Supra_Fanatics
Hm.. cheap thing N used thing, its very different thing. Sometimes ex thing doent means good also. I can be simply overcharge. For cheap thing, depends on how cheap is your cheap. Like pivot volt stab vs Suno power volt stab. Few hundred differents for the samething. Both serve the purpose but the different in output? So negligible and can we say pivot no good? But i must admit, in some certain brand or thing, quality control is really bad
wheres as in used stuff, yes it does have wear and tears but also depends on what thing. Thing like clutch, plug, brake pad, tires, those does have wear off ratio, of course if can and budget allow, you may wan to get new. How about thing like rims, steering wheel, strut bar? Those can almost last you 4ever so at times, its no harm to buy used...
For your aircon case, i can only say its learning cycle. I dare to challenge anyone in this forum, whom just play car that times, never kena chop by dishonest mech or workshop? But then its from there we learn. For example your case, on the 2nd repair, you will know what is the fault and why it spoilt. Then if you're keen learner, you will dig deeper how it works and so on. From there, you learn. No one born genius (maybe there are) but to me, its all about learning path.
Im no mech, but another small fly like the rest of here (but here do have tons of Sifu/gurus). Its all abt learning from each other and prevent kena chop again. At times, what i've been thru, some maybe not the case. So when im sharing here, they will have pre-warn and shoudl it happen to them, they know how to tackle. But beware of keyboard hero though.
If were to compare stock oil cooler and Hayden, of course hayden is better. Its fully made by alluminium hence better cooling whereas the stock pajero type wasnt. But Hayden is not the best, Mocal can easily cost RM1k and above. If you dig deep enough, you will find be able to find some stock car comes with branded alluminium cooler and can be get as low as rm150. I've 2 of it. whahahahaha. Workshop do know what chemical to use for cleaning. Just make sure they do clean it be4 use it for ATF.
no, you most likely wont feel any different. ATF cooler is to prevent your ATF fluid from overboiling. ATF once boiled, you can say bye bye to your gearbox. So its prevention thing. Not all thing we do is for power, at times its for prolong and prevention.
when your car doesnt suffer anything, why go and change gasket? Your friend likely change to thinner gasket which increase compresion ratio which does improve some power. Unless you can find aftermaket performance head gasket for your car else there is nothing you can do. Unless you wan custom made it and if you dont know how and what compression is, most likely you will suffer either power loss or engine kabom.
you dont learn from me. You learn from everyone who contribute in this forum. Basically the fundimental how car works is the same. Just that some Different manufacturer does have their own some different apply here and there. Like some car using superstrut and some car using macpherson system. But you can use some of the Altis member mod here as a guide line. Like fixing this thing does bring improvement and fix that doesnt. You use others plp experince to benefit yourself and this is what zth for.
Tks for the recomendation but i wont go for it. Imagine every top up i need to pour extra rm30, i dont find this is economical and sustainable.