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• Ford Titanium X - Servicing, Transmission Oil 17 Oct 2014 (Forum)
  My Ford servicing agent says : Transmission oil is due for Change after 40000 miles or 3 years, whichever is the sooner; cost £250 to £300. my vehicle is coming up to 3 Years and has 18000 miles on the clock. Is this service requirement correct?
• Peugeot 306 1.9d - 1. Injector cleaner - 2. gearbox oil... 29 Jul 2011 (Forum)
  I just got my 306 a few months ago and love it.. is adding injector cleaner recommended?... AND... the car has 130,000 miles on it.. should I change the gearbox oil or just leave it...  thanks a lot..
• OK how about engine flush? Worth it? 25 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  Thanks for replies to my previous post regarding engine oil additives which are clearly bogu for the most part. But what about engine flush - should i do one when i change my oil? Or flush with cheap thin oil? Thanks Jeremy
• Scenic !! Dci Oil Warning Message 25 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  My Scenic 1.9dci has 17k miles and due its service at 18k. It has just came up with a warning message - "Change Oil Soon". Is this just a standard message when it nears its service due, or should I be trying to bring the service forward and not using the car till then?
• Seized distributor - vw golf, mk2 18 Feb 2004 (Forum)
  The distributor on my Golf Mk 2 has seized in the block, and I can\'t get the timing right. Can anyone suggest how to free it without getting penetrating oil into places it shouldn\'t be? Or would it be OK to use penetrating oil then do an oil change afterwards?
• Noisy Vectra 15 Feb 2003 (Forum)
  My 97 Vectra 1.8 has suddenly developed a problem- the oil light has come on and although it starts ok it now clatters like a diesel. It's had an oil change recently and I didn't notice anything wrong until the oil light came on. Does anyone know what could be wrong?
• Type of Oil 30 Jan 2003 (Forum)
  Time for an oil change on my Seat Toledo. Its a 1996 GT 16v (engine from a golf mark 2) Is it worth my while running it on synthetic/semi synthetic? I am aware that sometimes this can damage the engine (particular seals) for some types of cars.
• Focus Gearbox 2 Jul 2005 (Forum)
  Hi all Is it possible to change the oil in ford focus gearbox (1.8TDi). When the cars cold gear changing is abit of a challenge but when the engines up to temperture gear changing is how it should be.
• 2007 Ford Focus 1.6 TDCI 90BHP - 1.6 Ford Focus turbo power loss 5 May 2015 (Forum)
  Hello all, I had the standard Ford Focus turbo failure. I'm pretty sure it was due to a blocked oil strainer. I went for the refurbished BTN turbo with the fitting kit including the new oil feed pipe, banjo bolts, gaskets and copper seals. I also changed the oil filter and changed the oil after having totally cleaned out the sump.
• Mercedes Vito 110 CDi - Mercedes Vito 110 CDi - Gear change issues 21 Dec 2014 (Forum)
    It usually tries and kick the gear stick back out when selecting 1st or 3rd.  We are wondering whether the gearbox oil is low or needs changing??  However we have no idea how to do this or what gearbox oil to use or if this is even the solution.  Help please . . . .
• Vauxhall 2.0 CDTI - 20,000 mile service intervals - Vauxhall 7 Jun 2020 (Forum)
  Hello, I have a vauxhall 2.0 cdti Astra GTC,  I notice in the service book it says to change the oil every 12 months or 20,000 miles.  As long as i have owned the car i get the oil and filter changed every 10,000 miles, along with a full service at each 20,000 miles.  Has anyone ever seen or heard of problems with these cars if they are serviced every 20,000 miles as the handbook states?
• Kwik Fit £25 oil change - pluses and minuses 10 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  Bargain. I could scarcely buy the oil and filter for that - let alone have my tyres gone over by somebody who is desperate to sell me some new ones. They...
• Nissan Micra (1992 - 2003) - 01 1.0 Oil warning light 6 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  I put 2 litres of 15/40 oil in. The car then started up and drove without problems. A lot quieter, with smoother gear change. Maybe less power when you get to max revs. in 5th. Maybesome vibration when pulling away at low revs in 2nd.
• Award winners 14 May 2007 (Forum)
  A certain garage which did my wife's MOT was listed as winning an industry award (Guess I am not allowed to name the exact one) as "best independent garage". Yet they seemed to have charged us a large amount of labours (5 hours for 3 small welds, oil change, flexible pipe change and adjustment to brake pedal - by my reckoning that is 3 - 3.5 hours just for welding). Then becuase they had changed the oil (to get through MOT) owner wanted to charge us extra £100 for a service (Oil, filter and labour already charged), despite the fact we said e did not want one.
• Land Rover Discovery 4 - Slight Transmission Oil Leak on MoT Adviso 28 Jun 2018 (Forum)
    Is it relatively easy for me to check if the leak is severe when inspecting the car and am I right in thinking that a transmission oil change could potentially cure the leak? How much would a transmission oil change be and in the worst case scenario, what's the likely cost of resolving a serious transmission oil leak?  Many thanks in advance for your help.
• tyota aygo fire. - engine lubrication 17 May 2013 (Forum)
  My wife has purchased a brand new aygo fire, at it first service it has had an oil change but contrary to the information supplied in the owners handbook the oil for the first change was not 0w20 as stipulated by toyota but 5w-30 as shown on the service record.it is not a typing mistake, the oil is thicker than 0W20. will this cause a problem,i assume both oils are fully synthetic.
• Bmw 5 series petrol TURBO - Engine flush 25 Apr 2017 (Forum)
  My independant garage has suggested an engine flush before the new oil change. My question is will this help clean the oil pipes which lubricate the turbo or is this merely transfering gunge back into the sump and oil pump but will obviously leave when the flush is drained.
• Riley Lynx 12/4 1936 - Oil Filters 13 Apr 2011 (Forum)
  I bought this car last year and now doing my first oil/filter change.  The oil filter system has been modified to accept a more modern filter - probably around 1970's and I think fitted to British Leyland cars of that era.  The filter I have removed is a "Halfords HOF209".
• Ford Fiesta (1995 - 1999) - 98 1.4 What Motor oil should I use in a Zetec-S ? 22 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  I mean, I'm changing oil next week, but I've been told that some 'American Motor Oils' might be harmful for these engines, so I'm getting a little confused... In past times I've used Mobil, Castrol and Shell.... Any suggestion will be welcomed!
• For oil 26 Mar 2003 (Forum)
  Among other vehicles I have just aquired an LDV Convoy minibus (Y reg ) with a 2.5DI engine - I think this is the Ford Transit engine. Can anyone tell me tho oil requirements and change frequency for this engine ? I have contacted my LDV dealer who wants silly money for a handbook ( it has no handbook but a genuine 9500 miles ) I normally use Millers full synthetic diesel oil in my other diesel vehicles - will it be suitable ?