Car Service

horsebox1977

Hi All,

What should one expect when getting the car serviced?
Oil change -
Air filter
brakes checked
hand brake checked
lights?
spark plugs

What am I missing?

Anan1

It depends on both the car and the service. Have a look in the car's service book, it'll tell you what needs to be done and when.

mickdw

horsebox1977 wrote: »

Hi All,

What should one expect when getting the car serviced?
Oil change -
Air filter
brakes checked
hand brake checked
lights?
spark plugs

What am I missing?

Depending on history & mileage, air filter, spark plugs might not need doing. On modern cars, spark plugs have huge intervals.
There is a ong list of items which should be checked though

horsebox1977

Thanks just found this -
http://www.carsireland.ie/car-service-dublin.html

Someone listed on boards sometime back about what should be done - just cant find it.

Anan1

horsebox1977 wrote: »

Thanks just found this -
http://www.carsireland.ie/car-service-dublin.html

Someone listed on boards sometime back about what should be done - just cant find it.

Those are just general lists, you need the service recommendations for your make & model of car.

LookBehindYou

It depends on the type of car, mileage, cos you may need timing belt and rollers which should be replaced approx every 40000 miles.
If only a minor service,, the oil and filter is the most important thing.

horsebox1977

Rollers?

Tropheus

40k miles for a timing belt is too soon unless the car is approaching 5 years old. All these details should be in the car's handbook.

Rollers - presume these are the bearings that the timing belt moves through.

Moanin

ksimpson wrote: »

40k miles for a timing belt is too soon unless the car is approaching 5 years old. All these details should be in the car's handbook.

Rollers - presume these are the bearings that the timing belt moves through.

It's 40k miles on most opels

LookBehindYou

ksimpson wrote: »

40k miles for a timing belt is too soon unless the car is approaching 5 years old. All these details should be in the car's handbook.

Who told you about this 5 year thing ?? its bull****.

40000 MILES is the average best mileage to change the timing belt and whatever is atached to the belt drive, maybe waterpump is, and rollers/pulleys with bearings, they wear out and can be the cause of the timing belt slipping or breaking and causing a lot of expense.
In a lot of cases, its the other parts which damage the timing belt which causes it to break.


Rollers - presume these are the bearings that the timing belt moves through.

YES

Tropheus

My Audi Allroad is 80k or 5 years for a timing belt. I thought the 5/6 years was fairly standard for most cars.

Anan1

ksimpson wrote: »

My Audi Allroad is 80k or 5 years for a timing belt. I thought the 5/6 years was fairly standard for most cars.

It depends on the car. Mine is 5yrs/80k miles too, 5yrs/60k miles is quite common, some cars have shorter recommended intervals. And yes, when LookBehindYou says 'rollers' he/she does mean bearings.;)

biko

horsebox1977 wrote: »

What am I missing?

To tell us your cars make, model and mileage.