Panaskan Enjin Kereta; Mitos Atau Realiti

Upacara memanaskan enjin adalah antara amalan yang sinonim dengan hampir semua pengguna kenderaan di seluruh negara. Tak kiralah sama ada pemandu kereta, lori, van, bas sekolah, kereta kebal, motosikal berkuasa rendah dan sebagainya termasuk helikopter.

Biasanya amalan ini dilakukan pada waktu pagi sebelum ke tempat kerja atau ke sebarang destinasi. Ada yang memanaskan enjin selama satu minit. Ada yang memanaskan selama 5 minit. Ada yang keluar rumah, hidupkan enjin kereta, masuk rumah, sarapan, pakai stokin, pakai kasut, kunci pintu dan baru terhegeh-hegeh masuk kereta untuk memulakan perjalanan. Gua syak makan masa dalam 15 minit juga. Brader-brader macam tu gua ingat mesti bangun awal punya. Semua ini dilakukan kononnya demi untuk menjaga enjin. Demi untuk memastikan jangkahayat enjin panjang dan sentiasa berprestasi tip top.

Masalahnya sekarang, di manakah pelajaran tentang memanaskan enjin ini diajar? Kalau tak silap gua, masa sekolah dulu pun tak ada pun cikgu-cikgu yang pandai-pandai ajar pasal benda ni. Masa pergi ambil kursus memandu di JPJ pun tak ada belajar benda-benda macam ni. Di univesiti pun tak ada belajar. Sekolah-sekolah agama rakyat pun tak ada menyediakan tajuk ini di dalam silibus pembelajaran mereka. Jadi di mana? Berdasarkan pemerhatian gua dengan sedikit kajian, upacara pemanasan enjin telah dilakukan sejak zaman-berzaman.

Mula-mula mungkin datuk gua start panaskan enjin kereta dia sebelum pergi sekolah kerja guru besar. Kemudian bapa gua pula bila dah pakai kereta, teringat pula amalan datuk gua masa nak pergi sekolah dulu. Jadi bapa gua pun setiap pagi sebelum nak pergi kerja panaskanlah juga enjin Volvo kegemarannya. Kemudian bila gua dah besar, dah pakai kereta sports dua pintu, gua pula ikut panaskan enjin kereta. Tapi sebenarnya gua tak buat. Sebab gua ada ilmu pengetahuan tentang enjin. Tambah lagi biasanya gua bangun lambat. Soalnya sekarang adakah pemanasan enjin ini perlu dilakukan? Apa kebaikannya dan apa keburukannya? Lagi satu kalau anda bijak laksana, siapa orang yang mula-mula panaskan enjin kenderaan di Malaysia ni?

Di negara-negara yang mementingkan penjagaan alam sekitar untuk kehidupan dunia yang lebih baik di masa mendatang, pemanasan enjin adalah tidak digalakkan dan sesetengahnya ditegah. Negara Kanada telah memulakan kempen nasional mereka untuk mengurangkan pemanasan enjin yang tidak diperlukan. Kempen yang sama turut dilakukan di Jepun , United Kingdom dan di Amerika Syarikat. Ada di antaranya sudah menetapkan satu undang-undang bahawa enjin kenderaan tidak boleh dibiarkan hidup dalam keadaan pepura (idling) melebihi 5 minit atau 3 minit bagi kenderaan ringan. Kenapa perkara ini ditegah?

The Canadian Office of Energy Efficiency telah bersetuju bahawa cara yang terbaik untuk memanaskan enjin adalah dengan memandunya. Walaupun suhu persekitaran berada di takat -20 darjah selsius, mereka menyarankan enjin kenderaan hanya perlu dipanaskan pada sekitar 15-30 saat sebelum meluncur ke jalanraya. Bayangkanlah berapa agaknya suhu di Malaysia ? Gua rasa memang dah tak payah nak panaskan enjin lagi dah. Start kereta terus jalan saja.

Salah seorang jurutera penghantaran kuasa di Ford, Amerika Syarikat iaitu Les Ryder berkata, “Engines run best at their design temperature”. Berdasarkan kenyataan Encik Les Ryder itu, operasi enjin yang cekap, bersih dan efisien hanya berlaku pada suhu enjin di tahap 85-90 darjah selsius. Oleh itu membiarkan enjin lu orang di dalam keadaan pepura (idling) adalah bukan cara yang terbaik atau terpantas untuk memanaskan enjin. Lebih baik jika memandunya atau dengan kata lain stail Amerika, lagi ‘gentle’ kalau pandu terus.

