Toe Out Solved Somewhat

Finally I did the alignment to STELLAR.

It has 6mm of toe-out! That's quite too much actually.

He's adjusted to 2mm toe out.

Suffice to say, I drove fast all the time last night. Max speed on the wet road 100kph. No sign of drifts and drags I should say.

Good job!

Also did the oil change.

And then bought Nasi Ayam Hainan at the famous Melawati Food Court near Telekom.

List Of Problem

I have compiled a list of possible problems since STELLAR went back from Haji the mechanic.

• Dashboard indicator light intermittent
• Fuel gauge shows low, or under redline (recently happened)
  
• Oil pressure very low
• Misfire at idle
• Bubbling at part throttle
• Bang or explosion on acceleration
• Toe out at front

STELLAR has not been tuned properly, especially the ignition timing. But I have tinkered with the mixture.

OK that is all.

Wrong Way Around

I just found out, that I have actually adjusted the fuel mixture the wrong way around!

Lucky I know it the same day I misadjusted it, only later in the evening while heading back home

The rich-indicating smokescreen (almost) made it seem natural that something is utterly wrong somewhere. Thus I turn it "anticlockwise" rather than "the wrong way around".

So OK, I think the fuel consumption is quite ok lah, though I have not had a clue about the gauge position, as now it acts up.

But now the occasional explosions came back. I am still clueless whether that is the thing they called pinking, pinging, or was it detonation? It's like when you start up a Lambretta scooter, and it refuses to start, the last sound you hear is the sound I hear when it happens.

Toe Out

Preliminary checks, with the aforementioned wood, shows, that my car is probably having toe-outs at the front side.

I think the rear should be fine.

I will check in detail probably tonight.

By the way, the wood is not really straight, but I took that into account already.