A Good And Cheap Place For Engine Tune Up In Dehiwala Any Other Close Areas

[pewix]

I want to do an engine tune up as there is too much of vibration in my car and it drinks too much of petrol so please tell me a good place to tune up the engine. my car is a suzuki swift

[Zoom-Zoom]

Machan Where is the Place???

No. 60 Nawala Road Narahenpita Colombo 05. Edited August 12, 2012 by Zoom-Zoom

[Sylvi]

No. 60 Nawala Road Narahenpita Colombo 05.

'Zoom-Zoom',

Mario Dias you can contact him on, 2581342 Mobile 0777 380771. His work shop is opposite Milk board.

Sylvi Wijesinghe.

[racerboy]

go to Mr. Fernando down kotta road. he is good. give the right advice.

[Magnum357]

Possibly related to OP's question - although I don't believe in cheap & good places myself - there are some deals on one of the local deal sites by a prominent garage in townhall area, which actually specializes in tyres and wheels but hv since branched out to other areas.. They offer a 9.5k worth of tune up package (including ultrasonic injector cleaning etc) for 50% discount. Not a known tuning specialist, but it seems they possess the machinery needed and might be worth checking out if you want a value deal ... quality? YMMV!

The "prominent garage in the Townhall area" you refer to WAS really good at allignments sometime ago. Not anymore. Personal experience.

I took my Montero Sport for a tyre change to them ( got the Yokohamas from the agents). There was nothing wrong with the allignment and tyre wear on the old tyres all round was perfect. Anyway with the new tyres I got the wheels balanced and then wanted the allignments done. They hooked it up onto their computer and then these guys told me that my allignments were way off and inquired whether there was any uneven tyre wear, steering pull etc etc I said there were no problems and asked them to have a look at the old tyres. Then they told me to take the vehicle to some fellow in Nugegoda near the Over Pass and get some adjustment done and the Foreman wrote in sinhala on the wheel allignment report "Nool thuna bagin depaththama navanna" and asked me to take it for the adjustment. I had none of it, as why should something be "bent" when there was nothing noticeably wrong with the vehicle?

I took the vehicle to another place at Panadura which is very popular in that area, and without doing any adjustments and neither telling them what happened earlier got the allignment checked and found there was no "bending" required and the allignments were done. The vehicle runs perfect.

The " prominent garage in the Townhall area" now seems to be having less work compared to the work they had a few years ago and could be they are trying their hand at various new things which the standard and quality could be anyones guess. My two cents worth of advice is do not patronise them as they are now becoming dubious.

Edited August 18, 2012 by Magnum357

[vishkid]

The "prominent garage in the Townhall area" you refer to WAS really good at allignments sometime ago. Not anymore. Personal experience.

I took my Montero Sport for a tyre change to them ( got the Yokohamas from the agents). There was nothing wrong with the allignment and tyre wear on the old tyres all round was perfect. Anyway with the new tyres I got the wheels balanced and then wanted the allignments done. They hooked it up onto their computer and then these guys told me that my allignments were way off and inquired whether there was any uneven tyre wear, steering pull etc etc I said there were no problems and asked them to have a look at the old tyres. Then they told me to take the vehicle to some fellow in Nugegoda near the Over Pass and get some adjustment done and the Foreman wrote in sinhala on the wheel allignment report "Nool thuna bagin depaththama navanna" and asked me to take it for the adjustment. I had none of it, as why should something be "bent" when there was nothing noticeably wrong with the vehicle?

I took the vehicle to another place at Panadura which is very popular in that area, and without doing any adjustments and neither telling them what happened earlier got the allignment checked and found there was no "bending" required and the allignments were done. The vehicle runs perfect.

The " prominent garage in the Townhall area" now seems to be having less work compared to the work they had a few years ago and could be they are trying their hand at various new things which the standard and quality could be anyones guess. My two cents worth of advice is do not patronise them as they are now becoming dubious.

None of above is relevant to OP's post directly and was anyways summarized in my comment Never been there myself. Good to know that they are also one of the many 'unreliables' out there - which of course leaves no reliable garage in SL!

Edited August 18, 2012 by vishkid

[Magnum357]

None of above is relevant to OP's post and was anyways summarized in my comment Never been there myself.

The "relevancy" my dear friend is that "the prominent garage at Town Hall" NOW seems very dubious going by my experience, be it for an engine tune up or anything else that they do.

Edited August 18, 2012 by Magnum357

[vishkid]

The "relevency" my dear friend is that "the prominent garage at Town Hall" NOW seems very dubious going by my experience, be it for an engine tune up or anything else that they do.

