Lifan Solano - repair and maintenance. Change the timing belt Lifan Solano the story of the Chinese brand Lifan

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Lifan Solano on the Chinese catalog Lifan 620, a budget sedan for relatively little money. Lifan Solano almost accurate copy of 120 Corollas. Solano borrowed from Corolla, almost everything, suspension, engine, box, interior elements.

Engine Lifan Solna This is an exact copy of the 1.6 4A-FE engine, only a little modified, at least instead of the ignition wires put coils for each candle. Consumes the engine 92 gasoline, and the car has 60 liters, the expense by the way does not pass over 10 liters in the city.

Engine 4a. Unique, without a cap of the repair takes place up to 500 thousand km, and after the Pop repair, the same as a timber belt, when the valve is cut, does not oppress, and the replacement of it compared to the chain of the dwelling penny, only 4 thousand rubles, and time 3-4 hours . On the Chinese Candle and Wires Engine, as well as the timing belt and rollers can be replaced by European counterparts, candles can be deluso K16R-U11, so that the engine worked without interruptions, coils should also be replaced by European counterparts. The belt is better to change by 60 thousand km, the bearings can be taken Koyo, and the timing belts and the Sun auxiliary units.

b is better to change by 60 thousand km, the bearings can be taken Koyo and the timing belts and auxiliary Sun units.

Box Lithuan Solana Only 5 -th step mechanic, since 2014, a variator was installed, but the data of the machine is rare on the secondary. The release bearing can be out of order by 30 thousand km, change under warranty, if the replacement is independent, then it is better to change the original. The repair of the box is cheap, and can do it no more than 7 thousand rubles, and spare parts in bulk.

Suspension Lifan SolanaAlso simple, but it will begin to knock on 15 thousand km, the first of the building will be the racks of the stabilizer, replacing them about 400 rubles per piece, then the ball, and the racks, change better immediately to brand models, do not chase behind the original.

If the air conditioner stopped the calm, then most likely collapsed the tube that approaches the radiator, replacing the service 3000 rubles.
Lifan Solano is a good car, with cheap spare parts, for example, the original oil filter costs 50 rubles, and the candle is 60 rubles, an airflower 100 rubles, spare parts on the suspension at all a penny, but it is better to install not original, but branded manufacturers like Koyo, Gates, Sun, 555, CRT and others. There is no Shumkov in Solano, but this is also not a problem, the car is punctured for 1 day and 5 thousand rubles.
Lifan Solano can be repaired independently, suspension and aggregates are easily accessible.

Problem Lifan Solana Only one is very thin metal, so be careful, any little blow can lead to sad consequences.

Lifan Solano is not interested in hijackers, only the defector, so the car can do and cheap signal.

Lamps Lifan Solana

Let's try to be objective: Chinese cars, and what belongs to Chery Tiggo will be absolutely unfair to BYD F30M, and what will be true for Brilliance BC3 cannot be projected on Great Wall Hover. Therefore, we will throw off the bias and categorical of judgment, take one particular Chinese car and let's see what its owner will face, which will have to repair how much it will cost and what can be saved. The role of experimentation will be Lifan Solano 2010 release.

Slightly stories

Lifan quite clearly illustrates the possibilities of Chinese business. Founded in 1992, Chongqing Hongda Auto Fittings Research Center (such a name was lifun at the beginning of its activities) was engaged in the repair of motorcycles, then their production. Already in 2003, buses of this manufacturer appeared to the world, and in 2005 the Chinese were pleased with the world in the first car.

