It has been four years since I started the 2019 Pajero V97 Middle East version and traveled 97,000 kilometers. It was originally planned to replace the timing belt and spark plug at 100,000 kilometers, which is until June and July this year. I didn’t travel by car during this time, and commuting in the city only took fifty to sixty kilometers a day. A few days ago, the master of the 4S shop (hereinafter referred to as him) told me that if I replace it in recent days, he could “take on private work” and help me with it. He was the one who did both the routine and major maintenance of my car in the store. We are quite familiar and have mutual trust.
It was agreed to deliver the car before work the afternoon before the day before yesterday. He operated at night and picked up the car the next morning. When I got the car, the master told me that the front shock absorber leaked a little, and it was okay to travel around the city recently. If I want to travel on a self-driving tour out of the province, it is recommended to replace it. Then I made an appointment with my buddy who owns an auto repair shop and went to check in a few days to see if there was a leak or a little oil stain. But when you think about it, in the past four years, you have run some washboards and shell pits in Northeast Gannan Xizang Xinjiang, so you can replace all the front and rear shock absorbers. After consulting the local store owner of a certain treasure, the original V97 front shock absorber cost 520 yuan each, the rear shock absorber cost 380 yuan each, and the working hours of the auto repair shop are about 150 yuan each.
When the car was handed over to him, he asked him to change the four wheels, but after taking the car home, he found that it had not been changed. I called him and asked him. He said that he checked the front and rear wheels and found that the wear of the rear tread was a little more severe than that of the front tread. In line with the practice that the front tire is better than the rear tire, he did not change it. Damn, I guess he was a little tired from working until the early morning and couldn’t be bothered to change positions for four rounds. However, what he said is not without reason. The V97 is a rear-wheel drive and does not need to change four wheels as frequently as the front-wheel drive. Considering that the right rear wheel of my car was nailed last year and a mushroom nail was repaired, I still plan to go to Buddy’s auto repair shop to change positions and run around the city to save time and change positions before changing positions. Hehe.
He took photos of the disassembled and installed things and sent them to me in the early morning. When I saw the photo, I realized that the spark plug I bought on a certain treasure was the same brand as the original car spark plug, and I felt generous.
This time, we replaced the timing belt (one set), spark plug (come with it), and oil filter. The package price is 3600.
I have consulted before, and the price of replacing the timing belt (one set) in a 4S shop is around 4000. I bought an original timing belt (a set) for 980 yuan at a certain treasure, and the man-time cost of going to the auto repair shop to replace it was estimated to be about 1000 yuan without asking. However, the replacement of this timing belt must not be sloppy, and the master of the 4S shop makes people feel more at ease.
The chatter about this was mainly due to a lot of emotion. How to maintain a private car is also a technical task. Try to avoid a pit or not be a sucker, and you can earn some oil money, hehe.