How bizarre. I was thinking to myself "I don't remember Ian saying anything about putting the sump plug back in after draining the oil". That's exactly the kind of thing I'd do. It's a very endearing little beastie
Welcome Desmond to the Hubnut fleet! Forgetting to replace the sump plug was a not quite regular error in my day but I am guilty of this... along with coolant drain plug on occasion. Great work HubNutters, oil all filter done.
Don’t feel bad Ian. I’ve got 4 decades of oil changes under my belt and I performed my first “pour some fresh oil straight through the engine” last year. I guess it happens to us all.
Unpopular opinion but that Kanari is a wee tad more practical than Chemmy imo. More boxy a bit bigger & taller = more space to throw stuff into....heck it looks on par with an Ignis/Wagon R in terms of interior space. If i only lived in the UK id give it a good home for a "dumpit"
First to the post! Oil changes never go to plan with vehicles new to you. One never knows how well or how often they've been done prior to your ownership
I did that a couple of years ago for the first and onlt time in 40 years but was not fortunate enough to have a catch can still underneath.. Doh is the expression that springs to mind......
I think the Perodua is an excellent little car and an absolute bargain considering what you paid for it. I do hope Miss Hubnut warms to him over time as I’d like to see it stay on the fleet. Good luck ! 😁
The story about the Yaris wheel bearing has made me think. I wish there was a simple and reliable online facility to find out about alternative fitments like that. Of course it’s not even guaranteed that ordering a part from the actual manufacturer will result in the right part, so I guess I can just keep wishing.
I thought I could see a John child sticker in the back window I live down the road from that garage he sold loads of them it’s amazing how far cars travel around
I think Desmond is a top name for a car! And she is the first female Desmond I’ve ever, err, ‘met’ (virtually).I do look forward to seeing her in a pork-pie hat. She can borrow mine any time 😀
Cool car. Glad you explained the number plate position. Tbh, If I owned the car, I’d move it more centrally, don’t think it will affect cooling at all, it’s not a high performance engine etc 😊
So you missed out option 3 for the oil filter, which was that I changed the oil, and the oil filter when I bought it about a year ago, and replaced the (non original) filter with a new/old stock filter I found in a Reliant spare parts dealer... My strong suspicion is that the phrase new/old stock may have been a euphemism for old/old stock. Also, the oil filler cap has always stuck - you will notice the cap has a little hole in the end of the ridge on the top, which is perfect for inserting a screwdriver for extra leverage.
Doesn't "new old stock" simply mean "ancient but unused in never-opened original packaging"? I guess you'd have noticed if he'd sold you a used oil filter 😅
I was talking to a retired computer salesman this morning. He said that the reason why the old Vectra B was always dominating the motorways and A-roads at 110mph, isn't so much because they were refined and powerful, but it was REALLY because they were so uncomfortable that drivers just couldn't wait to get out of them!
I did exactly that servicing the Skoda on the drive & having to stop to sort out a stroppy 3 year old. Poured 4.5 litres of Castrol through the engine into the not quite big enough drain tray, luckily has some sand to clean up with 🙄 Easily done! I was guessing at Ken for the name, I feel I was close 😂
At least you spotted the sump plug (it's fairly obvious!) ... How about leaving the filler cap off - if you're lucky the engine will coat the inside of the bonnet with rust reducer ...
Mannol engine oil. Nice one! I use it in my Toyota and both my motorbikes. Love the stuff. Until now I didn't know of anyone else who uses it. Anyone else out there using Mannol?
Please consider using an oil sludge removal additive in Desmond, as those EJ engines are notorious for drinking oil (Esp when they may be on their first oil filter). I'm trying to save my GF's EJ Cuore engine which is fine in every way, except it's addiction to oil!
