What does a 70 k service involve? On the 2 litre diesel

Edited 18 October, 201510 yr by peterposh

What does a 70 k service involve? On the 2 litre diesel

Are you on variable or fixed service intervals?

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Variable

the way i look at it is, there are cambelt services and the other sort

 

cambelt is belt+all filters and oil (80,000)

 

other sort as above minus the belt (every 20K)

 

i had a "20k" service - £160 for oil and oil filter?.....crooks

Edited 18 October, 201510 yr by lichfielddriver

We need to know what has been done to date.

 

How many services?

At what mileage?

What dates?

What is your average annual mileage?

 

Depending on what was done at the last service I'd be looking at:

 

Oil, oil filter and pollen filter - £139.

Fuel filter and air filter - £80

 

Brake fluid is at 3 years from new and then every two years after that.

 

On a 2014 model and at 70,000 miles you won't be due a cambelt yet, although that is some serious annual mileage!

 

On a 2014 model and at 70,000 miles you won't be due a cambelt yet, although that is some serious annual mileage!

 

HA! I laugh at 70K in almost 2 years

 

New April 2015

 

We need to know what has been done to date.

 

 

 

Oil, oil filter and pollen filter - £139.

Fuel filter and air filter - £80

 

 

 

Doesnt really matter exactly whats been done, the filters and oil arent expensive

 

Oil filter £8

Air filter £10

Pollen filter £10

Fuel filter £17

Quantum oil (5 ltrs) £25

 

I make that £70

 

£25 labour charge at garage = £100 tops every 20,000 miles

Garages that charge half an hours labour to perform a full service are rare.

 

Garages that allow the customer to supply their own parts are also rare.

 

Assuming normal charges apply it does matter what has been done if the OP wants to only spend money on those servicable parts that are needed.

I'm going to do it myself now it's out of warranty, just don't want to miss cambelt change interval

Edited 18 October, 201510 yr by peterposh

It's done 72 k and it's an april 2014 , it's been very busy. I've just done the oil , filter and air , quite straightforward , I used my suction device to suck the oil out of the dipstick hole

Edited 19 October, 201510 yr by peterposh

found this :  http://www.mytimingbelt.com/Results.aspx?ModelId=461

Edited 19 October, 201510 yr by peterposh

That is also incorrect.

 

The interval advised to me in writing from SUK is 140,000 miles / 5 years, whichever is the sooner.

Garages that charge half an hours labour to perform a full service are rare.

 

Garages that allow the customer to supply their own parts are also rare.

 

Thats the difference between Joe Public and a Taxi operator, we dont spend a penny we dont have to......

 

I used to run 3 XLWB vans as a courier and did the same

I'm not sure whether to risk another 20 k on top of the 120 k ,  I'd be fretting for 20 k , you can supply your own parts to my local garage but he won't give any guarantee on work then which is fair enough

Edited 19 October, 201510 yr by peterposh

At decent dealers there's an inspection element to the service too, which involves checking the car over for wear and damage that might not be too obvious from driving the car. I had a couple of CV boots and lower suspension arms done on a previous car at various services because the garage spotted they were wearing out, which meant I never had to deal with bad CV joints and the suspension was kept good as new (I knew the CV boot was going from the grease stuck to the inside of one of the front alloys and the NCT flagged the front suspension play was higher than it should have been but still safe at that point, so they weren't just looking for money).

 

The garage I go to also do things like greasing the door hinges and usually wash the car as part of the general labour for the service. They greased the sunroof rails last time too, completely eliminating the creaking I was getting from this. They also drain the oil at the sump plug, which means they take the splash guard off the engine, increasing the chance they'll see anything amiss there (And getting rid of any bits of gravel making annoying rattling noises (And bits of swarf in the engine oil). When you can lift the whole car and examine it from underneath a lot of the underbody inspection work is very easy compared to doing it yourself too.

 

If I had a proper car lift and a roofed area to work in I'd probably do the servicing myself, but keeping the full dealer history and the fact my local dealer does a good job means that the saving from doing it all myself (Minus the cost to my time) is negligible.

ANY garage can do an inspection, and probably half the price of a main dealer, I have used a good contact/mate with a HGV workshop doing fleet services for Britvic Corona, British Gas, BT, Northgate (the biggest hire fleet in the UK, suppliers to many smaller vehicle hire centres) id put them against any main dealer all day long, certainly beat Citroen hands down for service/price and noticing a busted strut top bearing on a Relay LWB which left the strut to flop up and down unhindered yet Citroen had that side up in the air and missed it

The trouble is with dealers they tend to let the spotty youths do the mundane servicing whilst they are learning

At decent dealers there's an inspection element to the service too, which involves checking the car over for wear and damage that might not be too obvious from driving the car. I had a couple of CV boots and lower suspension arms done on a previous car at various services because the garage spotted they were wearing out, which meant I never had to deal with bad CV joints and the suspension was kept good as new (I knew the CV boot was going from the grease stuck to the inside of one of the front alloys and the NCT flagged the front suspension play was higher than it should have been but still safe at that point, so they weren't just looking for money).

 

The garage I go to also do things like greasing the door hinges and usually wash the car as part of the general labour for the service. They greased the sunroof rails last time too, completely eliminating the creaking I was getting from this. They also drain the oil at the sump plug, which means they take the splash guard off the engine, increasing the chance they'll see anything amiss there (And getting rid of any bits of gravel making annoying rattling noises (And bits of swarf in the engine oil). When you can lift the whole car and examine it from underneath a lot of the underbody inspection work is very easy compared to doing it yourself too.

 

If I had a proper car lift and a roofed area to work in I'd probably do the servicing myself, but keeping the full dealer history and the fact my local dealer does a good job means that the saving from doing it all myself (Minus the cost to my time) is negligible.

I agree and I have never paid the full price because I always agree a price far lower than theirs and supply my own oil from Euro Carparts.

The trouble is with dealers they tend to let the spotty youths do the mundane servicing whilst they are learning

 

 

but charge £50/hr or more for the YTS

so long as the books stamped by a kosher garage and im happy the right bits went in