Yeah .. the OP asked for cheap AND good - which of course results in the impossible .. most of the time!

[Magnum357]

Yeah .. the OP asked for cheap AND good - which of course results in the impossible .. most of the time!

Well I wouldn't call this "prominent garage in the Town Hall area" "cheap" nor "good" for engine tune ups or for their "specialty" anymore!

Edited August 18, 2012 by Magnum357

[Davy]

Possibly related to OP's question - although I don't believe in cheap & good places myself - there are some deals on one of the local deal sites by a prominent garage in townhall area, which actually specializes in tyres and wheels but hv since branched out to other areas.. They offer a 9.5k worth of tune up package (including ultrasonic injector cleaning etc) for 50% discount. Not a known tuning specialist, but it seems they possess the machinery needed and might be worth checking out if you want a value deal ... quality? YMMV!

My car was up for an EFI tune up and I purchased a voucher from the deal website you are referring to. It was a good deal so I thought I’d give it a shot. I had not visited this “prominent” place before to get any job done and it was through this deal that I got to know that they do EFI tune ups as well (Since they are mostly famous for wheel alignment).

Anyway, my experience with the EFI tune up was good. The mechanic who worked on my car was a very competent fellow and he knew what he was doing. I got throttle body cleaned (TPS checked), injectors cleaned using ultrasonic and then a diagnostic scan was also performed (this one guy did the entire job).

On another note, I think the management there sucks big time. My appointment was at 8:30am and I was there by 8:25am. But I had to wait over 1 hour until they actually began work on my car because of the lack of manpower. I had a word with the manager during my wait.

[NahoY]

Good and Cheap in the same sentence ...... seriously? Has evolution not taught us anything....

Edited August 19, 2012 by NahoY

[vishkid]

My car was up for an EFI tune up and I purchased a voucher from the deal website you are referring to. It was a good deal so I thought I’d give it a shot. I had not visited this “prominent” place before to get any job done and it was through this deal that I got to know that they do EFI tune ups as well (Since they are mostly famous for wheel alignment).

Anyway, my experience with the EFI tune up was good. The mechanic who worked on my car was a very competent fellow and he knew what he was doing. I got throttle body cleaned (TPS checked), injectors cleaned using ultrasonic and then a diagnostic scan was also performed (this one guy did the entire job).

On another note, I think the management there sucks big time. My appointment was at 8:30am and I was there by 8:25am. But I had to wait over 1 hour until they actually began work on my car because of the lack of manpower. I had a word with the manager during my wait.

Good to know, maybe the OP can put it to good use!

[whmsujith]

On another note, I think the management there sucks big time. My appointment was at 8:30am and I was there by 8:25am. But I had to wait over 1 hour until they actually began work on my car because of the lack of manpower. I had a word with the manager during my wait.

I heard that they normlly close at 5pm like a office. I also done deal for headlight alignment, still couldn't find a time to go there.

[Nimz77]

what about asnulanka?

[vishkid]

what about asnulanka?

Read the thread mate, it came recommended to do a good job.

[Nimz77]

Read the thread mate, it came recommended to do a good job.

asnulanka.com place for engine tuneup....but any body can advise?

[mazdaspeed]

On the subject of tuning and diagnosis, has any one had any experience with Macro auto tech ? Specially the knowledge when it comes to checking key components with regards to fuel system

[sachinwick]

'pewix',

Advance at Dehiwala do plenty of advertising.

Sylvi Wijesinghe.

This big places not only charge you a lot but also has stupid trainees who dont know a sh*t.

i wud prefer going to small place where the car gets professional attention.

Edited January 25, 2013 by sachinwick

[sachinwick]

. Specially new vehicle users like us will fall in to their traps easily.

So in wht new car do u have the carb in?

[Sylvi]

On the subject of tuning and diagnosis, has any one had any experience with Macro auto tech ? Specially the knowledge when it comes to checking key components with regards to fuel system

Macro auto tech Divulpitiya, Boralasgamuwa was good when they were in Nawala.

Early days the owner handled only MB,

Now they have expanded to other makes of automobiles, many service sections.

When any automobile service gets bigger and expand they lose the personal supervision.

By the owner due to others juniors not experienced take responsibility to handle work.

There were some references on the forum for their services do a such.

Sylvi Wijesinghe.

[mirage7777]

I heard that there is a guy called 'Nilanka' in Ratmalana. Is he any good?