Tabiat memanaskan enjin atau membiarkan enjin berada di dalam keadaan pepura (idling) dikatakan adalah satu perkara yang tidak baik dan berfaedah. Pertamanya ia menyebabkan pembakaran bahanapi tidak dapat dilakukan dengan sempurna. Pembakaran tidak lengkap membawa kesan buruk kepada dinding silinder. Sisa bahan api yang tidak terbakar akan turun ke dinding silinder lalu membersihkan minyak pelincir yang berada di dinding silinder. Maka apa yang terjadi adalah dinding silinder akan mengalami kehausan akibat tiada pelinciran di bahagian sepatutnya. Bahan api yang tidak terbakar juga boleh jadi akan turun perlahan-lahan ke bahagian takung minyak pelincir. Apabila ia bergaul, sifat minyak pelicir akan berubah dan hilang kecekapannya.

Di samping itu, tabiat ini juga boleh mendatangkan masalah kepada palam pencucuh. Ia akan menganggu suhu kerja palam pencucuh. Palam pencucuh yang tidak berada di suhu sepatutnya akan menjadi kotor. Oleh yang demikian ia akan mendatangkan kesan kepada peningkatan bahan api sebanyak 5%.

Pada waktu pagi, sesetengah kenderaan biasanya akan mengeluarkan wap dari ekzos. Wap itu bukanlah wap minyak daripada enjin yang mengalami kehausan. Ia adalah wap air normal yang terhasil daripada enjin yang sejuk. Jadi apabila terlalu lama enjin dibiarkan dalam keadaan pepura (idling), bertambah lama untuk enjin mengambil masa untuk panas. Ini menyebabkan wap air akan sentiasa berada di dalam sistem ekzos yang mana akan menjadikan paip ekzos cepat berkarat.

Kenderaan pada masa kini biasanya akan terdapat sebuah komponen yang dinamakan Catalytic Converter pada sistem ekzosnya. Kereta-kereta Malaysia pun gua tengok dah mula pakai. Komponen ini disediakan bertujuan untuk mengurangkan tahap toksik yang terdapat pada sisa atau hasil pembakaran sebuah enjin pembakaran dalaman. Antara kerja yang dilakukan komponen ini termasuklah men-convert karbon monoksida kepada karbon dioksida, mengurangkan nitrogen oksida kepada nitrogen dan air, mengoksidakan hidrokarbon yang tidak terbakar kepada karbon dioksida dan air dan sebagainya. Jadi faedah yang boleh diperolehi daripada komponen ini ialah pencemaran udara dapat diminimakan.

Walaubagaimana pun, masalah yang timbul jika enjin berada di dalam keadaan pepura (idling), komponen ini tidak berfungsi. Maka enjin dengan sesuka hati dapat mencemarkan udara. Komponen ini akan berfungsi hanya pada tahap suhu 400 – 800 darjah selsius yang dimana adalah pada satu kadar suhu yang sangat panas berbanding enjin. Semasa suhu itu ia akan bertindak menukar bahan tercemar dari sisa pembakaran enjin kepada bahan yang kurang berbahaya kepada alam sekitar. Bagi memastikan komponen ini cepat dan dapat berada di suhu yang mana ia boleh beroperasi, lu orang perlulah memandu. Bukan meninggalkan kereta hidup terbiar. Semakin lama enjin dibiarkan dalam keadaan pepura (idling) maka semakin lama juga Catalytic Converter ini tidur dan tak bekerja. Lu orang syak apa agaknya yang terjadi kepada alam sekitar?

Sekarang kita sudah mengetahui serba sedikit tentang keburukan memanaskan enjin. Ada tiga kesan yang penting di situ iaitu membazir bahan api, mencemarkan alam sekitar dan memunah wang ringgit. Mari kita lihat apa pula kebaikkan memanaskan enjin. Khabar-khabar angin mengatakan memanaskan enjin juga ada faedahnya. Salah satu perkara yang disebut adalah semasa enjin ditinggalkan di dalam satu tempoh yang agak lama, iaitu mungkin sehingga satu malam, bahan pelinciran akan turun meninggalkan komponen yang bergerak di dalam enjin ke bahagian bawah enjin. Jadi apabila kita mula menghidupkan enjin, kita perlu mengambil sedikit masa untuk memanaskannya supaya dapat memberi peluang bahan pelinciran itu naik dan beredar di setiap inci dan penjuru komponen dalaman enjin. Ya perkara ini benar. Tetapi apa yang lu orang perlu tahu bahawa setiap enjin telah dilengkapkan dengan satu komponen yang dipanggil pam minyak pelincir. Pam minyak pelincir ini dijana oleh pusingan crankshaft. Makin laju crankshaft berpusing maka makin cepat pam bahan api berpusing seterusnya mengagihkan minyak pelincir ke bahagian dalaman enjin.. Untuk memastikan crankshaft ini berpusing laju apa yang lu orang perlu buat? Adakah dengan hanya membiarkan enjin dalam keadaan pepura (idling)?

