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DIY car service advice sought. (Carisma)

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  • 13-09-2015 10:20am
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    Bog Butter
    Registered Users Posts: 757 ✭✭✭


    Hi, I am going to service my Mitsubishi Carisma myself - oil and filter change, spark plugs and air filter.

    I never done this before. Just wondering about changing the oil. Is the plug easily accessible? Do I need to jack the car up?

    Advice would be appreciated, thanks for reading.


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    #2
    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Start by checking the sticky at the top of the forum page, it will give you a general idea on what to do.

    You always need to jack up the car to drain the oil, for every car.

    About the plastic cowling underneath check this
    http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=59961


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    dooroy
    Registered Users Posts: 576 ✭✭✭dooroy


    If you intend looking after the car yourself your best course of action would be to get something like a Haynes workshop manual for your car.
    You will have all the info you need there and you can have a read through it before you plan on doing the job.
    You will then know if you have the necessary tools etc - it can be frustrating to begin a job and then halfway through discover you need a 'special' tool for some fastening that you don't have.
    You may find some info on the web ; but with the manual you have the book and some pics etc there beside you all the time .
    If there is something you don't quite understand for example you can ask here.
    I'm assuming you haven't done this kind of work before - but could be wrong :).


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    Bog Butter
    Registered Users Posts: 757 ✭✭✭Bog Butter


    Thanks for the advice. After 2 days and many visits to the motor factors I got it done. Spark plugs changed too!


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