How Often does your car get Serviced?

OllyM · 11 Mar 2008 at 16:14

Whenever it does that

Conscript · 11 Mar 2008 at 16:16

Jez said:
Its really not bad at all, only about 10-12k are private.

All the rest its in work time, i'd rather sit in a heated/massaging mercedes armchair with cruise control and an ipod full of music watching the scenery flash by, than in an office looking at a computer screen all day

Good point I guess, better to be out and about.

Gaygle said:
Does it really make a difference? I was thinking about doing mine, but wasn't sure if it'd do much.

Was it a hard job?

I'd like to know this too. Coming up for 80K miles on my Focus and with no service history, so Im considering doing it if it's easy and will make a difference.

Booner! · 11 Mar 2008 at 16:22

OllyM said:
Whenever it does that

Hit's maximum MPG?

Housey · 11 Mar 2008 at 16:23

Depends on the car but I would not let oil stay in a car for longer than 12 months or around 10k mile typically.

Locky · 11 Mar 2008 at 16:26

every 10k, oil/filer, Plugs, Air filter the lot, as i got a Trade account the local motor factors,
plus the fact ill do the work my self, makes servicing quick easy and cheap,
topping it off with the fact im good mates with guy how owns a garage mainly doing Cambelts and Aircon, so this isnt really a problem either

West · 11 Mar 2008 at 16:27

When ever the car tells me to.

Dangerous Dave · 11 Mar 2008 at 16:36

Mines is on variable servicing and wanted a service after 13.5k, however you can get a estimate when the next service is due so I change the oil roughly half way between services.

thedazman67 · 11 Mar 2008 at 16:46

Every 6000 miles or every 6 months which ever comes first. I've done 6,000 miles in 4 months so im servicing it this weekend.

Scottland · 11 Mar 2008 at 17:11

On the subject of servicing, has anyone ever used these before for an oil change?
http://www.national.co.uk/showoil.asp

kieranv · 11 Mar 2008 at 17:28

not very often

I meant to do it when i bought the car (november 06) and finally got round to it a year later

Scania · 11 Mar 2008 at 17:30

Like Fox & others here, with my previous BMW's I followed the service indicator.

With my Mondeo, I top up its oil as & when it needs it - Thats all!

If it gets a full service in the time I own it, nobody will be more surprised than I.

helpimcrap · 11 Mar 2008 at 17:32

[TW]Fox;11274211 said:
My car tells me when it requires a service - it works this out based on type of driving the car does, ie number of cold starts, etc. The base is 15k miles but it goes up or down depending on driving style.

really? that's pretty good.

my escort gets serviced about every 25k or when something breaks. whichever is sooner.

ethos · 11 Mar 2008 at 17:33

Every year or 10k miles.

Although now it's remapped I'm toying with the idea of changing it every 5k.

OllyM · 11 Mar 2008 at 17:38

Scottland said:
On the subject of servicing, has anyone ever used these before for an oil change?
http://www.national.co.uk/showoil.asp

Jesus, £33.30 for an oil change with Castrol Edge 0W-30! It'd cost twice that to buy the oil alone (retail). Hmm!

Monster · 11 Mar 2008 at 17:50

Neal said:
LOL maybe on a 125cc 2 stroke! (my aprilia rs125 way back when needed it every 1000klm)

Service the mondeo every 8000miles or so, car usually looses mpg and performance around that anyhow... so oil, plugs, leads, filters, etc.... bring it back to its best.

Does anyone ever bother changing gearbox oil?

I dont know a lot about engines so ignore me if this is daft but...

My car when I got it at 3000 miles did about 300 miles per tank, now I have to be like a granny to get even near 250 miles per tank. I am now at 16500 miles and it hasnt had anything like the oil filter changed since then. Would this be a cause of this? If it had its 1 year service at 3000 miles when I got it, should I then look to wait till 2 years or 25000 miles as the book says? Car is Fiesta ST 56 plate. Thanks in advance!

[TW]Fox · 11 Mar 2008 at 17:53

Scottland said:
On the subject of servicing, has anyone ever used these before for an oil change?
http://www.national.co.uk/showoil.asp

Blimey they will do an oil and filter change including Edge 0w30 for.. £33 inc 10% online discount!?

The oil alone costs me double that!

dthebuk · 11 Mar 2008 at 18:02

gets an oil and filter change every 3k whoop

Duke · 11 Mar 2008 at 18:07

West said:
When ever the car tells me to.

BeatMaster · 11 Mar 2008 at 18:09

Jez said:
Thats one hell of a short interval, old school mechanical diesel?

Yeah it's a Peugeot 306 XUD NA

Although, I've already presold the car to a friend who bought my last 306 DTurbo

Only lost £350 in depreciation over 2 years and in reality I'm selling it for less than it's probably worth so next to no loss. Anyway, back on topic

fonzee · 11 Mar 2008 at 18:12

OllyM said:
Whenever it does that

i was waiting for the 'OMGZZ LUK MY BEEMA DOES EVERYTHING' pics

Gaygle said:
Does it really make a difference? I was thinking about doing mine, but wasn't sure if it'd do much.

Was it a hard job?

it did on mine. i dont think its ever been changed. i did it when it just turned 59k. noticably smoother and seems to have got rid of the slight 'crunching' that you get on some gearboxes. glad i did it now. took me about 40 minutes? well worth it.