Sidshk

Hi 

Need a suggestion for good road trip, Camping or other activities for upcoming long weekend .

6 hours ago, Frederic said:

So all three statements basically mean you love driving fast and bicycles are a nuisance for you ?

Who doesn't like to drive fast ? 😁 Cyclist are not Nuisance they are noble souls ....😇

I m afraid of pop up cyclist specially in SHJ and RAK  

Old post but need advice 

Did any one got rust proofing done ? Please let me knw 

1- Scared of hidden cameras, when ur in ur joyes mode and a flash light breaks ur happiness

2- Cycling heros on the street , who don't bother to look back wats coming to hit them 

3 - Meeting a Snail paced driver on first lane and he refuses to move when i m getting late for work 

But we can remove and get it passed

Just want to knw if tht will effect my ride

Is bull bar/ Nudge bar is big no no or go go 

Need advice 

Motorists will no longer have to pay Dh10 for having an attendant fill petrol

I got discount on no entry fine 

Omar Awan was driving his dream car when he lost control. The sleek, blue Model S Tesla careened across a road in South Florida and slammed into a palm tree.

But it wasn't the crash that killed him, his family's lawyers said - it was the car's futuristic design features.

The last moments of Awan's life were gruesome and excruciating. After the crash, the Tesla's lithium ion battery caught fire. Smoke - and then flames - filled the car, suffocating Awan and burning him from his feet up. Outside, a crowd gathered, but couldn't help.

That's because the car's retractable door handles, which are supposed to "auto-present" when they detect a key fob nearby, malfunctioned and first responders weren't able to open the doors and save Awan, alleges a wrongful-death lawsuit.

"The fire engulfed the car and burned Dr. Awan beyond recognition - all because the Model S has inaccessible door handles, no other way to open the doors, and an unreasonably dangerous fire risk," the complaint reads.

"These Model S defects and others," the suit says, "rendered it a death trap."

Awan, a 48-year-old anesthesiologist and father of five, leased the Model S for two reasons, family attorney Stuart Grossman said: he was environmentally sensitive and safety conscious.

Tesla, maker of electric vehicles, has also claimed that the Model S once achieved "the best safety rating of any car tested." So Awan, who could have afforded a Mercedes or another luxury vehicle, went with the 2016 Tesla. And it killed him, Grossman said.

"These things, they just love to burn," he said. "The car is so overengineered. It's so techy, it makes you want to buy a Chevy pickup truck."

Tesla's public relations team did not respond to a request for comment on the lawsuit, filed in October, and the company's lawyers have yet to respond in court.

But shortly after the February crash, a Tesla spokeswoman told the Florida Sun-Sentinel that "We are deeply saddened by this accident" but that "Tesla vehicles are engineered to be the safest cars in the world and Tesla drivers have driven more than 10 billion miles to date."

Awan's death is one in a string of recent incidents that has been blamed on Tesla's innovative technology. A lawsuit stemming from a May 2018 crash that killed two teens also blamed a battery fire for at least one of the deaths (Grossman represents the car's third passenger, who survived the accident after being thrown from the vehicle).

In April, surveillance footage from a Shanghai parking garage showed smoke billowing from a Model S moments before the car burst into flames. The widely-shared video prompted Tesla to open an internal investigation.

Several other suits have attributed deaths to Tesla's "Autopilot" system, an automatic driver-assistance feature.

"There are a number of these cases," Grossman said. "What the hell is going on?"

In Awan's case and in other crashes, the carmaker has argued that high-speed crashes can result in fires whether the car is powered by gasoline or batteries. But Awan survived the collision, and he could have escaped the smoke and fire, too, Grossman said - if only the police officer who arrived on scene could have opened the car's doors.

The lawsuit asserts that the features rendered the car "defective" and "dangerous" - the door handles compounding the problem of an "inherently unstable" battery.

"Tesla failed to warn users about the scope and extent of the defective and unreasonably dangerous conditions of the Model S," the complaint says.

The Broward County autopsy report, obtained by The Washington Post, lists Awan's cause of death as "inhalation of products of combustion with a contributory cause of death of thermal injuries."

The medical examiner who responded to the crash wrote that Awan "was not identifiable on scene." His clothes and hair were burned and a yellow metal ring was found on his left ring finger.

After the crash, and after firefighters extinguished the blaze, Awan's Tesla was transported to a tow yard. Once there, it reignited and burned again

14 hours ago, Barry said:

Just running the engine won’t work. 

This is the bleeding procedure, you can do it yourself at home if you have a 12mm spanner or socket. 

Make sure the engine is cold. Don’t try it on a hot engine or you will get scalded and it won’t work properly.

Open the radiator cap. Depending on model, your car will have either one or 2 bolts on top of the thermostat housing. If it has 2, remove the lower one first. If it has 1, remove it and leave the top one. Pour coolant into the radiator. Keep pouring until only pure coolant comes out the hole, no bubbles. There is no harm in pouring extra coolant in to be sure. 

If you have one bleeder bolt and you are sure no air is coming out, put the bolt back in and top up the radiator, job finished. 

