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Good thinking Watchman (And its on the DIY section too ). This topic should be pinned so that everyone can see this.

Although I'm not really surprised of the poor ratings those cars received, I wonder why this wasn't bought up sooner. With all due respect, I have to disagree with you Sylvi. How in the world can you lay the lives of your loved ones to an insurance company and pretend that you'll all be good? Haven't you heard the phrase "Prevention is better than cure"?. Having airbags (or adhering to a safety standard) is Prevention. Paying for the funeral of your loved ones from insurance money is barely a Cure. So before some poor soul takes your advice seriously, please think twice and extend your opinion because this could be some poor child's life we're talking about.

Already discussed: http://forum.autolanka.com/topic/9237-importing-car/page-2#entry134922

Gosh... that has not got to be road legal.

Never what??

Also, in front wheel driven vehicles, the gear locks only the front wheels whereas the parking brake locks the rear wheels. Having both engaged will ensure that all four wheels remain locked.

That's the entire model code. Each letter (or number of letters) in the code corresponds to something. For example: CY: The model of the car 1: The type of engine A: Passenger car . . . and so on... The next letters have information about the transmission type, the trim level, whether the car is left or right hand driven (one of the "R"s in the code should mean Right hand driven in your case) and the destination (in this case, Sri Lanka). If you can get hold of a workshop manual, you'll be able to find out what each letter means.

For the third question: While it is true that the darker the tint the better it is at repelling heat and light, there are very light and fully transparent films (by 3M and so on) which are UV and heat resistant. They're expensive when compared to regular tints but they last longer. Most regular tints fade with time.

All details about the speakers are printed on the reverse side of them. Just remove the door panel and take the speaker off to find out.

1. Absolutely normal IMO 2. Ideally it should be checked/topped up weekly (especially if the car doesn't run much). If the car is daily driver, the interval can be doubled. One thing most drivers forget to check is the air pressure of the spare wheel.

Rumesh88, I guess you meant the other way around but typed it wrong. TPS is the one circled in red and the the other one (circled in green) is the EVAP.

How to clean the ICV valve was already shared: http://forum.autolanka.com/topic/9744-cleaning-the-iac-valve-and-a-basic-engine-cleanup/

I just had to go back to the article to see why I missed the doctor's pass... and after seeing the car again, I forgot that I was looking for a doctor's pass!

Sounds like this are very hard to diagnose IMO without actually seeing or listening to it personally. What I can suggest is that you open the bonnet, start the engine and rev the car from the throttle body until the engine hits the speed that would normally generate the sound when you're on the move. There's a chance that the sound is due to a screw that needs proper tightening or a missing clip of a panel.

Got this over email...

I remember a similar issue being discussed a few months back. That was a Bluebird SU14 as well. Do a search. Edit: I see you've already found that thread. [http://forum.autolanka.com/topic/15595-bluebird-su14-ecu-issue/]

WoW! That colour is just popping! You know what, it's gonna be easy recognizing the car now cause I'm pretty sure that I've not seen this coloure on a Carina GT in SL before. What's next in store for her after the paint job?

Yeah, I've been experiencing this for a long time, so I've turned to Google. You can search the forum through google by adding the "site" filter to the search string as follows: es8 site:forum.autolanka.com

Been waiting for this. Nice!

The things they come up with I tell you... hehe!

ROFL. Good one!

The OBDLink app does not communicate with the ELM327. This is the error I get: As for Torque with ELM327 on the Lancer CS3, after trying out different protocols, it gives the following error: Didn't have enough time to try out the solution by Rumesh88. Will try it out tomorrow as I have to head out of Colombo now.

Surprisingly, I installed the free version of this on my phone just a while ago. Will try when I get home today. Looks like they have their own bluetooth device that communicates with their app. Will try with the ELM-327 and see if it works. Edit: Hmmm... that explains it. Just meddled around with Torque and saw the place where custom IDs can be defined. Will give it a shot after a bit of Googling. Thanks for the info!

Took out the entire interior of my car recently to cleaned the carpet at home and I think the job went pretty well. Had to spend about an hour or so taking off the interior trims, seats, console, seat belts, scuff plates and so on cause it was the first time I tried it on this and I didn't want to break any clips or do damage that I will regret later. So here's the story... What I needed: - A socket wrench set - Flathead and Philips screwdrivers - Foam upholstry cleaner (I used a ABRO can I found at Arpico) - Some clean rags - A shoe brush (unused for polishing shoes ) - Water 1. Taking out the interior Move a car to a place where you can easily keep all four doors opened. Turn off the dome light from the "door" position in case you have to leave the doors opened for a long time. The stuff that need to be removed (in order of removal) are as follows: - The seats (both front and rear) - Centre console - Scuff plates and other plastic trims that fastens the carpet into place - Seat belts (bolted on to the chassis over the carpet) - Foot rest (left of clutch) and accelerator pedal rest Once the interior is taken out, it looked like this: 2. Take the carpet off the vehicle I find it much easier to work when I have a bit of space, so I took the carpet entirely off the car and put it down on the driveway. You might need help from someone else because the entire carpet sometimes come as just one piece and is a bit heavy and difficult to maneuver alone. Carpet is out... 3. Admire the bits and pieces you have not seen in your car 4. Start clening the carpet Spray some foam cleaner to a small section of the carpet and let it sink in for a couple of seconds. Wet the shoe brush with some water and brush softly until the surface is all celan. The images below illustrate how a stain is removed. You see below the black carbon and dust marks left around the seatbelt mounting bolt and the seat mounting bolt. Spraying foam cleaner After a good brush and wiping with a damp cloth thoroughly Do this across the entire surface of the carpet covering all nooks and crannies. I was more than satisfied with how the carpet turned up after the clenup. 5. Let the carpet dry for a few minutes Lay the carpet out in the open sun for a few minutes (hours preferably) to air it out and to let the dampness go away. 6. Put everything back in Put the carpet back in and start installing everything starting from the parts you removed at the very end working your way up the seats which you will be installing at the very end. Hope this helps. EDIT: Fixed broken image links