Sweet little car, this is why I love this channel, a respite from the usual moronic golf r/b58/amg nonsense I see! The wheel bearing problem reminds me of a peugeot 305 I had, couldn't find front top mounts for love nor money, tried ones from 205, 309 etc, no use... With modern stuff like autodoc parts cross ref etc I could have sorted it no problem. Sending a couple of litres through the sump to flush it never hurt hehe
I dunno, spending so much time bickering over who has the better car, and you go and leave the sump plug out, but, for an external judgement, Elly's the best, because she's a 2CV... :P
Mannol engine oil. Nice one! I use it in my Toyota and both my motorbikes. Love the stuff. Until now I didn't know of anyone else who uses it. Anyone else out there using Mannol?
You omitted the possibility that it was serviced at the dealership for most of it's life. I find that plausible since it seems to be quite the chore finding parts for these cars.
@@HubNut Yeah. I would suspect it has been quite well cared for considering how often it has been resold by the dealer. Scrapping it for a bad wheel earing seems like an anomaly. It's pretty astonishing how often people who buy these "bottom of the barrel brand" cars teake incredibly good care of them when it comes to servicing. Probably if you are looking for cars in the scrapyard a perudua is a much better bet than an skoda for example since then 2nd hand values probably make quite alot of repairs unviable quicker than what is fair.
Everything i can find shows Kenari (all model years) has 55bhp which is less than the 63bhp for the charade. And 55bhp is the amount the EJDE engine produces. The torque is very similar (90 v 88nM). The power and torque are both produced at higher reva with the VE (6000 v 5200rpm and 3600 v 3200rpm repectably.
Might be difference between export spec and local spec with the vvt gubbins, Malaysian specification car tend to get crappier specification back then vs export market. also, Malaysian numberplate is the same size as the UK one (former colony after all), usually its just a crappy plastic glue-on plate number (no mount needed)
Ian, there is nothing in the constructions and use regulations or MOT regulations that state's the number plate has be in the centre, the number plate just needs to meet the current regulations stated in the manual, must be readable at 20.5 metres and must be secure. It must not however be put in the windscreen like a lot of modified car people do.
At least forgetting the plug may have flushed some crud out. Did you remember to check the level after starting? Number plates can be mounted off center but must be towards the offside. Some Alfa's have to and Land Rovers.
@HubNut now I've watched all the way through I'm now questioning whether it was a ve, same bulkhead ej-dv stamp, but the coure engine didn't have the sensor fitting on top, just a blank.
Point of complete trivia -- most Canadian provinces gave up on front licence plates decades ago, and they were never sized for short-sighted policemen in the first place. British number plates suck big time -- ridiculously big things in my opinion. So you could call the Kenari "Lew" for short after Desmond Llewelyn, that actor who played Q in the James Bond flicks. He was always modding cars. I like terms at least twice removed and disguised for plausible deniability. My father called my mother Eggs as a term of affection, short for Peggy, which is somehow short for Margaret, itself also otherwise shortened as Meg, Maggie, Marge, Margie etc ad infinitum. Lew Kenari -- tough little guy "Yeah, that's me! Wanna make sump'n of it, pal?!" whose real name is Desmond which is of course of Irish origin, thus being for the most part not giving away a Malaysian connection.
Always buy 20 ltr manoil 5.30 for my fiesta when on offer.always change oil at about 5000 miles and never have a problem.left my sump plug off once and made a mess.happens to use all.😂😂
Drag Race. Two runs. First run; drive own car, Second run; drive partners car. Compare. Ooh, loser gets to buy the winner (and themselves) a nice cream tea, tea and cake, kebab, or what have you. ;)
@@chrispop99 The best one is when they forget to nip it up so that the sump plug falls out after a few feet and paints the whole parking lot outside the dealership.
Been there, done that. It's almost a rite of passage. Everyone will do it once, Mine was on a customer's car last year, as a mechanic in training. And I had already removed the catchcan. end result? 4.1 liter of 5W-30 on the shop floor. It was a 2008 Ford Focus Wagon.
Any possibility that it's had an engine change or from another RHD country likes of ROI or South Africa? I had a Ford Sierra Sapphire badged as a GL model but an ROI spec and very different kit to UK one.
Great video, love Miss Hubnuts giggles at mentions of lubrication action lol
and she snuck in a girth joke just before
Now you've got a spare engine for whatever one falls apart less quickly.
