Cleaning Kia Sportage Turbo Intercooler and Intro about Oil Catch Can

I have been doing hands-on stuff to our workhorse 1998 Kia GrandSportage. Earlier this year the car had undergone a complete overhaul. Everything was cleaned but I noticed that the Turbo Intercooler wasn't. So did my research as to how to do this; if its safe and what not. Then I saw this video from Youtube where this fellow pinoy made baklas his Ford Everest Turbo Intercooler. So I thought if he did it to his 2-3 year old car then it should be safe for me to do it on my old friend.


While researching about other safe stuff I can do on the car, I came across Oil Catch Can. So what is Oil Catch Can? Its a device attached from the PCV (positive crankcase ventilation) that takes the excess oil released together by the released pressure from the engine.


So why bring up Oil Catch Can topic, I am not entirely sure but I see something the functions as an oil catch can but the outlet where its coming from doesn't seem to look like as a PCV. Here's the picture:)

yeah.. still looks dirty but I tell you they are already clean at this look!:)

So here are the steps in cleaning the Intercooler.


1. Loosen all hose clamps as illustrated below.

2. and logic will takeover to take other bolts holding down the intercooler in place.

At this point its also a good practice to cover the exposed parts of the turbo and the manifold intake, just to protect it from foreign materials in getting in.
3. Cleaning materials I used were: 1 Liter Gasoline; a can of Carb Cleaner/Engine Cleaner; Joy Dishwashing Detergent; Powder Detergent; paint brush and plenty of water

4. First in cleaning the intercoolet was just to clean it with dishwashing detergent a few times and rinse with running water. Perform this step a few times. You can also try using gasoline at this point then rinse.


5. After doing step 4 a few time; its now time to get rid of the stubborn oil inside. We now spray it with the Carb Cleaner or Engine Cleaner then just let the liquid get into the tubes of the intercooler. Repeat 4 then step 5 again.


6. Clean other parts that is connected to the intercooler. As for this post I have the ones below I also included:

7. We just have to install everything back in. Tighten hose clamps when everything is in place.


8. Goodluck with all the grease in your hands.


Disclaimer:
I am not in anyway to be blame whatever happens to your shirt:)

Where to get PLYWOOD cuttings? Retaso?

You want to build a cabinet, repair a cabinet door, make a small book rack; or make your little girls doll house... but you only need half or even less of the whole plywood sheet! NO PROBLEM... just drop by SUSON Lumber Incorporated!


Located at the heart of Mandaue City!

They have everything that you need from nails to carwash equipments! They have plenty of sales clerk too... This company has evolved over time, I can still remember how this hardware looked like during the 90's:)

they have separate claiming section after orders are placed!


We have plenty of hardwares in Mandaue or Lapu-Lapu but based on my knowledge they are the only one's who can provide wood cuttings in your size/ dimension preference! You only pay 10 php per cutting...


Here is my latest purchase!

A tip before going to the hardware! You have to make sure that you plot the cuttings that you need. But this doesn't apply if you only need a smaller cutting. Its because they base their computation to a minimum cut of 1ftx4ft.. just do the math:)

Here is my example:



You can go to the work area to give the cutter your sizes. In here the cutter is preparing the jig to get 1ftx4ft plywood cuttings:)

good to go cuttings

Hope this helps!

Suunto core battery replacement - front bezel

Howdy everyone! Hope you had a great day. Earlier today I had the chance to replace the battery of my old Suunto Core. This watch uses CR-2032 battery which has easy user access for battery replacement. The sad thing is that my battery access is stuck.

Last battery replacement I did cost me something that made me give the watch a long rest. Just recently I thought of replacing battery through the bezel. This is what the repairman told me they would do. 

Fyi. I did not search the web for this. Ayt!

Step 1. Deep breaths! Hehehe... We need to have some tools here. We will be using tiny hex screw tool. But before having access to the screews we need to pry open the front bezel! Just use your fingernails. 

Step 2. We now have access to 4 screws. 

Step 3. Take the front glass and keep it safe. We now have access to the lcd. Just gently get access to the back. Be gentle since there is a ribbon wire attched from the lcd to the back plate of the watch. See pics before going to step 4.

Step 5. Get the old batt and replace. Do some cleaning at this part. Put everything  back in now. Position the gasket properly before putting the screws back.

mactan suunto repair

suunto mactan repair

Lookin' good! Thanks for visiting. 

DIY project - cafe racer side mirror install in Yamaha SRX400

So my good friend Dennis wanted me to install a cafe racer side mirror on his SRX 400. So I went to Stokers bike shop in Wireless Subangdaku to get this nice mirror @ 1350php.

Here are the easy steps on how i did it. Enjoy!

First i had to plan how to install it either by using the rubber expander that came with the mirror or do it another way. 

Since I have to impress myself, heres the another way i thought about.

Took the stock barends

So the plan was to of cut the barend and bore a hole where i can mount the bolt from the mirror. Good thing i have few friendly friends at a machine shop nearby;)

Installation

Other angles

Side mirror - 1350php

Machineshop labor- 150php

Time spent - 2 hours

Just comment if you need any info on this project

Surplus bikes in Lapu-Lapu City

I have few friends asking me where to buy surplus bikes in mactan. So i thought of making a post where to get one. Since there's quite a lot of surplus shops. Here are a few to start with:

name: Mahalo

location: its on your right going to marigondon, few meters aftr the Petron Gas Station aftr the Gaisano GrandMall Agus road intersection.

name: el era

location: its few meters from Gaisano GrandMall going to Agus. 

name: 

location: road leading to Sudtunggan or Masulog. 

Looking for someone to do your upholstery in Lapu-Lapu City?

So my bike seat was literally falling apart! Yeah... It took me a while to get this repaired. Here is how it looked before:

   

this is the place. QZR Upholstery Shop is located along the Basak Lapu-Lapu City road. Its a little over Jollibee Basak

Other custom bike seat covers ready for installs. They also do other upholstery jobs you can imagine.

       

                                                                                                                                                                

DIY - Adjusting Guitar String Height

Yup... #cebudaddy sure knows how to do a little bit of guitarin'... I got this junior guitar bought around 2499 Php at Gaisano Grand Mall a year ago.. I thought of visiting my strumming skill because my pretty daughter is now singing:). My problem is that my fingers hurting after a long time of playing.. so I thought maybe I'd try adjusting my guitar string height...

Here's how I did it!

 This is the guitar I bought.. I think its imported from China..

Guitar ABC's

 This was the string height before... Sorry about the poor pic.

First step would be to loosen the strings... you don't really have to loosen it all the way.... in taking the guitar pegs out, you can use your mighty strong fingers or follow me using a cutter.. you can use a cloth to protect the peg/guitar bridge when using the cutter to avoid accidental scratches. it wont really hurt it, we only require your finger muscles here:)  

After taking the strings out... mark the part sticking out of the saddle so that we will know later when we do some testing how far we have sanded...

 Slowly sand the string saddle... we do few up and down strokes then we test... put the saddle back into the slot.. put a string back in, tighten and test... i won't go very technical but we just need to bring the string height down a few mm. we don't really want to sand the saddle to much because if the string will sit too low it will create a buzzing sound.. just be patient here!

This is how it looked in my guitar after sanding and testing... 

The before picture!:)

Thanks for viewing..