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  1. Join Date
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    #1
    matanong ko lang sana bakit "easy maintenance" ang gas? or conversely, why is it so hard (expensive?) to maintain a diesel engine?

    is it still hard and expensive to maintain the new generation of diesel engines or only applies to the old ones?

    lagi ko kasi naririnig na magastos/mahirap ang mag maintain ng diesel.

    sana matulongan nyo ako!

    salamat!

  2. Join Date
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    #2
    not really, maintenance is just the same actually, compare this sa gas engine tune up you change the oil and filter, sparkplugs, fuel filter, clean or replace air filter kung luma oto mo add the contact point, condenser.

    sa diesel tune up is change oil and filter and fuel filter & clean or replace air filter too.
    so basically halos parehas lang di ba. sparkplugs lang ang iba.

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    #3
    aside from the post above.. mahal din kasi sa diesel engines usually need more oil than regular gas engine and may at times have two filters instead of one.

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    #4
    one of those is when it comes to calibration and overhauling charges
    by machine shops.

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    #5
    Quote Originally Posted by impulzz View Post
    not really, maintenance is just the same actually, compare this sa gas engine tune up you change the oil and filter, sparkplugs, fuel filter, clean or replace air filter kung luma oto mo add the contact point, condenser.

    sa diesel tune up is change oil and filter and fuel filter & clean or replace air filter too.
    so basically halos parehas lang di ba. sparkplugs lang ang iba.
    baka mas nagiging magastos ang diesel kasi mas madalas mag pa tune up ang diesel engine compare sa gas fed engine

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    #6
    yun TD42 ng Patrol, since I got it last 2003, once lang ako nag pa adjust ng valves, once lang nag palinis ng injectors. yearly palit ng fuel filter (2), every 5,000 km oil change 2-filter*300 ea. and 10 liters of oil, every 3-6 mos palit air cleaner.

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    #7
    Gastos ko for a regular oil change is around 2,000 a month for everything. Kung may pera naman at nataon sa major checkup (I do it every 20k), mga 7-8k ang gastos. Hehe.

    This is for a Dmax AT.

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    #8
    have had my starex since dec 2002, got it second hand.. but had only 17,000 on the odometer..... up to this very day. i havnt touchd the engine,, except replacing the water pump and timing belts... and engine oil change of course...i dnt even hav a regular sked for oil change... and it still runs perfect...

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    #9
    Oil change for a Pajero is roughly Php2k sa shop nina Glenn. May bagong air cleaner na din iyan.

    It's a '96 model (with me since '01) pero hindi pa naman kinacalibrate.

    No spark plugs, no contact points, no distributor. Walang ka-eklat eklat. Takes a lickin' keeps on tickin'. Most people who think it's 'hard' or 'expensive' are usually those types that don't even look under the hood or don't have an idea what a wrench is for.

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    #10
    kung maintenance mas madali pa nga ang sa diesel dahil mas konti ang kakalikutin...

    sa ngayon na puro computerized na ang mga gas engines tingin ko mas mahal na at masmahirap na mag ayos nag gas engine compare to diesel. on major parts halos parehas lang naman price so as the mythbusters say..."BUsted"

    pero kung DIY ka sa diesel magastos nga sa sabon, last month ako nag linis ng intake manifold nung hi ace... lang hya ang itim ng kamay ko pag tapos... pero tangal nag usok sa tailpipe...

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Laging sinasabi na "hard and expensive" to maintain a diesel engine, bakit po?