How bizarre. I was thinking to myself "I don't remember Ian saying anything about putting the sump plug back in after draining the oil". That's exactly the kind of thing I'd do. It's a very endearing little beastie
Me too. Here's a plan: they should work to develop a fleet that is all Daihatsu, or Daihatsu derived. That would settle the differences of opinion.
I love this little car, such a tryer,like a labrador just wants to please.
Good choice of name for the Kenari, a very fitting tribute
Absolutely brilliant video Ian miss hubnut ❤👍always great to see tinkering video brilliant
Welcome Desmond to the Hubnut fleet! Forgetting to replace the sump plug was a not quite regular error in my day but I am guilty of this... along with coolant drain plug on occasion. Great work HubNutters, oil all filter done.
I do enjoy your heated discussion on what is better the Kanari or the Daihatsu great banter made the oil change so much fun
Hello Desmond. Welcome to Hubnut
Oil's well that ends well 🛢️🚙💨👍!
If you have a Desmond then the next car should be Molly Jones.
I was thinking Porkpie
Happy ever after in the marketplace...
Now available at the hubnut store......Goodbye happy t-shirts 👍🤠👍
Burnn
Don’t feel bad Ian. I’ve got 4 decades of oil changes under my belt and I performed my first “pour some fresh oil straight through the engine” last year. I guess it happens to us all.
Love the teasing! Steady now!
Unpopular opinion but that Kanari is a wee tad more practical than Chemmy imo.
More boxy a bit bigger & taller = more space to throw stuff into....heck it looks on par with an Ignis/Wagon R in terms of interior space.
If i only lived in the UK id give it a good home for a "dumpit"
Underbonnet access very slightly better too?
Looks are better too
First to the post! Oil changes never go to plan with vehicles new to you. One never knows how well or how often they've been done prior to your ownership
Great video, lucky the catch pan was underneath for the oil, I would have said I was flushing the engine😂
I did that a couple of years ago for the first and onlt time in 40 years but was not fortunate enough to have a catch can still underneath.. Doh is the expression that springs to mind......
Looks like you dodged a bullet with the smart car as it's a non runner at the minute 🤫👍🇮🇪
Has it gone in huff
Smart move?
@@grahamclark4518it's got a tiny engine, so probably went in a minute and a huff.
I think the Perodua is an excellent little car and an absolute bargain considering what you paid for it. I do hope Miss Hubnut warms to him over time as I’d like to see it stay on the fleet. Good luck ! 😁
another great video has always Ian and Carly miss/mrs hubnut and hublets and hubmutt 👍
2:15 Put some Lucas oil additive in and you will not have any cold start issues again. I put it in all of my engines!
Welcome to the fleet Desmond, bizarre you’ve bought two Perodua’s from the same family
Could be that there is a very limited number of people prepared to drive around in a Perodua ;-)
I prefer Ken😬
Sumpplug weve all done that but it just makes all the more fun when others do it😂
Im still hanging my nose over those hubcaps... 🙂
* drools *
The story about the Yaris wheel bearing has made me think. I wish there was a simple and reliable online facility to find out about alternative fitments like that. Of course it’s not even guaranteed that ordering a part from the actual manufacturer will result in the right part, so I guess I can just keep wishing.
Miss H should try the kenari now that the oil has been changed. So she can feel the love that Des can give. 😊
A Great little Tinkering Video. Is Desmond needing a screen washer Cap? I heard milk caps are the way forward 😂
I thought I could see a John child sticker in the back window I live down the road from that garage he sold loads of them it’s amazing how far cars travel around
Forgetting the sump plug, it happens to the best sometimes (me) as a mechanic a long time ago.
Now looking forward to some Matiz and Berlingo action...!
Welcome, Desmond! What a coincidence regarding previous owners!
If you have a scan tool, unplug the connector and see what codes it sets. Sure looks like some sort of valve timing/ lift control.