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Of course, the company's history could be more stretched in time if the car business was not built on the exhaust production scheme under license to more well-known firms. But Lifan did not invent the bike, moreover, he also did not invent the car, so he was not quite his car under his brand in the shortest possible time. The first became Minivan LF6361 / 1010, where you can learn Daihatsu ATRI. Lifan 320 (Smily) is strangely similar to Mini Cooper, although in fact it is based on Daihatsu Charade Aura. At Lifan Breez there was no someone, but the BMW concern himself. And not for theft of your model, but for copying the name (Lifan Breez appeared initially as Lifan 520, that the Germans slightly beat) and stylistics. But the Chinese were not very upset, removed the numbers and for the international market called the Breez car than everything ended. Well, because of the wide backs of Lifan X60, Toyota RAV4 ears stick out unobtrusively. Of course, our today's Lifan 620 (he Solano) did not too much forced to sweat Chinese engineers. Solano is largely (almost completely) Toyota Corolla E120. Now the question is: True, the Chinese did not come up with anything good? No, since the work of Lifan was able to get out of the leaders among Chinese companies in the number of registered patents. They are only in the automotive industry in Lifan about 350, and after all, the company is not only engaged in cars. In addition to trucks, passenger cars and motorcycles, Lifan stamps also sports shoes. And he is engaged - attention! - winemaking. In Cherkessk since 2007, the building of Lifan cars began on the territory of the Derveyis plant. Already in 2009, production went on the full cycle, and now the Russian company is producing not only Lifan, but also Chery, Geely, Brilliance, Jac, DFL and Hawtai. Someone believes that the Russian assembly is a plus in karma of the Chinese car, someone considers it a disadvantage. Whatever it is, there are usually on the assembly of cars and they usually have the right to exist. About what is done in cars is good, and what is not very, it will be a little lower. While we will get acquainted closer with our Solano.

The car, as I said, was released in 2010, but he had a small mileage, only 75 thousand kilometers. It is made in the configuration "Lux": the salon will be covered with the skin, the discs are cast here, and not stamped, there is a parking sensor (more precisely, it was enough for himself), heated seats and control the audio system on the steering wheel. However, the "base" of a slight poorer. Whatever there is about the "Chinese", and they may not be worse than an experienced housewife - pepper.

Engine

There is a persistent opinion that the motor in Solano stands almost Japanese. In fact, the Chinese unit with a long index LF481Q3 turns around the crankshaft. In fairness, we note that, even though this engine is made in China, but it really is Japanese's roots - it is almost Toyotovsky 4a-Fe, only with an electronic ignition module instead of a trambl. What can be said about this unit?

If you take the original Japanese 4a-Fe, then at the time of your release in 1988 and for many years it can be considered practically impeccable. To date, he, of course, is already technically outdated, but in terms of reliability it can be said. Even in its Chinese version of the LF481Q3, it does not cause any complaints if it were not for one "but". The thing is how the wiring is performed in the car. The mechanical part of the motor is almost unnecessary, but periodic "glitches" in the operation of electronics occurs quite often. True, in the case of our car, everything is in order, no nerve engine has satisfied since 2010, it works exactly and interference in its metal subsoil does not require. However, there will be enough theory, I will turn face to practice.

The advantage of not the most freshly constructive motor is the comparative simplicity of its service. Of course, everyone can replace the oil here. The only difficulty is to remove the oil filter. If your hands are not too weak from arthritis, and on the previous one, the filter did not twist the terminator from all over the force, then you should first try to unscrew it from above. It is possible, although he is hidden enough deeply. It is necessary to search for it in front, under the graduate manifold protective screen. Filter did not succumb to persuasion and physical strength? We have to remove the crankcase. If the focus with unscrewing through the top will pass, then look for a pit or jack. It is optional: there is a hole for a drain plug, and it is located so that you can reach and just lying, without a lift. In any case, with a self-replacement, it will be saving rubles to 500, and for the filter will have to lay out only 250-300 rubles.

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It is even easier for the air filter. It is exactly the same here as on similar Toyota motors. The replacement will take a couple of minutes: we fold two latches, remove the housing cover, change the item and close everything back. Just and even boring like a sandwich with doctoral sausage. But the savings are also so-so: 200 rubles. The filter itself costs 300 rubles.

