All well again ..

At about 3.00 pm, I went to APD to collect my car which was ready for collection since 1.00 pm when Ali informed me that the car no longer overheats after replacing the 2 fan motors with new ones. He further stated that, after running the engine on idle for about an hour, there was no signs of overheating and that, of course, proved that the fans were working as they should.

I then took the car for a test drive with Prakash, a mechanic working there, and was satisfied that indeed the car was not overheating. The yellow engine symbol that appeared had gone, had been erased by them using the ECU device.

It was now time to settle the amount that came to RM 1,594 inclusive of workmanship. As usual when dealing with car mechanics I was always skeptical, then and now, about the parts replaced. I was badgering Ali whether those parts were OEM parts and not parts made in China, about where he got them from - Tan Chong or what. asking him also to give the name of the supplier, and asking him to produce the box in which the parts were usually kept.

Ali apologised saying that he could not divulge the suppliers's name as it was confidential. But he assured me that the parts were based on the car's chassis number and that his supplier had supplied the parts in accordance with the chassis number and the car model and its Japanese specifications. In other words, they were genuine NIssan parts.

But I was still not satisfied with his explanation fearing that Ali might not even know whether they were really Nissan parts. Also, there was no way for me to know that the parts replaced were new as they were already fitted. I had to take Ali's word for them being genuine.

The only way to know was to monitor the performance of the fan motors from the time that I sent the car to APD on 21/12/2009 when its meter reading was 18,127 kilometres. But then again, APD would not risk their reputation for being a well known niche workshop specialising in maintaining performance cars.

After paying the amount using EBB CC, I met Danial, the owner's son, and asked him to quote for an HKS supercharger which he said was about RM 20k + and left for home. He promised to SMS me a proper quotation.