I think Desmond is a top name for a car! And she is the first female Desmond I’ve ever, err, ‘met’ (virtually).I do look forward to seeing her in a pork-pie hat. She can borrow mine any time 😀
Cool car. Glad you explained the number plate position. Tbh, If I owned the car, I’d move it more centrally, don’t think it will affect cooling at all, it’s not a high performance engine etc 😊
So you missed out option 3 for the oil filter, which was that I changed the oil, and the oil filter when I bought it about a year ago, and replaced the (non original) filter with a new/old stock filter I found in a Reliant spare parts dealer...
My strong suspicion is that the phrase new/old stock may have been a euphemism for old/old stock. Also, the oil filler cap has always stuck - you will notice the cap has a little hole in the end of the ridge on the top, which is perfect for inserting a screwdriver for extra leverage.
Cheers! Good to know.
Doesn't "new old stock" simply mean "ancient but unused in never-opened original packaging"? I guess you'd have noticed if he'd sold you a used oil filter 😅
@@Ragnar8504 well yes, bit in this case it was just sitting on a shelf, not in a packet. It may well have had some spiders inside...
Extra filtering if they were hairy spiders 😋@@charliewakely8585
My poor little Freddy is in Peices due to him having his radiator fixed!Hopefully back in action next week!
Great story and great name. Nice to Desmond is getting some love. Will Chemmy be kept for parts? Lol
I was talking to a retired computer salesman this morning. He said that the reason why the old Vectra B was always dominating the motorways and A-roads at 110mph, isn't so much because they were refined and powerful, but it was REALLY because they were so uncomfortable that drivers just couldn't wait to get out of them!
Having owned one, I can concur...
You could have kept it simple and just called it Kenny. Then when the inevitable happens we could all do South Park jokes 😉
Oh my god...
Billy Connolly went to school with a wee deaf boy called Desmond, but they used to call him DESMOND!!
Funny that the wheel bearing cross referenced to a Yaris because the first time I seen the rear of it I thought it looked very like a Yaris verso
I did exactly that servicing the Skoda on the drive & having to stop to sort out a stroppy 3 year old. Poured 4.5 litres of Castrol through the engine into the not quite big enough drain tray, luckily has some sand to clean up with 🙄 Easily done! I was guessing at Ken for the name, I feel I was close 😂
sort the other bits on the engine service and finish with an Italian tune-up to clear out the cobwebs. I recon Des will fly.
At least you spotted the sump plug (it's fairly obvious!) ... How about leaving the filler cap off - if you're lucky the engine will coat the inside of the bonnet with rust reducer ...
Ha! Could work.
Or you have a bike and twice the oil filler/dipstick has fallen out as you've been driving along, not good.
Mannol engine oil. Nice one! I use it in my Toyota and both my motorbikes. Love the stuff. Until now I didn't know of anyone else who uses it. Anyone else out there using Mannol?
@@Trev350Never heard of it. I use Motul or Valvoline 20W50 in my 'stang.
If you get the squarer "import style" plates on the front of the cars they can be centred, still allowing ventilation and they are perfectly legal.
Chemmy/Desmond action! 🥳
It should be called Polly, at least my Canary is !
Ian, you’re probably looking for those pliers. They are on the floor by the orange jack.
I'm pretty sure my 2007 Kelissa EX had variable valve timing. Obviously I can't go back and check, but I'm pretty sure it did.
Comments tonight suggest all but the earliest did.
Please consider using an oil sludge removal additive in Desmond, as those EJ engines are notorious for drinking oil (Esp when they may be on their first oil filter). I'm trying to save my GF's EJ Cuore engine which is fine in every way, except it's addiction to oil!
Oh we know! The Charade drinks a lot of it. The Kenari seems to use very little. Hopefully regular changes will keep it that way.
When you revealed the name, I only kept thinking of Desmond Benjamin😂
Tutu.
I was thinking of the Beatles song 'O-La-Di, O-La-Da'. or the first name of a man who lived down the block from me who was of Scottish heritage.
I thought of Desmond Dekker - my ears are alight....
