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I had 2 cars while I was in UK namely Ford Mondeo 2 ltr hatch & Rover 416. Mondeo was 12 years old & Rover was 9 years old when I bought them. God knows when they had their last oil/filter change befor me & I also never changed anything for good 2 years (those who live/lived in UK are aware of the coast & that was the reason for me also). This forum is all about good, decent motoring & I'm not telling anyone to follow me but sometimes I cant help thinking we, SL motorists including self do too much unnecessary oil/filter changes. I used to travel all over the UK with these two cars without any trouble for 2 years. In SL I do change oil & filters’ regularly using BP oils & my experience is BP better than Mobil.

what is "an oil catch tank"?

If I'm not mistaken lowest grade, rather standard grade available in UK is 95 & higher option is 98 where in SL we have 3 options 90/93/95. BTW how do we know it's really 95? I'm sure there are strict regs to prevent any wrong doings by filling station owners but... I trust Laugfs @ Kandy & I almost always fill up from there.

All following links from AL itself. I'm sure you can find more. http://forum.autolanka.com/index.php?s...390&hl=fb15 http://www.cars-directory.net/specs/nissan/sunny/

You should you the correct octane grade fuel specified for your engine by the maker & I’m sure it’s 95 octane for your car. It should be in the owner’s manual but problem is it’s very unlikely to have an English owner’s hand book for a Japan used car. FYI my previous Ford Mondeo had a Fuel octane adjustment procedure in case if it should occur that you refuel in an emergency with a lower octane fuel rating than is specified 95 octane. This allows the lower grade fuel to be used instead of 95 octane by automatically retarding the ignition timing. This is strictly for emergency use & should change back to correct grade fuel ASAP. Some Indian made care engines are design for 90 octane & there’s no point pumping higher grade duel for such cars. You might need to retune your engine for 95 for optimum results. I always use 95 octane & not sure about the mileage but certainly the performance is much better with 95 than 90. I recently noticed 93 octane grade also available at IOC filling stations. Any comments from experts..?

I got a Japanese Alto as my second car. Indian Alto got 800cc & on some models 1100 cc engine. Japanese version got 660 cc & also 660 CC turbo. Mine is 660 cc non turbo & I feel it is seriously underpowered for that size. Jap version got auto/manual transmission and afaik no auto transmission for Indian model. Both all are very economical but not very comfortable as any other car on our roads & definitely not the car for frequent long distances. My average consumption is 12-14 km/l city & 18 km/l (checked just once) long distance. Spares are plenty for both models without a doubt. For the price of recondition Japanese car you can go for a brand new Indian & resale value is obliviously better with Jap. Both models are easy to maneuver on our congested roads & easy to park.

I’m planning to cut & polish my car. I checked few places in/around Kandy & charges are from 1.5 k to 3.5k depending on the product they use. 3M products are expensive & available at most places. Came across a joint using Würth/ Car plan products & they quote the least price. If anyone here has had a cut and polish done recently please share your views, suggestions & recommendations. Many thanks.

I agree about M*G.

I also drive a FB 15 & got some experience about tuning. Recommended idle is about 748 rpm. But when the engine temperature is low it maintain higher rpm about 1100 until engine reach to it’s ideal temperature. During this period obliviously you need some extra effort to keep the car still. I said extra because even with recommended idle you need breaks to stop the car & that very norm for A/T.

SOHC refers to Single Overhead Camshaft. In the days before DOHC, it was known as OHC, with no need to differentiate between a single or double camshaft. In SOHC, the camshaft is situated in the cylinder head, above the valves. The valves are opened and closed either directly with a shim between the cam lobe and the valve stem, or via a rocker arm. SOHC engine valve configurations typically have 2 or 3 valves per cylinder. It is also possible to have 4 valves per cylinder using SOHC but this translates into a complicated combination of rocker arms and cam lobe shapes. An example would be the 4G92P in my car which is a SOHC but has 4 valves per cylinder. DOHC refers to Double Overhead Camshaft. This arrangement uses two camshafts in each cylinder head. Two cams per cylinder head means that a DOHC V engine has 4 camshafts because it has 2 banks of cylinder heads. This allows the manufacturer to easily implement a 4 valve per cylinder setup. Most of the time it also allows the engine to rev higher. It also allows better placement of the valves in an optimized setup that gives you maximum performance. But the disadvantage of such a setup is more weight, more cost and more complexity. It takes more stuff to drive two camshafts. The main reason to use DOHC is to drive more valves per cylinder. If a SOHC setup can allow 4 valves per cylinder, having a DOHC engine will not bring that much benefits over SOHC and the additional weight becomes a burden instead. DOHC engines also allows the spark plug to be placed right in the middle of the combustion chamber. This promotes efficient combustion. With SOHC, the camshaft is usually in the middle of the head because it has to drive both the intake and exhaust valves, robbing the sparkplug of it’s optimal location. Hope above is comprehensive & clear. Thanks to http://paultan.org/archives/2005/06/22/soh...hc-valvetrains/

IST without a doubt. Positive for all your queries plus second hand market. It’s with VVT-i so can’t beat it.

I think your statistics are pretty OK for a March which is notorious for its consumption. 1.3 l definitely would do better than 1 l.

Cheers! I'll give a try but my last experience with Pala was very disappointing.

Hey lads… to save few quids from ever increasing fuel price recently I bought a Suzuki Alto with 50000km on the meter. And it does really good on petrol too. But the Speedo meter is not indicating the correct speed. I compare speed with another car & my Alto speed is about 10km/h less around 50km/h speed & it doesn’t go beyond 60km/h. Also 2 high speed tickets confirmed something wrong with the speed indication! I took the car to few auto electricians & but none of them managed to sort out the problem. Also my tire size is unchanged with original 12’. Can any of you suggest a remedy or a recommend a good auto electrician around Kandy for me please? Cheers!

May be you guys are unaware of the fact, 90 octane is luxury we are experiencing in SL but in UK (where I used to live for a while) 95 octane is standard & you can get 98 octane if you're willing to pay few pennies more. I had a Ford Mondeo & a Rover 418i, both user manuals said there's no point using 98 octane.