Kesimpulannya di sini tabiat memanaskan enjin di waktu pagi yang kononnya lagi lama lagi bagus adalah satu mitos yang tidak diketahui hujung pangkalnya. Perkara ikut-ikutan seperti ini bukanlah satu perkara yang asing bagi kita rakyat Malaysia . BMW sendiri pun cukup pantang kalau orang warm up enjin keretanya. Sebab dia orang tahu kalau enjin cepat rosak nanti mesti lu orang kompelin. Sebab itu kalau boleh BMW nak lepas hidup saja enjin kereta, terus blah cepat-cepat. Jangan tunggu-tunggu. Ini karang siap boleh masuk rumah pekena roti dua tiga keping, layan teh dulu sambil sembang-sembang dengan bini tapi enjin kereta terbiar hidup.

Satu perkara lagi yang boleh membantu mengurangkan pencemaran alam sekitar dan pembaziran bahan api adalah dengan mematikan enjin jika kenderaan lu orang tidak bergerak. Kalau tunggu makwe turun LRT, berhenti tepi jalan bergayut dengan telefon, tunggu bini masuk pasar mini beli barang dapur, dan tunggu anak balik sekolah depan pagar sekolah bawa bawalah matikan dulu enjin. Perkara itu tidak memberi sebarang faedah langsung malah boleh menyebabkan masalah pencemaran udara dan alam sekitar serta pembaziran wang ringgit. Sedarkah anda di dalam tempoh setahun, sikap mengurangkan enjin dibiarkan hidup dalam keadaan pepura (idling) ini mampu menjimatkan beratus ribu juta ringgit dan mampu menghentikan perlepasan jutaan tan gas rumah hijau ke atmosfera yang membawa pemanasan global.

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Land Rover Parts Available Online

Land Rover has its own class. Every real gentleman will choose Rover. One of the most popular Rover is the Range Rover and Freelander which have the uniqueness inside and outside.

Some people might think that the Land Rover parts and maintenance are high but they always forget about one think. Used parts. There is one shop in the USA that can cater the needs of the Rover lover. The shop called “Roverlandparts.com”.

The best thing about this shop is that they provide the online service. Used Land Rover Parts can be found here in the website. I introduce this website to a friend of mine who drove the Discovery. He doesn’t know about this website until I told him yesterday. Guess what? He ordered a pair of side mirror as his mirrors had been stolen last week. He satisfy with the term and condition as the company provide a 90 days part warranty.

This is the question that you must ask your self. Do you want to pay an extra 2 or 3 times more while you can get the cheaper with warranty used land rover parts?

Repairpal Help You To Repair Your Car

Wear and tear is the most common things happen to a car, either mechanical parts or computer parts. If the car is under the warranty then it won’t be hassle.

How about cars that exceeded the warranty period? This is the time that car owner should think about auto repair shop. Different people different taste. Like me the type of loyalty is the priority. I will stick to one garage and will stick to the garage unless the shop can’t perform up to the standard.

How about one day your car break down in the middle of the journey and you are far away from your favorite garage or auto shop? I would rather find the auto shop using the internet. You can easily find the car repair prices using the internet actually.

Let say you wanted to find any San Francisco car repair shop, you can go straight to the http://repairpal.com/ and they have the very nice and clean directory. This is useful if you are really in the emergency situation. My suggestion is for you to print out the lists of the shop and keep a copy in your car.

So next time when you need to send your car to repair then repaipal will be your next best friends. Use them wisely.

Proton MPV

Proton MPV

Proton MPV

Proton MPV

Proton’s new MPV will roll out next month. With a decent price tag of under RM75,000 you should grab one.

The first units of the MPV would be used for safety testing and road durability for certification purposes ahead of the model’s scheduled launch in March next year.