There is another mandatory procedure that is the replacement of candles. There are no coils here on the candle, it is not necessary to remove anything, they simply unscrew the old candle and twist a new one. True, the wells are rather deep and nothing to drop in them is not necessary - the motor is harmful. For this work in the service will be asked 600-700 rubles, which, of course, is not robbery, but more than for replacing the air filter.

Suspension equipment belts separate: on the generator, gur and air conditioning. They can be changed to themselves, and the access is comfortable, and the procedure itself is simple. True, the belts of each other are overlap, so the further belt is, the harder it is to shoot it. To remove the generator belt, it will be necessary to throw off the gur belt, and the air conditioner belt.

Tension mechanisms - you will not think easier, but you have to die with them. If it's not too difficult to get to the generator bracket, then it is more complicated to the bracket of Gora, it will have to climb the block, which is not quite convenient. The air conditioner belt is stretched by a roller. All belts can be changed from above - to get up on the lift, look for a pit or risk life under the car on the jack of necessity is not. For replacing the belt, they are asked from 300 rubles to 1,000, depending on its location - the further, the more expensive. The timing belt is rarely changing, but also in the service owners of this "Chinese" not always hurry. Ride calmly, because the valves during the cliff does not bend - on the pistons on the old tradition there are grooves under the valves. The belt, by the way, is suitable from Toyota, but its resource honestly works and the original. However, it does not burn it hard to exceed it. If it is not replaced by 60 thousand, closer to 70 it is quite capable of breaking. The replacement in the service will cost 5,000 rubles, the belt itself and the tensioning roller are about two thousand rubles.

Chassis and brakes

Silna Pendants Simple and Reliable - MacPherson in front and beam behind. And it does not require constant or even just frequent repairs. The only thing here will have to change regularly, it is the stabilizer racks. They are enough thousand by 30, but the digit may vary depending on the operating conditions. The rack costs 800 rubles, and it is "Toyotskaya". For the replacement it will be necessary to give the same 800 rubles, but if you wish, you can get together with the forces and unscrew the two bolts with your own hands. But this, of course, already a sign of greed: Once in 30 thousand it is possible and pay, the amount is not so great.

I would like to warn the owner of Solano about the possible failure of the assembly from Lifan's "real" Toyota. Yes, filters and many spare parts on the article match with Japanese, but it does not mean at all that everything suits. Even in the chassis there are differences - for example, the front shock absorbers will stand on Solano only after a small alteration. Yes, and the sense to change the original on the analogues (even from Toyota) is not a big one, this is not the case when the devil lies in the details. He is hidden here in the other, he will be discussed later. Another detail that causes the complaints of "Solanodov" is the tip of the steering thrust. The resource of the tips is about 50 thousand. The item itself costs about a thousand rubles, and many have a desire to replace it on their own. Well, you can heal 600 rubles and do it yourself. But from harmful, I can not dispel one of the myths of such a replacement.

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Many Kulibins who have formed their consciousness under the influence of uncle Vasi (which repairs everything in a row with beer and vobly in the neighboring box), are sure that if when you unscrew the old tip, count the number of revolutions, and then the new tip is tied to the same amount, then to set the angle It is not necessary to converge: wheels will rise in the same way as they were. In fact, it is not. According to statistics, one hundred, such luck is likely with a chance of 1 of 20. That is, in 19 cases, from 20 after replacement, a deterioration in manageability or Zhor rubber is possible, or all these charms simultaneously. Therefore, when replacing the tips, you need to carry the machine to the stand, measure the corners and set them, as it should be. In some services, you will not even tell you about it, and consider the number of turns and do everything in the same way as the very mythical uncle Vasya. Such a hundred should be avoided. Brakes in a circle of disc (, by the way), the replacement of the pads and disks will not be difficult. The front and rear pads cost about 1,000 rubles, the replacement of the front in the service will cost 600 rubles, the rear - in 700. With a self-replacement, it will be necessary to maintain the calipers - they are prone to tunevism due to zaksiva, and especially the rear brake mechanisms are different.

