Banly Auto was the hangout for today's service. They have been in business since 1980. The place is definitely the cleanest and most organized one I have visited so far. It feels like visiting a 3S center. Total damage today was RM887.50. Breakdown is as below.
The 2 items that surprised me was the condition of the thermal expansion valve and the cooling coil (aka evaporator). The thermal expansion valve had yellow mouldy looking stuff and bolts on them are super rusted.
The other surprise was the cooling coil. They it was filled with black gunk all over the surface. Unfortunately I forgot to take a photo of it. The one below shows a dirty cooling coil also but its filled with dust. To imagine how bad mine was, just add water and oil to it.
For those that don't know the cooling coil (evaporator) is located in the passenger cabin. Usually its in the area right under the dashboard in the area under the main blowers behind the console. To think I was driving around with all that gunk gives me the shivers. I asked the guys working on my X to see if they seen any signs that the a/c system had been serviced before. I got a big NO. Gosh.. 8 years of mouldy gunk. Yuck !
After what I've seen today, I'll obediently send it for service every year or two. Maybe 18 months.
Oh yea.. the nice guys at Banly also put in a nice mod by glueing the outside air intake vent with a thin piece of superlon. Even more prevention for outside odour coming in.
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this is fantastic job and marvelous billing structure. The price lloks ok for that kind of spledid job. This shows how dirty maresia is.
ReplyDeleteI like the part " nice mod by glueing the outside air intake vent with a thin piece of superlon. " I am learning somehting new. You should have taken a photo of it?
Anyway what cabin filter he fix and so expensive RM 80 ?
Hi. Thank you for stopping by. I am not sure if the prices by Banly is cheap or not. Currently I would just keep it for good price for quality work. :)
ReplyDeleteI spent almost 5 hours there. Forgot to take some of the photos as I was busy talking to the guys. Maybe next service.
The cabin filter is Nissan original cabin filter for the T30. I am opting back for this as I want more air flow from the system.