Don’t forget to do the fourth maintenance of your car during the Mid-Autumn Festival

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 September 22, 2024
Time flies so fast. Since I changed my job, I was busy and hadn’t written a post for a while. In the blink of an eye, the car that has only been two and a half years is about to undergo maintenance for the fourth time. I remember the last time it was 2019.01.03, it has been more than 8 months since now. If the time given by the 4S point is already over, I remember telling me at that time that it was half a year or 5000 kilometers, but since I have always used Castrol Semi-Synthetic to maintain it, the car is running almost now, although the appointment is 20% off. But this time I forgot to make an appointment in advance. I called to ask if I could work during the Mid-Autumn Festival. After confirming that I would work normally, I drove straight to the 4S store.
After a long 30-minute and 27-kilometer journey (in fact, it was already very fast), I finally arrived at Shandong Qilu Dezhong 4S Store. After arriving, fortunately, the store was not very busy due to the holidays, and there were only a few cars queuing up. I’d better decide on my own maintenance items first! Because I had always replaced the filter element myself, and the air conditioning filter element was also replaced during the Chinese New Year, I finally chose the old one I had always been. I only replaced the oil filter. I originally wanted to replace the oil drain bolt this time, but the staff said it was unnecessary, and finally asked me to give up. The final fee is:
Castrol Preferred Engine Oil 4L 288 yuan
1 oil filter element 55 Yuan
There is no discount for working hours and appointments of 140 yuan
Total cost: 288+55+140=483
Since I wasn’t scheduled after confirmation, I can’t go to the front exhibition hall for a look! After watching it for a while, it took me almost half an hour to wait for my car. I went straight to the workstation behind me to see my little Bailang.
After a series of operations by the maintenance master, my Xiaobailang was quickly maintained. When making the final settlement, because I needed to use points and maintenance coupons, the receptionist said that the system could not be connected to the Internet, but it was still impossible after waiting for a while. Finally, the receptionist said that he would settle the settlement tomorrow, and I would just send him a Captcha.(In the end, he gave me a 20% discount on the working hours) This maintenance cost a total of 288+55+112=455, which also saved me 28 yuan.
Various cars in the exhibition hall

Tu Yue’s face is still very beautiful

Touang has a domineering appearance and a turbulent heart

When the car drove to the workstation, the maintenance technician began to take protective measures

Get on the rack and get ready for takeoff

Remove the engine guard of the original car

Remove the oil drain bolt and start preparing to drain the oil. The original oil drain bolt costs a few yuan

The engine oil is quite dark when you look at it, but it doesn’t feel very dark when you look at the oil can above it.

After removing the oil filter

Install a new oil filter element. During the last maintenance, the engine oil was replaced with a new package. This time, I came for maintenance and found that the engine filter element was also replaced!

Install engine guard

Adding fresh blood to the engine and using this Castrol’s preferred semi-synthetic engine oil from the first maintenance onwards is still quite good.

Santana, who was dismembered, I don’t know why

Since the computer was not there at the 4S point at that time, I couldn’t detect the trouble code, so I couldn’t go home and test it myself. I bought the 5053 data cable some time ago and came in handy again. Test results are OK