Servicing.

[RichE 0]

Hi,

 

This Friday I'll be giving my car a yearly service.

 

Ive ordered the following:

 

New battery. (BOSCH)

All New windscreen wipers. (BOSCH)

Air filter. (Genuine)

Oil filter. (Genuine)

Sump plug + Washer. (Genuine)

Oil filler cap with gauze. (Genuine)

NGK Plugs.

High performance HT leads.

Distrubutor Cap. (Genuine)

New Heater motor. (Valeo)

Pug 106 dual output washer jet nozzles. (Genuine)

 

Magnatec 10/40W semi senthenic oil.

SHELL Summer/Winter coolant.

 

On thursday im re-bleeding my brake fluid.

She had 4 new tyres about 2 months ago.

She had new bulbs (All round) about 2 months ago.

Front bendix pads were done about 2 months ago as well.

All of the hoses have been checked are all in good nick. (As far as I can tell)

 

Anything Ive missed?

 

Rich.

Edited October 7, 2003 by OracIe

[RichE 0]

PS.

 

Fuel filter was done about 4 months ago.

[Guest BuD]

Sounds pretty thorough

 

You could change the gearbox oil too if your really keen.

[RichE 0]

Forgot to mention, that was done 4 months ago as well by pug.

 

[Fuqa 0]

rotor arm?

[Guest PacMan]

Give it a wash and wax after.

[Miles 331 1 Cars]

And pray that the Bleed nipples come undone

[RichE 0]

can i not just bleed it from the rear breaks? (drums)

[205man 0]

what about the cambelt, when was it last changed?

 

alan

[Miles 331 1 Cars]

You need to bleed all 4 corners, Give them a few squirts of WD40 over the next few days as this should help, The rear slave cyn can also be a pig I'm afraid

[fiji bob 0]

do you think its worth changing the coil once the cars reached a highish mileage or would you leave it unless it fails?

[pug_ham 244 3 Cars]

New battery. (BOSCH)

 

Sump plug + Washer. (Genuine)

 

High performance HT leads.

 

New Heater motor. (Valeo)

You replace your battery every year?!!

 

Why buy a new sump plug? Only the washer needs replacing.

 

No proven gain from using High performance HT leads, just get the original ones or equivilent.

 

Is your heater motor knackered? Un-necessary expense, the motor will last ages unless it is already making noises. The resistor is the main problem.

 

How old are the brake hoses? If you are being that thorough on a service & they have been on since the car was made then it might be worth replacing them, the inside breaks down as much as the outside of the hose.

 

You cannot bleed the whole brake system from the rear drums, the front caliper/ rear wheel cylinder is the end of the line for the fluid in that pipe, it doesn't circulate back to the M/C or Drums, you need to flush it out at each point, as Miles says.

 

Cambelt, every three years or 36k, when was it last done?

 

Graham.

[Guest stevec205gti]

I've always found that Bosch wipers only last a couple of months before they just smear water across the screen - I've found Champion ones to be better.

[Guest BuD]

The Bosch Wipers I bought a month or so ago have also started to smear on the upstroke

[Miles 331 1 Cars]

No problems with my Bosch ones, But I've always found the Valeo ones to be excellent

[RichE 0]

Right.

 

No I dont replace my battery every year, it looks knackered and when I got the car (last year) the guy said it needed changing, and now I agree with him!

 

The heater motor is becoming very noisy, i have cleaned it out and oiled it up but even still, so im replacing that as well.

 

 

I'm not hoping to get any performance gains from the HT leads, however i doubt I'll lose any.

 

Brake hoses were done by SSP about 4 odd months ago when my rear beam and 306 drums were installed.

 

Cambelt was done at 111K, im on 120 so plenty of life there.

 

Sump washer was 30p, and a sump plug was £1.50, i didnt think it'd break the bank

 

Noted about the bleeding the breaking system, I'll put some WD on as recommend and hope for the best.

 

 

Coil, havent replaced but seems to be going strong, so i'll replace that further down the line.

[RichE 0]

Ive never had any problems with BOSCH wipers either.

[pug_ham 244 3 Cars]

Brake hoses were done by SSP about 4 odd months ago when my rear beam and 306 drums were installed.

What about the front ones?

 

If they were all changed then you would have had new fluid flushed right through anyway so you shouldn't need to change it again.

 

Graham.

[RichE 0]

not the front no, but when i installed my front pads i did check things out, everything certainlly seemed in order...

 

I suppose i could replace them.

 

I'm doing the brake fluid change for more of a learning curve for myself actually

 

 

bear in mind last week my car passed its MOT, presumably they would have checked things like that...?

Edited October 8, 2003 by OracIe

[Guest LKHanberg]

About those HT leads... anyone know where one could buy 'em colored? it would look pretty sweet them all being red...

 

Such and old engine looks a little boring and could use some touching up...

[fiji bob 0]

i think magnecor make normal leads that might be coloured red or blue or you could buy the 8.5mm ones if youve got the cash but i wouldnt buy any others unless they were genuine ones

[DrSeuss 0]

Sounds more then comprehensive! You sure treat your car well, definitely need to get it on track and thrash it. After all you refer to 'it' as she and we all know women like to be dominated.

[cybernck 402 1 Cars]

if you want to be REALLY thorough, get some new rear compensators as well .

 

they always seem to be more or less affected by age or something else.

 

just my 2p worth.

[Gary 2]

What's the going rate for a cam belt change these days?

[pug_ham 244 3 Cars]

if you want to be REALLY thorough, get some new rear compensators as well .

Nik, it's only a 1.6 GTi but Rich, you could replace the brake pressure limiting valve, they stop working properly with age as well & seeing as you are bleeding the brakes when you change the fluid you could save it from needing doing at the next MOT.

 

A cambelt is about £100 at Pug AFAIK.

 

Graham.