>

    so, I would be leery about mitsubishi denying something is wrong when one of their products malfunctions.... repeatedly.

    Toyota had a SUA issue before and what they did? Recall... stopped the issue dead in its tracks.
  • One more link about the report on those suspected car faults that Mits said they hid for the past 20 years prior to 2001:

    <click here for link>
  • which is human error, and in a case like this where common sense is used when driving slowly...


    Well it does happen. Yung mom ko a couple of years ago did it. In a manual car pa. Nabangga niya pader. Nabigla daw siya sa clutch then akala daw niya preno inapakan niya. I know it sounds stupid, that's why people tend to either deny it (due to embarrassment), or they wholeheartedly believed that brakes naapakan nila. What I wish they would put in cars is a datalogger, kinda like a black box.
  • What I wish they would put in cars is a datalogger, kinda like a black box.


    you can track realtime data using a computer, a compatible software and a compatible obd 2 cable on your car nowadays.... but specific datalogging software on the ecu without an external computer, I doubt they have any form of capability apart from F1 cars and rally cars.
  • Actually, there are wireless plugin obd 2 dataloggers out there.... but still nothing built in to the ecu.
  • so question is, bakit montero lang nag nagkakaganito dito?


    Nope. Hyundai and Chevrolet meron din pero sa ibang bansa.
  • guys pa advice naman regarding sa busina


    pa up po

    guys pa advice naman

    kapag pini pindot ko ang horn button via steering wheel. sometimes working some times not working

    when i do repeat it several times the horn will work after several tries.

    innova 2003 model po

    thank you in advance
  • @milesdsc - I suggest to replace the thermostat. The previous reason kung bakit ka nagoverheat maybe a faulty thermostat that's stuck closed. The thermostat's job is to keep the engine in the correct operating temperature in any situation. The reality is, it is in standstill or stop-and-go traffic where out engines run hottest. So in essence if your thermostat is rated to open at 80deg C, open yan in stop-and-go situation. Actually coolant temps can reach 100deg in traffic and your temp gauge would still read this as normal (meaning no deviation sa gauge).

    It is when you're cruising on either traffic-free EDSA or sa highway where coolant temp drops. This also where your thermostat will work. If your coolant temp drops below 80deg, the thermostat will close to keep the engine in optimal operating temperature. So if you don't have a thermostat in place you're running an overcooled engine, when this happens, the ECU will stay in closed loop mode and your fuel mileage will decrease. Overcooling can also have a effect on your oil's viscosity as it also doesn't reach its desired working range.



    Very informative bro. Last time this happened, napalitan yung thermostat then nag overheat ulit. Kaya yung mekaniko tinaggal permanently. Ngayon ko palang malalaman if effective ang pagpalit sa sensor and thermostat.
  • The agency said the accidents were not due to SUA but because of defective pedal displacement design. The DTI decision was not yet final after Mitsubishi filed a motion for reconsideration

    eto din paniniwala ko. there is a design flaw, pero there is also human intervention.
  • hindi ba pwedeng patayin ang makina kapag nangyari yung pag high rev sa AT?
  • ^

    I think yung ibang victim di na magawa yan due to that time siguro they're in the state of shock sa nangyari.
  • @redwing - I think it's cost and regulation that's preventing manufacturers placing telemetry recorders onto cars. Kung iisipin mo the hardware is there na for the throttle. There's crash sensors na rin from the SRS system. sa brakes na lang kailangan lagyan ng potentiometer. Airplane black boxes use magnetic tape to record data kasi in case of the box being submerged in water, recoverable pa din ang data, pero in cars, a simple flash storage can do the job na and can be easily be added inside the ECU or a small separate module. But it's an additional cost for the manufacturers. Since it's not being mandated by law to have one in every car, then they're not obliged to add them.

    milesdsc - Maybe removing the thermostat is just a band aid solution to an underlying problem in your cooling system? In what situation ka ba nagoverheat noon? High speed or idle/traffic? Di kaya blown na ang head gasket mo but is being compensated by thermostat removal?

    Another point could be, are you really overheating? Does the Fiesta have a temp gauge or does it have, what is common nowadays, just a light to tell you of engine overheat? Our Toyota Innova had this problem before where the temp gauge would shoot up to almost overheat, but upon checking the cooling system, it's not really overheating. How do I know it wasn't overheating? I could easily remove the coolant cap and the system was not in very high pressure. In other words everything was normal. We sent it to Toyota and it stumped them too. Flushed coolant, changed water pump. Same pa din. They changed the instrument cluster. Ayos! Baka ganyan din problem mo, probability might be small but it does happen. And if you're changing sensors, most EFI systems have 2 or more coolant temp sensors. One sensor will be read by the ECU and another is for the temp gauge in the cluster.

    The reason why you're having that code is that the ECU reads your coolant to be too low and thinks that the thermostat will not open at that temp. Hence the check engine light.
  • @n_icis

    kapag pini pindot ko ang horn button via steering wheel. sometimes working some times not working

    Baka may loose lang na wiring/ screw sa loob
    If confident ka mag diy, remove mo na lang yung middle part ng steering wheel, 2 screws/ bolts lang naman yan usually

    Remove mo na lang yung battery before doing it, para sure na hindi mag engage yung airbag