If you have 2 bleeder bolts, once you are sure no air is coming out, close the lower bolt and top up the radiator. Then open the top bolt and repeat the process. 

I shouldn’t even have to post basic stuff like this online. Any mechanic should know this. But here in uae there are so many shitty mechanics who have no idea what they are doing but they charge low prices so people run to them even if they don’t know what they’re doing and it’s because of cheap customers chasing cheap incompetent mechanics I refuse to work on cars now. If someone offers me 1,000 dhs an hour to fix a car I won’t do it. If you make your bed you have to lie in it. Competent mechanics who charge for knowledge have negative reviews posted all over google because of price. 

Thanks a lot for your step to step process, The noise is gone after the above process 

as for above quote from you, how you are irritated by the people who don't want to pay for good service same way people like me are fed up of mechanics who take money but don't solve the problems.

Most of the mechanics can't find the exact cause of the problem rather they replace everything which might cause the problem.

In above case below are the answers which i have received for mechanics.

Mechanic 1 - This is due to AC vent blocked, Cleaning the AC vent pipe 

Mechanic 2 - Water is clogged in Heater , we need to open the Whole dash board and bleed the water out 

Mechanic  3 - This is common problem in Pajero's , Cut the heater and make it direct 

and all of above charge very premium amount for their services.

Once bitten twice shy 

28 minutes ago, Barry said:

There is air the heater matrix.

Causes can be bad radiator cap, pipe in the expansion bottle isn’t totally covered (ie low coolant in bottle), cracked pipe to expansion bottle, coolant leak or the system wasn’t bled properly. 

Id guess the system wasn’t bled properly. On pajero you need to bleed the system from the bolt/s on top of the thermostat housing. You can’t just open the radiator cap and leave the engine running. 

 

Thanks bro, till when shall i run engine to remove air ? 

1 hour ago, Emmanuel said:

Good news for Sharjah drivers: https://gulfnews.com/uae/transport/50-discount-on-traffic-fines-in-sharjah-1.1571737717605

 

Is this applicable to all fines or only to Camera ?

42 minutes ago, desertdude said:

Blocked AC drain

Water is dripping from AC drain as normal.

After all the monkey work now i got a new problem, There is Water Moving/ Flushing noise while accelerating and its really annoying.

any suggestions or idea before i go to any workshop and get ripped 😞

4 hours ago, Rahimdad said:

How much should the vacuum solenoids cost?

AED 210 with VAT from Divya, Its simple DIY 

38 minutes ago, Rahimdad said:

OMG! Finally my wife's perfect Pajero the diff light is on the blink and the lights showing the rear tires as green has gone blank.

After stopping the car on road side and switching off the engine, letting the computer reset itself the system is back to normal.

As per @shadow79 I am shifting the car every now and then from 2H to 4H and back. I am still facing the issue once in a while.

Its seems the switch has an issue and will try to find out more over the coming days, however thank God I do not have any unwanted vibrations.

Change the Vacuum solenoids, It will appear again after 20-50 Kms    

Just now, Frederic said:

Now i would assume you whipped that mechanic across the head with a size 32 spanner ? Who will bear all the costs here ?

I wish i could 🥵 , Damage done lesson learned 

Final Update 

Vibration was due to 1 teeth missing , Last night we opened everything again and found out left side Belt was missed by 1 1/2 timing.

It took me 6 Sparks Plug, 2 coil and cleaning of Injectors to find out this cause. in this course my Manifold was damaged due to wrong fitting.

Finally the vibrations are gone, but will drive for a week to see if it returns 

Just now, shadow79 said:

I do have a scanner and if you have time to come to Ajman then I can hook it up and see if we can pull some codes

And regarding the engine mounts even if it's ripped in 2 you can visually check unless you test them...

Thanks saleem bhai , I will call u shortly 

4 minutes ago, Srikumar said:

Did you check your mounts?

Mounts are good , grainy vibration while driving 

On 10/6/2019 at 6:23 PM, Barry said:

Plug the car in. Open up live data and look at misfire indicator. It will tell you exactly which cylinder the problem is on. Basic stuff, any mechanic worth his salt should pick this up first time

Tried with Multiple Garages some cannot connect and which connects cannot tell anything 

Changed 2 Coils but still vibrations on Idle , more while stopping in D 

After change of Solenoid vibration after 100 Kms is gone and car is quite stable 

But still it Vibrates on Gear and Reverse, Also  hesitates when Fan cuts off 

Engine is misfiring. 

The most common sign for Bad Coil, Any suggestion to check if which Coils is gone ? 

Its bad solenoid, first i will change it and see if there is any improvement, 

2 hours ago, shadow79 said:

If after this you have started or sometimes near this event your car feels funky then was the timing belt tensioner replaced and did you saw the old one with your own eyes ?

If both things check no then guess your engine cams might have jumped a tooth... could be a distant possibility but not out of equation

yes tensionor was changed and i saw it , How can i be make it sure it Jumped a tooth 

Car works fine like pick up and driving, No vibration below 100 kms while driving 

Is there a way i can be sure abt Tooth Jump