Saw him live at North Shields fish Quay festival a long time ago, the crowd loved him❤@@thomasfrancis5747
Oh come on Ian, you left the sump plug out on purpose so that you could prime the oil filter didn't you 🤪👌
Sweet little car, this is why I love this channel, a respite from the usual moronic golf r/b58/amg nonsense I see! The wheel bearing problem reminds me of a peugeot 305 I had, couldn't find front top mounts for love nor money, tried ones from 205, 309 etc, no use... With modern stuff like autodoc parts cross ref etc I could have sorted it no problem. Sending a couple of litres through the sump to flush it never hurt hehe
I dunno, spending so much time bickering over who has the better car, and you go and leave the sump plug out, but, for an external judgement, Elly's the best, because she's a 2CV... :P
I would have gone for Kenny The Kenari but Desmond is good too.
You can go full Alfa. Offset plates are fine!
"Hello Happy" 😂
Desmond the Perodua. Welcome 😊😊😊😊
You could put the perodua engine in the dihatsu if its the same to keep it alive, and the mrs happy !.
Are you two still playing your smutty double entendre game?
Carry On In the Unit.
😂
It's theme song needs to be Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
I feel a bit guilty that I didn't offer you our Charade when we sold it. The engine neither burned nor leaked a drop of oil between services.
Are you keeping Desmond
My dad used to say always lubricate your ring before you put it back on now I know why he meant😮
A car with that much grunt under the bonnet should be called Brutus. 😂
Does the Childs/Perodua garage you visited still sell spares?
I believe so.
I always think you are saying "Canary" which is VERY Hubnut ;-)
Mannol engine oil. Nice one! I use it in my Toyota and both my motorbikes. Love the stuff. Until now I didn't know of anyone else who uses it. Anyone else out there using Mannol?
You omitted the possibility that it was serviced at the dealership for most of it's life. I find that plausible since it seems to be quite the chore finding parts for these cars.
Suspect it was for quite a few years. Turns out the previous owner fitted a genuine filter.
@@HubNut Yeah. I would suspect it has been quite well cared for considering how often it has been resold by the dealer. Scrapping it for a bad wheel earing seems like an anomaly. It's pretty astonishing how often people who buy these "bottom of the barrel brand" cars teake incredibly good care of them when it comes to servicing. Probably if you are looking for cars in the scrapyard a perudua is a much better bet than an skoda for example since then 2nd hand values probably make quite alot of repairs unviable quicker than what is fair.
Oil on the floor 🙄 I've never done that though i have done other things like put jump leads on the wrong way around and got away with it 🤗👍🇮🇪
I like this car. Not as much as TWC, but maybe my second favourite at the moment.
How much have you got invested in it now?
Once I've fitted a set of tyres I reckon it won't be more than £600 including purchase, MOT cost etc.
@@HubNut thats decent these days for a car with years mot
@@HubNut An absolute bargain, especially as the tyres weren't a failure.
Everything i can find shows Kenari (all model years) has 55bhp which is less than the 63bhp for the charade. And 55bhp is the amount the EJDE engine produces. The torque is very similar (90 v 88nM). The power and torque are both produced at higher reva with the VE (6000 v 5200rpm and 3600 v 3200rpm repectably.
Strange isn't it?
Might be difference between export spec and local spec with the vvt gubbins, Malaysian specification car tend to get crappier specification back then vs export market.
also, Malaysian numberplate is the same size as the UK one (former colony after all), usually its just a crappy plastic glue-on plate number (no mount needed)
Ah yes the oil catcher,why does it look cleaner on top.. Eerm yes it's the new oil 🏃➡️ exit stage right😂
I found a Honda Civic rear brake cylinder was a match for a Standard 8... Who'd have thunk?
That was a funny hilarious video 🤣🤣🤣
Ian, there is nothing in the constructions and use regulations or MOT regulations that state's the number plate has be in the centre, the number plate just needs to meet the current regulations stated in the manual, must be readable at 20.5 metres and must be secure. It must not however be put in the windscreen like a lot of modified car people do.
