Servicing/fixing your own car

[royalmush83]

Aye.

What’s a rough idea for s tronic service?
Mines not due just yet but it’s on the horizon.

 

[AndrewP]

Would they shite. A service with all the parts is about £150

You said an oil and filter change, that's not a full service and can be had for cheap.

A full service tends to be under £100 in my experience though. Usually £130 including MOT all things well.

Not worth getting my fingers dirty.

 

[RestlessNatives]

Just pay someone and save yourself the knack on.

I would but I'm skint. Lesson I learnt years ago was it was much easier to pay someone to do stuff you didn't want to if you could afford it. Cleaning, decorating etc. All done quicker to a much higher standard and arguably cheaper if you factored in my hourly rate.
Might get Herbal to do it.

 

[Deleted member 40035]

Charge them £100

A lot of local garages will try to rip you off and its usually the most legit looking that do it the best.

 

[AndrewP]

I would but I'm skint. Lesson I learnt years ago was it was much easier to pay someone to do stuff you didn't want to if you could afford it. Cleaning, decorating etc. All done quicker to a much higher standard and arguably cheaper if you factored in my hourly rate.
Might get Herbal to do it.

Aye. I always pay if it's cheap labour, gardening, decorating etc, life is too short.

If one day I can't afford it then I'll do it myself too.

 

[Kevj]

Aye.

Send your number over please.

 

[Goat Eyes]

I'm toying with changing the parking sensors on mine. The YouTube videos look reasonably straightforward but it involves removing both bumpers and I'm a bit of a fuckwit when it comes to stuff like this. I did diagnose and fix it last time it stopped working but that was changing something in the engine.
Falls under the category of something that isn't vital so begrudge spending money on, but it could cost me a lot more if I balls it up.

You should be able to get away without removing the bumper but it’ll be fiddly.

What’s a rough idea for s tronic service?
Mines not due just yet but it’s on the horizon.

Dealer price will be about £200/£250.

Can get it done for half that at an independent and keep your warranty valid.

Send your number over please.

You’ve got it aye?

 

[Pancho]

Does anyone still do this, like people used to do in the olden days? Seems to have become a forgotten art. Everyone just takes their car to a garage for the slightest thing now, when a lot of stuff you can fix yourself for a fraction of the cost.
I’ve just bought a set of brake pads for £15, should only take half an hour to fit.
Replaced blocked washer jets for about a fiver.
A full set of filters and a change of oil is less than £50.
You don’t even need to know what to do anymore, it’s all on YouTube.

If you need to rely on a youtube video you really shouldn't be f***ing about with brakes, steering or suspension.

 

[yamar1]

Does anyone still do this, like people used to do in the olden days? Seems to have become a forgotten art. Everyone just takes their car to a garage for the slightest thing now, when a lot of stuff you can fix yourself for a fraction of the cost.
I’ve just bought a set of brake pads for £15, should only take half an hour to fit.
Replaced blocked washer jets for about a fiver.
A full set of filters and a change of oil is less than £50.
You don’t even need to know what to do anymore, it’s all on YouTube.

all goes well,,, till you flip the seals in the master cylinder whilst pushing the pads back. if your competent do it, if your not leave them alone.

 

[redgauntlet]

I still do my own.

 

[Frijj]

I’m here when you need me.

Oh shit that reminds me.

I’ve got 56k on the clock, normally do about 13k miles a year, but this year I’ll be putting an extra 7-10k on it with driving to Sunderland 20-odd times plus away games.

Car gets serviced every 10k anyways, but would you recommend bringing the service interval down, to reflect the car’s mileage and increased use over the next year?

 

[arthursboy]

I tried to do my own brakes, totally fucked it up. My advice is pay the professionals if you're unsure.

Same here, on a mini, done loads over the years, could get the rusted in bolts out of one side.
Couldn’t get a plug out of one of the cars I had, garage had to sort.

 

[yamar1]

If you need to rely on a youtube video you really shouldn't be f***ing about with brakes, steering or suspension.

i would never advise someone to change their own pads. if they dont take the advice its up to them.

they may be easy, but mistakes can happen and some modern braking systems are a different ball game compared to 10-15 years ago.

 

[Goat Eyes]

Oh shit that reminds me.

I’ve got 56k on the clock, normally do about 13k miles a year, but this year I’ll be putting an extra 7-10k on it with driving to Sunderland 20-odd times plus away games.

Car gets serviced every 10k anyways, but would you recommend bringing the service interval down, to reflect the car’s mileage and increased use over the next year?

Just go with the manufacturers recommended service interval (will be in your handbook).

If you can afford it, it does no harm to do an interim oil and filter change.

 

[yamar1]

Oh shit that reminds me.

I’ve got 56k on the clock, normally do about 13k miles a year, but this year I’ll be putting an extra 7-10k on it with driving to Sunderland 20-odd times plus away games.

Car gets serviced every 10k anyways, but would you recommend bringing the service interval down, to reflect the car’s mileage and increased use over the next year?

10k will be fine. a good interval tbh.

Just go with the manufacturers recommended service interval (will be in your handbook).

If you can afford it, it does no harm to do an interim oil and filter change.

its the 20k oil changes which are borderline silly. regardless what the book says

 

[Goat Eyes]

i would never advise someone to change their own pads. if they dont take the advice its up to them.

they may be easy, but mistakes can happen and some modern braking systems are a different ball game compared to 10-15 years ago.

Or an old Vauxhall which would turn the master cylinder seals.

The rear brakes on our lasses CX-5 started squeaking the other week. Took it to bits and the last tech (main dealer before I bought it) had put the incorrect (smaller) pads in so had come out of the pad carrier and were wedged in by the calliper and carrier.

 

[Dougy16]

Does anyone still do this, like people used to do in the olden days? Seems to have become a forgotten art. Everyone just takes their car to a garage for the slightest thing now, when a lot of stuff you can fix yourself for a fraction of the cost.
I’ve just bought a set of brake pads for £15, should only take half an hour to fit.
Replaced blocked washer jets for about a fiver.
A full set of filters and a change of oil is less than £50.
You don’t even need to know what to do anymore, it’s all on YouTube.

Not quite true. For rear brakes in modern cars you need a diagnostic tool to wind the calipers back.

 

[Lambchops]

Oh shit that reminds me.

I’ve got 56k on the clock, normally do about 13k miles a year, but this year I’ll be putting an extra 7-10k on it with driving to Sunderland 20-odd times plus away games.

Car gets serviced every 10k anyways, but would you recommend bringing the service interval down, to reflect the car’s mileage and increased use over the next year?

I do 30k a year and it gets serviced every 6 month mate, currently has 95k on the clock

 

[yamar1]

Or an old Vauxhall which would turn the master cylinder seals.

The rear brakes on our lasses CX-5 started squeaking the other week. Took it to bits and the last tech (main dealer before I bought it) had put the incorrect (smaller) pads in so had come out of the pad carrier and were wedged in by the calliper and carrier.

yip the dealers are useless at times, as you know.

 

[Goat Eyes]

Not quite true. For rear brakes in modern cars you need a diagnostic tool to wind the calipers back.

Not quite true, only sometimes.