Transmission

The Chinese did not bother with marking of the gearbox, so the unitone available to the buyer the unit was called in the same way as the engine - LF481Q3. This is a mechanical five-speed box, which, although not eternal, but does not create special problems. Statistics breakdown, which would give an objective picture of reliability, does not exist, which, however, characterizes the transmission from the best side. But the clutch sometimes makes it kick in the drive cylinder. The feeling that the clutch "leads", familiar to some owners of Solano. The cause of the phenomenon often lies in the rigid spring of the clutch working cylinder. You can put from Toyota (it is softer). If the clutch is finally "ended", then prepare 5,000 rubles for a new set and about the same to pay for work in the service. Shrusy and other transmission details are quite reliable - I remind you only about the need to monitor the integrity of the antiquity of the semi-axes. While the car stands on the lifting, show another filter - fuel. Now not all manufacturers boast that the fuel filter can be easily and simply replaced. You can do this in Solano. It is right behind the gas tank, it will be necessary to unscrew two clamps to replace it. The price of the filter is about 200 rubles, but there is little from the original sense: only a metal mesh with an unexpectedly large cell. Stone, maybe such a filter and delay, but the sand is no longer.

And what is the most interesting, this filter is very coarse, stands on the fuel tract after a fine cleaning filter (the so-called "diaper") on the fuel filter inside the tank. Why is it generally needed - a mystery. True, we will not block the Chinese - exactly the same strange scheme applied to Daewoo Nexia.

Body and Salon

So we got the place where the devil lies. It will be about the body. Paint and varnish coating. The consequences of chips characteristic of cars are noticeable on the hood, most of which went on the track. Our experimental and truth went a lot on St. Petersburg bypass (CAD), but the sand is not used there - the track is quite clean. Nevertheless, this turned out to be enough to get chips, which led to a large number of "Ryzhikov" on the body. Yes, and without squeaks of reasons for sadness with an excess. Rust has and on the edges of the doors, and on the thresholds. Well, it is visible on the touch of a chrome lining on the trunk lid and in the places of fitting door handles. As you can see, the tendency to corrosion is obvious here. But in defense of Solano, I will say that it is almost the only serious drawback of the car. True, very serious, able to cross many of his advantages.

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Move inside. The photo shows that the place where the magnetol should stand is empty. The fact is that in the manufacture of good magnetol, the Chinese did not succeed. The deceased speaker system is almost a norm for Solano. Instead of something, something else did not want something, so there is a fastening for a tablet on the site of the radio, and the wires stick out from the deflector, which the tablet is connected to the columns. Well, let it be.

To be honest, then in this price category the interior is very good. We here, however, there are no inserts under the tree (something they did not please the owner of the car), but without them the salon looks good. It pleases the material Torpedo: it is not a land plastic, but a pleasant to the touch, quite high-quality soft material. And in general, the salon and the rejection panel do not cause. Noise insulation is not the best, but again - not in Cadillac. For its price, it is quite acceptable, especially since there are no creak and "crickets" in the cabin. True, it was worth just to touch the door to the armrest of the door, as her card moistened. But it was the only sound in the cabin that should not be.

A person acquiring a car sometimes completely changes its priorities. He tries to carefully treat his car, follow his technical condition. Any vehicle that feels such a custody of the owner will work impeccably. One of these most important activities aimed at maintaining the proper technical condition of the vehicle is a car, including in Lifan Solano.

The process of replacing the oil in the engine

In the process of continuous exploitation of the vehicle, the oil fluid gradually becomes curly, and particles of dust, metal chips can be concentrated over time in oil. If you continue to continue to operate the car on the old oil, you can provoke extremely unpleasant consequences.

Motor oil reduces the friction level, purifies the inner surface of the engine from dirt. The development is unable to perform such functional appointments, so you do not need to be surprised when the car simply does not touch on one "beautiful" moment. Unfortunately, the engine overhaul is quite expensive, so experienced car owners never ignore recommendations regarding the replacement of engine oil, carefully.