The engine looks EXACTLY like the one in Miss Daisy.
It is very familiar!
At least forgetting the plug may have flushed some crud out. Did you remember to check the level after starting? Number plates can be mounted off center but must be towards the offside. Some Alfa's have to and Land Rovers.
Yup. Level was checked after it had run, after a few minutes.
Oh yeah - an oil change… That’s what I have to do soon on my sweet little Citroën C1…. See you soon •••» Martin
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I sat and thought...he can't of missed the sump plug. oh....🙈
Could it be a factory option to have a manual gearbox . And it kept the vvt engine off the auto...or something....
My kenari had a ve engine, I've just replaced it with a 7k miles ej-de engine.
Cool. What's the easiest way to tell?
@HubNut now I've watched all the way through I'm now questioning whether it was a ve, same bulkhead ej-dv stamp, but the coure engine didn't have the sensor fitting on top, just a blank.
Point of complete trivia -- most Canadian provinces gave up on front licence plates decades ago, and they were never sized for short-sighted policemen in the first place. British number plates suck big time -- ridiculously big things in my opinion.
So you could call the Kenari "Lew" for short after Desmond Llewelyn, that actor who played Q in the James Bond flicks. He was always modding cars. I like terms at least twice removed and disguised for plausible deniability. My father called my mother Eggs as a term of affection, short for Peggy, which is somehow short for Margaret, itself also otherwise shortened as Meg, Maggie, Marge, Margie etc ad infinitum.
Lew Kenari -- tough little guy "Yeah, that's me! Wanna make sump'n of it, pal?!" whose real name is Desmond which is of course of Irish origin, thus being for the most part not giving away a Malaysian connection.
Hope the fuel filter isn't like my Picantos which sits inside the fuel tank under the back seat.
Took one look and thought best left 😊
Only the Malaysian Kenari has the EJ-DE, the export market ones (such as the UK) uses the later EJ-VE due to emission regulations.
Oh dear, do I sense an under current. A whiff of competition even. Both cars are beautiful, let us not split hairs.
I have variable valve timing on my citroen picasso 1.6 vti.. auto..
Does the horn go 'toot toot'?
In which case you could call it 'Desmond toot toot'
Might not be a bad idea to get some engine flush and use it and do another oil change. Or just use half a pint of diesel...
Forgetting the sump plug also known as giving the engine a good flush out.
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I want to request your permission to use an sequence from one of your video posted on RUclips with Dacia !
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Always buy 20 ltr manoil 5.30 for my fiesta when on offer.always change oil at about 5000 miles and never have a problem.left my sump plug off once and made a mess.happens to use all.😂😂
Thought you were scrapping that old blue car now you have a much better one?
Drag Race.
Two runs.
First run; drive own car,
Second run; drive partners car.
Compare.
Ooh, loser gets to buy the winner (and themselves) a nice cream tea, tea and cake, kebab, or what have you.
;)
That is a cam shaft actuator yes
RIP Chems. It was good while it lasted 😅🤣😂😛
I forgot the sump plug last time I changed the oil on our picasso! Noticed just as the drain pan started overflowing 😂
Anyone who's worked on cars for any length of time has done this at least once!
@@chrispop99 The best one is when they forget to nip it up so that the sump plug falls out after a few feet and paints the whole parking lot outside the dealership.
Been there, done that.
It's almost a rite of passage. Everyone will do it once,
Mine was on a customer's car last year, as a mechanic in training.
And I had already removed the catchcan.
end result? 4.1 liter of 5W-30 on the shop floor.
It was a 2008 Ford Focus Wagon.
@@matthieumeewis At least it was nto 8,3 liters of diesel motor oil. :)
you'll not upset malaysian because even some malaysian were rebadging it back to daihatsu and it was a trend back then
Any possibility that it's had an engine change or from another RHD country likes of ROI or South Africa? I had a Ford Sierra Sapphire badged as a GL model but an ROI spec and very different kit to UK one.
No, it turns out most export Kenaris have the VE engine. Online info is incorrect!