The chassis for the MPV is a new platform that would be used for variants to be developed over the next few years but the engine will be the 1.6-litre CamPro that is currently fitted into the Gen-2 models. The seven-seater will have 15-inch tyres as a standard fit, with either automatic or manual transmissions

Car Magazine Available Online

As everything offline becoming online right now and people tend to spend more than 3 hours on the internet to search, read and social, most of the company who does publishing such as magazine change their direction to the online magazine or newspaper.

Car magazine is one of the good example. This company proves that they managed to success in the offline publishing industry and now they have their own websites that received hundreds of thousands visitors monthly.

If previously you read or subscribe their magazine, with internet you can have all the information freely. Like me, running a car and auto blog, I have to seek for car news daily. This will help me to gather up all the good resources and help to increase my readerships and subscribers.

Would you like to learn at the same time to contribute to the society? If you like to do that then you can actively participate in the car forum. Learn and make friends over the world.

Who Owned Premier Hybrid Cars Sdn Bhd’s?

Premier Hybrid Cars is run by people with political connections. Its chairman is Datuk Shahrin Zahari, a 28 year old EXCO member of Putera UMNO and son of the late Datuk Zahari Wahab of the Ranhill Group. The company’s executive director is 22 year old Nik Iruwan Nik Izani, supposedly a racecar driver and son of Nik Izani Nik Ibrahim, senior Vice-President of FMCG division in Mofaz group.

A quick check with the SSM shows that Premier Hybrid Cars Sdn Bhd was established on the 3rd of January 2008 with a paid up capital of RM2. Its shareholders are Nik Iruwan and his father Nik Izani with 1 out of 2 shares each.

Yes, we all know that they are somebodies, that’s why they managed to get these new set of Open APs. They currently have about 20 on hand, but once those are finished they can apply for more up to 1,200 for this year. But one good thing for the public may just come out of this. The company is currently lobbying for the government to drop taxes for it hybrid cars to encourage the usage of the relatively fuel efficient cars. We could see something like this happening when the Budget 2009 is unveiled as we all know that when the people lobby, it falls to deaf ears but when connected people lobby things happen.

If this happens and the reduced taxes applies to all hybrid cars (instead of just Premier Hybrid Cars Sdn Bhd’s cars), some of us may be able to buy the Civic Hybrid from Honda Malaysia Sdn Bhd at reduced prices than the current price which is about the same as an Accord 2.4. Cheaper price tags on these luxury Toyotas don’t really mean a thing at all for the people that actually have trouble paying the new fuel prices.

Anyway, I would like to advise people that hybrid powertrains are very complicated things… it would be a good idea to get them from principals who can competently back your warranty and maintenance. They will have better access to technical knowledge and spareparts inventory.

Malaysian never been untold about this stupid political act by our minister/sin nister !!!!

Myvi New Facelift Launched Today

Myvi New Facelift Launched Today, totally different what people being told by most websites. See the picture taken from the official perodua website. The new facelift came out but with a minor facelift except for the bluetooth and USB supported.

The price is not that expensive too:

Area Solid Metallic Special Metallic
Peninsular RM RM RM
Peninsular 48,912.00 49,435.00 49,835.00
Langkawi 42,422.00 42,822.00 43,222.00
Sarawak RM RM RM
Kuching 50,938.00 51,436.00 51,853.20
Miri 51,110.00 51,608.00 52,008.00
Bintulu 51,110.00 51,608.00 52,008.00
Sibu 51,053.00 51,551.00 51,951.00
Sabah RM RM RM
Tawau 51,191.00 51,689.00 52,089.00
Lahad Datu 51,191.00 51,689.00 52,089.00
Kota Kinabalu 51,045.00 51,544.00 51,944.00
Labuan 45,038.00 45,438.00 45,838.00
Sandakan 51,094.00 51,593.00 51,993.00
Keningau 51,295.00 51,794.00 52,194.00

And this is for the auto price:

Area Solid Metallic Special Metallic
Peninsular RM RM RM
Peninsular 51,792.00 52,290.00 52,690.00
Langkawi 45,422.00 45,822.00 46,222.00
Sarawak RM RM RM
Kuching 53,832.00 54,316.00 54,716.00
Miri 53,990.00 54,488.00 54,888.00
Bintulu 53,990.00 54,488.00 54,888.00
Sibu 53,933.00 54,431.00 54,831.00
Sabah RM RM RM
Tawau 54,071.00 54,569.00 54,969.00
Lahad Datu 54,071.00 54,569.00 54,969.00
Kota Kinabalu 53,925.00 54,424.00 54,824.00
Labuan 48,137.00 48,438.00 48,838.00
Sandakan 53,794.00 54,473.00 54,873.00
Keningau 54,175.00 54,674.00 55,074.00

If you like to purchase or you have any question then please call:

Mr Norman : +6012-634 9429

Perodua Sales Consultant

Sentimas (KL) Sdn Bhd

123, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz

Kampung Baru, 50300, Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

Myvi new Facelift

Myvi new Facelift

Myvi new Facelift

You see the red dot in the picture and that is the recent changes made by Perodua engineer. Syabas !!

