It took almost 7 months to post an update - what a workaholic I am :dead horse Better late than never! So here is update as of now - The silver steed completed 50000 Kms mark on 28th Of Nov - when I achieved another milestone in personal life. Yeah, a decade with other soulmate
The 50K Kms mark crossed!
Just before I hit the overnighter to Waynad with TBhp team, I took the steed to Mandovi to replace the broken plastic guard below engine. And noticed that there was small green coolant line on the underbody - indication of something is not right. (Sorry, forgot to take pic.) The coolant level, Radiator coolant content was all fine. But then why this green residue on the underbody? I insisted the mechanic to check thoroughly but he couldn't find anything wrong. Upon another careful inspection by myself, I thought that there must be something wrong on the AC coolant pipe/ heating coil joints somewhere inside that may be the reason. Having not found any firm reasons to see this "potential leakage", i took the chance of taking the car on road. All through out the trip, drove it without much AC usage and as sedately as possible! Everything was just perfect, thank god!
Paid Service and Checkup @ 49761 Kms
Why - General Checkup before overnighter.
When - 11 Nov 2014, 49761 Kms
What - Paid Service (Coolant top up, Body Wash, Inspection, Oil Change)
Where - Mandovi Motors, JP Nagar
Spent - Rs 4,507.00
And the underbody plastic cover of right hand side not in stock made me come back next day again! But since the visit was already paid to service station, performed the paid service too. And on next day, I ended up replacing the bumper too. It had too much scratches on it!
Paid Service - Prior to 50K Kms
Why - On maintenance schedule.
When - 12 Nov 2014, 49765 Kms
What - Paid Service (Front Bumper replaced, Engine under cover changed)
Where - Mandovi Motors, JP Nagar
Spent - Rs 7,748.00
And then the vehicle is back to its usual glory!
A group car pic from the trip below -
Upon return, the steed was services at Mandovi throughly and still we did not find any issues with coolant or AC stuff. So things are going fine with the unsolved green underbody residue mystery!
Nowadays, I don't do the WA/ WB at MASS. Instead prefer to take to Madhu's where Nikhil lays out the red carpet for my silver steed and me! So right after the overnighter trip the visit to sadhu's was done - Here are some vitals from that session -
WA/WB - 49,917 Kms
Why - On maintenance schedule.
When - 20 Nov 2014, 45019 Kms
What - Tyre Care (WA/ WB, Rotation)
Where - Madhu's and Langford Road
Spent - Rs 870.00
Madhu's did the hunter road force balancing. Noticed that two of the rims have bent on inside edge! They would need replacing soon. Although we can take the bend out and use it, I prefer to replace them in another 5K Kms when i plan to replace the tyres as well.
And thus ends the quick summary for the past year!