Replacement time

Money oil must be changed in a timely manner, without postponing this process, arguing this time shortage or lack of financial ability to acquire consumables. If the deadline was approached, put the vehicle into the garage, carry out the procedure, do not let yourself ride a car, forcing the engine to work in difficult conditions.

When the question is, when the motor oil should be replaced, it is not possible to answer unambiguously. Terms depend on several factors:

how often the car is operated;
in what technical condition is the car;
under what conditions you have to work;
what technical characteristics and level of quality were oil that was flooded in the previous time.

In general, it is useful to focus on the deadlines that the manufacturer indicates. It is useful to carry out such technical manipulations not later than a ten-thousand run, but better after the car erupts the next five thousand kilometers, especially since the quality of our roads does not allow the vehicle to work in a relaxed calm mode.

And I also note that you will not be able to save from frequent oil replacement with rare car use. If the Lifan Solano is too long in the garage, the engine fluid loses its qualitative characteristics, so also needs to be replaced. For this reason, it is helpful to know the temporary landmark of such a procedure. The manufacturer recommends replacing a minimum one per year.

What oil to fill

Going to a car shop, it is useful to armonize information in advance about what engine oil should be purchased to ensure the correct operation of the engine of your favorite car. Experienced professionals recommend using oil, which is in the class not lower than that it was covered earlier. There may be semi-synthetic, but from mineral oil it is better to refuse. Otherwise, it will not allow you to operate the car during frosts.

The HADO 75W90 oil product has good indicators, allowing the engine to work flawlessly even with a decrease in temperature to minus forty degrees. Also, many experienced motorists are used, characterized by economy spending. When choosing an oil, it is necessary to give preference to the product, the viscosity class is SAE 0W40, and the API quality will not be below SM.

How much oil will need

Vehicles differ in many technical parameters, including the amount of oil flowing into the engine Lifan Solano, differs from the volume that is needed to replace the oil engine of another car. If you want to know how many liters of such an oil product you will need, we focus you that in the auto shop you need to purchase a canister with four liters of oil.

Required tool

For the qualitative implementation of such a technical procedure, you will need to purchase not only oil, but also a new oil filter. However, they will not work with bare hands with bare hands, so it is useful to prepare some tools:

keys;
heads;
dumping;
capacity for drain;
rag.

Replacement process

After preparatory work, you can safely begin the process of replacing the oil in Lifan Solano engine with your own hands. No need to succumb to temptation and challenge your car, you will quite handle such a task yourself. Originally ride by car or allow the engine to work for at least ten minutes. During this time, the work is warm up, it will become less thick, so it will be easier to merge.

Now ignore your car on the pit, muffle the engine, unscrew the plum stopper and immediately substitute the container. It will begin to pose a working out of it, bring patience and wait until this process is safely completed.

After draining work, it is useful to change the oil filter of the engine, and then a special additive. However, most experienced car owners prefer to rinse with mineral and semi-synthetic oil, and after that, to pour the synthetics. The danger of using special detergents is that their remnants can enter into an unwanted chemical response with filling new oil.

Pour the new oil is completely simple. First, the plum stop is twisted, and the bay hole, on the contrary, is released. Using watering, new oil is poured. Do not forget to check the level by using a special probe. Having revealed a lack, be sure to make a small amount. If you manage to pour an oil product, so its level is higher than the maximum allowed, unscrew the plum stopper and drain it a small amount.

On this, the replacement process is completed, no difficulties, as you have seen, when performing such a procedure, is not expected, so all doubts should be discarded to the side and safely replace the oil yourself.

The suspension is one of the most vulnerable parts of the car. At the first signs of its breakdown or wear, it is recommended to immediately apply to the service, where they will replace the details of the details, and if necessary, the complete repair of the chassis.
Specialists with extensive experience in modern equipment work in our car service. All this makes it possible to diagnose malfunction and repair Lifan Solano suspension quality and as soon as possible. For many years of experience in the field of auto repair services, we earned a reputation as a reliable and decent partner. Turning to us, you can be sure that the renovated element will last without complaints many more kilometers.