The Best Car Polish Company In Malaysia

The Best Car Polish Company In Malaysia

Before reading any further, please read this section to get to know more on the polish and wax. This knowledge is good for the car owner if they wanted to differentiate between car polish company in Malaysia. The workmanship should be from the best worker with the best product.

Location

The best workmanship so far is the Glisten 63 which are located in Damansara Perdana. You can easily find them which located beside Syed Abu Mamak shop at Jalan PJU 8/2 as per map below:

Meguiars Glisten 63 map

Package Available:

Cars or Vehicle Under 2,000 CC:

  • 2 Steps : RM 180
  • 3 Steps : RM 280
  • 4 Steps : RM 388

Cars or Vehicle Above 2,000 CC:

  • 2 Steps : RM 220
  • 3 Steps : RM330
  • 4 Steps : RM480

4WD/MPV:

  • 2 Steps : RM 268
  • 3 Steps : RM 398
  • 4 Steps : RM 550

These are the details on the four steps car care:

  1. Oxide Cutting
  2. Glaze Cutting
  3. Polish
  4. Wax

You can request of any other customs style that you like. No joke. You can even make your car like mirror too. But the price is too hefty for the entry level person. Strongly suggest the four steps and the guarantee is 3 months you still can see the effect.

You can browse and do some research the other company in Malaysia who provides the car polishing and wax services but try this company and you will never be regretted. Their man power being trained and being sent to Japan to learn how to polish a vehicle.

One special promotion for the readers, please print this post or print this voucher below. (Right Click –> View Photos –> Print) then bring the voucher to Mr Jun and he will give you free membership which you will be entitled the further discounts on wax, polishing, cushion cleaning, leather cleaning and etc. You can even get discount on your second car or third car.

Car Polish Result

The products being used to polish and wax your car will be the best range of Meguiars, Made In USA products. By the way, if you don’t know, all the cars used in the Tokyo Drift had been treated by the Meguiars products, no joke man !!

So what are you waiting for? If you are the car owner then send your car there. You can even see a Ferrari or Porsche in the shop. This shows that this company is a professional that you can trust to do the polishing. One of their supervisor have the experience since year 1996. Find him there. The name can’t be revealed here.

Conclusion : Affordable, result driven, good service polish company–> Try Glisten 63. (They can easily beat Carnauba Wax - AutoSpa. This is for sure. Compare price and quality, you will feel worth it to come to Glisten 63.

Different Between Polish And Wax - Meguiar’s 5-Step Paint Care Cycle

Before reading the details the differences between polish and wax, perhaps you can read about frequently questions and answers about car polishing and car waxing.

There is a lot of confusion about the difference between a polish, and a wax. Many companies are marketing waxes and paint protectants as polishes and glazes and the terms have become almost interchangeable.

Professionals know there is a big difference.

Meguiar’s is a true polish manufacture. That is, unlike many of our competitors that can only offer you a few products for cars with cured paint, Meguiar’s product range runs from the highest quality finishing papers in the industry, to state-of-the-art pure synthetic paint protectants, to everything in-between.

Example: Most companies only offer the following products:

  • Car wash
  • Pre-wax cleaner
  • One or two waxes (usually some type of natural wax or polymer/silicone synthetic protectant)
  • Multi-surface vinyl protectant

And sometimes one or more of the following:

  • Some type of wheel cleaner, leather treatment, or tire dressing.

Because they offer such a limited selection, and often times don’t even manufacture the products themselves, they really have no expertise when it comes to formulating complex products that professionals require as an intricate part of performing their job duties as skilled craftsman. This is why frequently you will see a product whose purpose is to protect the paint labeled as a polish.

Instead of merely defining the difference between a polish and a wax, below you will find the Meguiar’s 5-Step Paint Care Cycle and the products and procedures for each of the 5 steps.

5 Steps On Polish

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