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Thursday, July 12, 2012

30K or 2-Year Service


As always, I bought Valvoline SynPower 5W-40 from Alon Halafim for 200 NIS few days before service.



And called to Hagoren garage to schedule a service. They told me to come in a few days - was busy week for them.
Alexander took my car and replaced oil and oil filter, checked other things, made a compliment about good care of the car (I washed engine few month ago) and in 30 minutes all was done.


Total spent 574 NIS...

Need to replace brake fluid in Jan 2013 - each 2 years.
Also I replaced air and fuel filter at home, will post later more details.

29 900 km | 1Y 7M

Saturday, June 23, 2012

First order from Czech Republic

In early February I made an interesting order.

There is a guy in Czech Rep - Alexander. I heard about him from a friend with Skoda Octavia and later found him at Russian forum. He can send whatever you want to anywhere!

Here is how: you contact him via e-mail or his site, send him part codes of what you need, he send you prices back. Now, if you agree with the offer (and you should! - check prices below and at Champion :-), you transfer him money via PayPal. He removes all original packaging (good for customs), makes invoice with prices you desire (again, good for customs) and ships to you.

This is what I got a month ago.





My order was
Part #MakeDescriptionPrice, NIS
6R0 129 620 AVAGAir filter90
03C 115 561 DVAGOil filter49
5J1 998 001VAG1 set of aerodynamic wiper blades136
5J6 955 425VAGRear aero-wiper blade51
1K1 819 653 BVAGPollen filter with odor and harmful substances filtration (for friend's Skoda Octavia)77
DMA 710 002VAG1 set of luggage nets for luggage compartment153


Delivery to Israel (by sea)128

Everything come gently packed, even better than manufactures do. But... no original packaging. That is good thing if you buy for yourself or group of friends. But it could be complicated to sell stuff elsewhere.

About delivery time from Czech Republic.
If you want low delivery cost, it should go by sea and expect it from 2 to 6 months (real stories). My order was sent Feb 10th 2012, at May 21st it was released by customs and I grab it only May 25th - more than 3 month!
For extra €25-30 it can go by plane and I heard from 6 to 30 days of waiting.

My next order already on the way: stowage boxes for both front seats (each for €15) and more oil filters (each €10).

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

DIY - Diagnostics and repair info

Perfect materials for Do It Yourself guys like me :-)

EricTheCarGuy
YouTube channel - http://www.youtube.com/user/EricTheCarGuy
Site - http://www.ericthecarguy.com/

ScannerDanner
YouTube channel - http://www.youtube.com/user/ScannerDanner
Site - http://scannerdanner.com/

Weber State Automotive
YouTube channel - http://www.youtube.com/user/WeberAuto
Site - https://www.weber.edu/

Real Fixes Real Fast
YouTube channel - http://www.youtube.com/user/realfixesrealfast
Site - http://realfixesrealfast.com

Brian
YouTube channel - http://www.youtube.com/user/briansmobile1

BavAuto BMW & MINI DIY Videos
YouTube channel - http://www.youtube.com/user/BavarianAuto

Site - http://www.bavauto.com/


Also, some great resources in Russian
Записки диагноста... о BMW и не только - (lot about oil, engines and more)
- Оборудование для диагностики и ремонта систем управления двигателем

P.S. I've ordered new Multitronics VC731 with oscilloscope feature after watching few ScannerDanner videos :-)

Monday, May 28, 2012

Rear Weights

A friend of mine sent me interesting link - I didn't know that.

Removing Rear Weights - MK2 Fabia vRS TSi Hatch **GUIDE**

I don't know if all Fabias got that (I gonna check mine soon), but that's good to know. You can use this as guide to disassemble bumper.

UPDATE (2012-06-08)
I took a picture

As you can see no wieghts looks not so cool like above :-)

Engine washing

A week ago I washed the engine.
Washing result
It wasn't dirty too much but I got all tools and fluids already so I wanted to try.

Stuff I used (from Shinerama and Autogeek shopping):
Auto Detailing Guide - Engine Bay and more articles from related post at bottom there
- P21S Total Auto Wash

- Mini E-Z Detail Brush

- Mothers Wheel Brush

- 303 Aerospace Protectant

- Water sprayer - 5 liters even too much for that

- Microfiber towel

The procedure is easy, just read and follow instructions. Make sure to cover sensitive parts and do not use hard stream of water, sprayer is best for that.

Here are before and after pictures.







 And a small video

Perfectly started after washing, no problems so far. Looks like a new ;-)
I will repeat it every year.

25 500 km | 1Y 5M