Radiator cap

It's been a while since I last post, a year plus went missing. It is due to nothing much changes and less usage of my Isis for the past year.  This time I bought a new radiator cap to replace the original factory fitted cap in order to try to improve the cooling performance.
The original factory fitted radiator cap was from Denso 0.9 without spring type, small head. The one that I bought also original parts but not made by Denso. Not sure the brand but still the small head and without spring.

The story started when I notice a drop in cooling performance after my last service. The coolant temperature are a bit higher and I notice some coolant on the overflow tank top and nearby the radiator cap. Hence I believe the radiator cap had lost it performance and hopefully by replacing it, the cooling performance will be restored.
The cost of the radiator cap? RM30.00 and I bought it from my favourite shop in Sentul. However, the owner had opened another branch nearby Batu Caves there. Google for Gateway Auto Parts and you can find it. They carry a lot of Toyota parts too.

Denso Cool Gear Air Filter

When I bought the cabin air filter, I also bought the air filter from the same seller in Lazada, price wise is half of the original parts. Design is almost the same and the quality of the material is almost similar. A notable differences are the thickness of the filter. Cool gear filter a bit more thinner overall.

There are stamps of parts number on the front side of the filter instead of the side on the original parts. Original parts that I bought previously are Made in Thailand and the new is Made in China.

Differences between the old and new, dirty and clean air filter.

Denso Cool Gear Air Filter : 260300-0210 Product Made in China

Previous post on Air Filter :-
http://toyotaisis.blogspot.my/2012/04/replacing-air-filter.html

Denso Cool Gear Cabin Air Filter

 

Do you feel that your air cond is not performing well and the air blown are weak ? Maybe it is time to change your cabin air filter. As you know, all the modern car come with cabin air filter to purify the internal air circulation and it is important to change the filter once a while to ensure optimum air circulation of the car.

In my previous post, I had changed the cabin air filter to Denso premium filter which cost quite a lot however, recently during my internet searching, I found that Lazada does sell cabin air filter by Cool Gear (Denso) for sale and it cost very much less than the original.

Cool Gear is a sub brand for Denso and it sell parts at the more affordable price and since the price is almost 2 or 3 times less than the original parts, I try it out and buy one online and get it delivered to me within a week. It does fit well after installation and out comes the old filter which is colour black rather green (Original).

I would recommend getting this parts rather than OEM as this parts are still manufactured by Denso subsidiary so quality wise should be better than OEM. For Malaysian, you can buy this via lazada and you can get some discount too with free delivery too.

Cool Gear part number : 145520-2520 Product Made in Korea

Previous post on Cabin Air filter :-
http://toyotaisis.blogspot.my/2014/09/denso-carbon-filter.html
http://toyotaisis.blogspot.my/2011/11/changing-air-cond-filter.html

88888

After so many years, finally it reach 88888km… a wonderful journey with the Isis and memorable too.

Toyota Isis Carpet for Sale -SOLD-

For sale 5 pieces original toyota Isis floor mat. Only 5 pieces and without the 3rd row carpet. Condition as per photo, what you see is what you get.

Clearance price RM50. Just to clear store before new year. Collection at Cheras Tesco area only.

Interested ? Just drop me an email (worldofht81s@gmail.com) or drop me a message here. First come first serve.

Toyota Isis ram into shop

 

This is something we don't normally see in our TV during news time, as most of the Isis are for JDM hence it is rare for Isis to caught the news locally other than Japan.

Apparently, this Isis had smashed into a local shop and do some serious accident in Japan.

 The car are pretty intact and not much damages to the car.

 I not sure who's the driver and are there anyone injured ?

This accident happened back in 2012, so it a rather old stories and I just happened bump into it during my routine google search.

The front bumper does suffer some damages hitting the stainless steel rail.

For those interested to know more :-
http://shashuhantei.blog.jp/archives/7602018.html

Toyota Isis DIY DVD

 

There is always something for everyone and in Japan the people there never stop to surprise me with new innovation and products for the masses. I know that many car owner like to DIY around their car and I am one of them but many times we face problems of what is the proper steps to DIY. We worried that we might break something if we didn't do it the right way. Hence someone in Japan will show it for you via DVD.
Since it was done in Japanese for Japanese don't expect you could understand much before you learn how to listen Japanese. Anyway, it is much better than looking or reading via books and catalogue which most probably in Japanese too.

Cost ? Around JPY3,000, not that expensive since the Yen had drop so much in the recent months.

The video above is for a short sneak peek on what and how they present the DIY.

Links to original page in rakuten Japan :-
http://item.rakuten.co.jp/auc-mkjp/dvd-toyota-isis-zgm15w-01/