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Anyone serviced their own car?
Yes
I do my own oil and brakes on my motorbike, so wondered how hard it would be for the interim service on my car.
There's four factors I'd say:
- Do you have the necessary tools? i.e. spark plug socket, oil filter removal tool,
- Do you have some way of getting the car in the air to drain the old oil.
- How accessible are the spark plugs and oil filter? Spark plugs in particular can involve a lot of disassembly before you can get to them.
- Do you have a Plan B if things go wrong? Like, for example, cross-theeading the sump plug so it won't seal properly.
Provides you're satisfied you won't end up dropping the car on yourself while you do the work, you might as well give it a go though. It's unlikely to be hard to do, just fiddly at worst.
- Do you have the necessary tools? i.e. spark plug socket, oil filter removal tool,
Brommers-
Cheers.
I've got most of the necessary tools. Missing proper jack stands, although I guess do have a load of spare paving blocks from our drive and a spare jack from my first car that I use for my motorbike. Would probably get something to hold it.
I'd need to double check Spark plug sockets, but I think they're in my Halfords Advanced tool set.
One of my worries would be getting the old filter off, so I'd probably crack that off first before doing anything else. This is mainly down to the trauma of getting this over tightened filter off
rather than doubting my own abilities.From the video there is only one sparkplug that's a pain to get to - again I'd probably start there. I was shocked at how well located the filter is. But then as VW service pump the oil out of the dipstick is makes sense as everything can then be done on the ground with the bonnet open, to reduce timecost.
hugo7
Anyone serviced their own car?
When I had the air conditioning redone the guy told me to get a new polen filter. It was cheap and easy to do.
I do my own oil and brakes on my motorbike, so wondered how hard it would be for the interim service on my car.
This guy does it in 20mins (mainly one handed)
https://youtu.be/syjPcWQXQhI
The biggest thing is even though I have a drive its on a tapering slope. I'm normally happy doing bike stuff at the top of the drive, but wondering what extra stuff I need for a car. Some sort of jack or blocks right? Any particular type? I want the cheapest and don't plan on properly lifting the car for more extensive work - ie I'd get my brakes done by a garage.