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Focus 06 TDCi - Full Service?

  • 18-08-2011 12:10pm
    #1
    DAC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 50 ✭✭


    Hi,
    Just bought a 06 Focus TDCi from a private seller, the guy wasn't the previous owner so I don't have a FSH on the car. I'm happy with the car but I don't want to take any chances especially with the oil filter & am going to take it to the main dealer to get a full service - cost quoted at €285.
    Is there anything that I should specifically look to find out from the mechanic when I'm talking to him?
    Based in Limerick am going to go the Cavanagh's in charleville for service - unless someone has recommendation for an alternative that they have expierence of.


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  • #2
    Plug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,248 ✭✭✭Plug


    If its the 1.6 get him to check for a split inter cooler pipe. Common problem. Make sure they use 5w 30 fully synthetic oil. While your at it get them to do a brake fluid change as well.


  • #3
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,899 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    €285 for a service? Jaysus.

    What's included?

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




  • #4
    flyingsnail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,777 ✭✭✭flyingsnail


    Depending on where you are in Limerick I can recommend Dan Dooley in knocklong, but I have no experience of cavanaghs so I can't compare them. At the very least it couldn't hurt to compare prices.


  • #5
    DAC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 50 ✭✭DAC


    flyingsnail wrote: »
    Depending on where you are in Limerick I can recommend Dan Dooley in knocklong, but I have no experience of cavanaghs so I can't compare them. At the very least it couldn't hurt to compare prices.

    Thanks - I'm west Limerick going with cavanaghs because a friend goes there & he recommended them. My old car was a Toyota & my mechanic was farmilar with the old models so I'm on the lookout for a new guy that knows the 1.6 Diesel Focus, not the main dealers if I can avoid it!


  • #6
    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,858 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    Why did you buy an newish car without a FSH OP? The Focus is a popular car after all.


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  • #7
    DAC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 50 ✭✭DAC


    Henry Ford III wrote: »
    Why did you buy an newish car without a FSH OP? The Focus is a popular car after all.

    I liked the car when I took it for a test drive! It is the 110BHP Zetec 1.6 TDCi
    But I did contact the previous owner to get confirmation that it was trouble free but I don't want to call again re SH as he had already traded it in!
    Because I don't know much about Fords & my previous car was an old banger I'd like to start off on the right road with this one by getting it checked/serviced asap


  • #8
    no1beemerfan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,714 ✭✭✭no1beemerfan


    DAC wrote: »
    ...... but I don't want to call again re SH as he had already traded it in!....

    You should ring, its only a quick call and whats the worst that can happen? Just ask where the car was serviced and if he has the service history. Was he the first owner?


  • #9
    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,858 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    Is it an import? Not many 110bhp 1.6TDCI's sold here. Most were 90bhp. Kph speedo is a giveaway.


  • #10
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,620 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    Henry Ford III wrote: »
    Why did you buy an newish car without a FSH OP? The Focus is a popular car after all.

    I'd say because cars that are being serviced on the button every time are a bit like talking dogs in Ireland. Extremely rare.
    And cars that are being serviced on the button every time by a main dealer and then have that service recorded in the book are like dogs that talk Norwegian. Even rarer.;)


  • #11
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,363 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    UK import (presumably) and missing or lost service history would have alarm bells ringing with me.

    Can work out being expensive getting a 5 year old car serviced by a main dealer but if it keeps your mind at rest then so be it. On the 110bhp 1.6 TDCi engine it will have a DPF so make sure they check the EOLYS additive is topped up.


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