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It's not a Proton if it doesn't leak by dxn

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It's not a Proton if it doesn't leak
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<p>Last month when I sent my wife&#x27;s car for it&#x27;s regular engine oil change, the mechanic noted to me that the FEAD belt (Front End Accesories Drive belt, fancy name for AC belt or fan belt) was starting to crack. I felt a bit incredulous at that time because the car had not even crack 40k km, but I decided it would be unproductive to shout at a rubber belt, so I agreed to have it changed. Unfortunately, or rather, unbelievably, the mechanic couldn&#x27;t get me a new belt on that day despite the car being a very popular model, I postponed it until 2 days ago.</p>
<p>Since I also concluded that I should get other parts of the engine bay inspected, I opted to drive 20km to a Proton car specialist called Zordaq Motorsport in Nilai, Negeri Sembilan.</p>
<p><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/pTxXMVn2/WA-zordaq.png"/></p>
<p>Changing the FEAD belt required access throught the right wheel well, so the mechanic had to remove the right wheel and dismantled the fender lining.<img src="https://i.postimg.cc/RCgC2BCB/WA-changebelt.png"/></p>
<p>As seen below, the cracking was actually quite severe.</p>
<p><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/sXR1f9bC/WA-belt.png"/></p>
<p>After inspecting other parts of the engine bay, they also found oil stain under the oil pan.</p>
<p><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/WzY2ZMY3/WA-leak.png"/></p>
<p>My heart sank when they showed me this, as I can feel my financial health suddenly deteriorating. Luckily, they found the culprit to be just a loose rubber seal at the base of the dipstick tube. They re-sealed the tube with glue and charged me RM15 ($3.75 USD) for their troubles.</p>
<p>All in including the FEAD belt replacement, the final bill came to RM115 ($29 USD), way cheaper than I expected.</p>
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