Replace the Asian Dragon waste valve while taking advantage of door-to-door service

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 September 3, 2024
Last year, I heard from a friend that Asian Dragon had a waste gas valve recall, but at that time, because it was a large-scale recall, there were many models and vehicles involved, and Yifeng manufacturers had not yet prepared the accessories at that time, so they just drove over to check and make sure there was a problem at that time. Several people made an appointment with a bureau the night before last. During dinner, a friend said that he was going to Beijing on a business trip by high-speed rail for a few days. He had already made an appointment with the Yifeng after-sales service station in the city. On March 5, the Yifeng after-sales service station would arrange for the master to come to the auto trade city in the county to do the door-to-door service. But it is estimated that he will not be able to drive himself to do the recall on this business trip. And my friend didn’t want to drive the car to the far urban area and make a special trip to Yifeng after-sales service station to do this waste gas valve recall, so later he gave me the car keys and asked me to help drive the car to do the waste gas valve recall early in the morning of March 5. Because usually several people have a good relationship, so this favor must be helped, and it is not very complicated. I just drive the car early in the morning, let the professional Toyota after-sales master change it, and listen to them say that it will take about 15 to 20 minutes to change this thing for recall. I got up early in the morning on March 5th. First I drove this Asian dragon to Cangxiang Street in the county seat, drank a bowl of authentic Danji mutton soup, and then drove to the Automobile Trade City in the northeast corner of the county seat. I drove to the Auto Trade City at about 08:20, and then I found the door of the after-sales repair shop at the local Chiron Auto Trade, but at that time the facade houses were not open, so I waited for about five or six minutes. At about 08:30, the staff of Yifeng after-sales service station in the city drove over, drove an off-road vehicle, opened the trunk and pulled a car full of original Toyota accessories, with all kinds of Toyota oils and various Toyota filter elements. Because they had already made an appointment, they specially brought in a set of waste gas valves for recall of Asian Dragon gasoline engines from the city. Opened the box to see a relatively new waste gas valve, and there are several sealed washers, heard the master said that these are improved, the previous problems may be the material and design problems, this part may be later corrosion, the most serious may be stalled while driving. Later, after registering the information of the car, I signed another signature on the work order, and the maintenance master began to change the exhaust valve. in short, the master who changed the exhaust valve was very skillful. He changed this thing in about 15 minutes. When I changed it, I took some photos of my friends and posted them on Wechat. Later, a friend sent a message on Wechat saying that after the change, he wanted to have a comprehensive inspection of the car, focusing on the chassis, so later the car was driven back to the elevator, and the masters propped up the car and lifted it again, and checked the chassis thoroughly again. When checking the chassis, the most important thing is to see if there is anything wrong with the suspension, including shock absorbers and brake pads, and replenish the air pressure of the four wheels. The door-to-door service of Yifeng after-sales service station in the urban area is really good, the car owner does not have to go all the way to the city, and the inspection of the car is not careless, it seems that the work is very serious. It took about 10 or 20 minutes to replace the exhaust valve for the recall, and then it took more than ten minutes to check the chassis. In short, it took me half an hour to drive the car over this time, because I was the first car to drive there. So the early bird caught the worm, which basically didn’t prevent me from doing other things during the day.

Drive the car over early in the morning and come to the door-to-door service place of our automobile trade city at Yifeng after-sales service station in the city. As a result, I went a little early at that time. The door of other people’s service station had not yet opened, and this was the first car I drove over.

After waiting for a little while, at about 08:30, the after-sale car came, and at that time another Toyota Weiqi came to check.

They drive an off-road vehicle from the Great Wall, which can pull a lot of things when the back seat is dismantled, and the masters are all wearing Toyota overalls.

Later, several other Toyota cars came one after another, but luckily I came early, so I didn’t have to wait in line any more, and I could work directly when the engine cover was opened.

My friend, this Asian dragon car, has been running for almost three years, and its mileage is now less than 20,000 kilometers. he always says that he likes Toyota’s engine and quality when buying a car.

Later, I signed the work order for my friend, and a master went to the car to get the new waste gas valve recalled, and then went to work.

I think it’s Toyota and Lexus logo on the package, plus a plastic bag with washers inside.

It was only when the worker dismantled it that he knew what the waste gas valve was, and there were several pipes connected to it, some ventilated and some water pipes.

Looking at the packaging instructions, there are signs that such a simple thing is still imported from Japan.

After taking a look at the box, it was a bright new accessory. The worker said that the new one had been improved and the problem had been solved.

When removing the fixing screw, you have to use two different types of wrenches to remove the screw and rod completely.

It turned out later that it was a planting wire, screwed on the exhaust valve at one end and a nut at the other.

It took less than two minutes to remove one screw, and then began to remove the second fixing screw.

Later, a black plastic hollow pipe was removed, because this thing is also connected to the waste gas valve, so it must be removed to replace the waste gas valve.

Later, another master came to help, and the planting silk on the new waste gas valve had to be removed before it could be loaded into the car.

The original car was finally removed with that waste gas valve, and then the bag of the gasket was torn open for installation.

There is a big black gasket on top of the engine first. The cushion is very thin and feels like a metal.

Then I began to install the waste gas valve and asked the worker. I later knew that in some cases, the waste could be reused, so this thing was specially designed on the car.

This is the waste gas valve removed from the car. It does look like a little bit of corrosion.

This is me picking up this exhaust valve and looking at it from the other side.

They come to serve this place, there are a total of two car lifts, just in time to lift the car up to check the chassis.

It will be ready in about ten minutes.

Tighten the last fixing screw with a tool

After the waste gas valve is replaced, the car drives to the lift and prepares to inspect the chassis

After the chassis of the car was supported with a lift, the lift then lifted the car

The tire pressure was replenished next to next

The chassis inspection also found no problems. After all, the car is relatively new and it has not taken too bad a road

The master used a flashlight to check the chassis next to each other

Because the car runs less mileage, the tires look good

It took about half an hour in total to replace the waste valve and conduct a chassis inspection