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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sillycarx" data-source="post: 360491" data-attributes="member: 17377">Hmm.. having a very slow tuesday morning at the office. So let me share my experience. The SA drove the car up to my house at 8am. I took a look at the car, the engine was dusty but has NO sign of leaks or sludge. So that was a good signed, since I know for a fact that the didn't clean the engine or removed stains, since it was very dusty. The body work was quite decent, except for some stone chips which I suppose is common. The RIMs were a little scratch up, but I'm not too worried about that, since I could get that refurb. The tires were still Run-Flats, but it was not very old, probably 15k -20k clocked on it, so seems like the owner changed to RFTs P-zero after the intial tyres were due. Took the car to IA. Liew served and service my car. Liew was really nice. Wanted for 3 hours for the car to go through the checking. The bills of health came back clean with minor fix. Liew said. 1. Engine was ran pretty hard, because there was 0 sludge in the engine block. 2. There is no leaks at all. But the Auto-transmission hose is beginning to decompose and will need to be change.3. The car battery should be change because of it's age (approaching 4 years) and not because of the Amp output.4. The suspension came back with 1% variation on the left front. According to Liew, the passing criterion for the suspension test is < 30%, so the suspensions are actually in very good condition.5. All sensors and electronics are working fine.6. Liew mention that the under-carriage of the car had NO signed of accidents. But was very dirty with mud and sand. He said that the car must have been used on building site / off tarmac. But other then that, the under-carriage looks good. No rust no accident. 7. Overall, Liew said the car is in pretty good condition and is a good buying. So, with recomendation to buy from Liew and Damien ( Meet Damien in IA too!). I took the dive!Now I have to get some minor stuff done. I plan to get the ATF changed, together with the ATF hose. I'll leave the battery alone for now. I am considering to change the axel oil as well, what do you think? And of course bring the car in for engine oil change as well.I was told by Liew that, the 325 uses 5W30 engine oil, which seems REALLY thin. He said IA uses either Shell or Petronas. Any recommendation?</blockquote>

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