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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: tunnie on 28 December 2007, 14:53:41
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well today and yesterday i serviced my dads 2.2, gave it an oil change, and put on a new Aux belt. Also changed the oil and filter in mine, fill up the washer fluid bottles generally poke around, give the breathers a good clean, so all set for the rest of the winter, did not shear any bolts :o :o
Thats a first ;D
Decided to take the waste oil down the tip, never knew i built up so much, I had 11 x 5L bottles & a 30L drum! all full of old oil!
Thats 85L of waste oil :o :o
Or around 17 oil changes :-/
Can't remember last time i did it, must have had some other peoples oil in there too :-/
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Well done...
But what about the air filter? pollen filter? fuel filter....? surely you don't believe in Vx's quoted 2-years service intervals? ::)
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Well done...
But what about the air filter? pollen filter? fuel filter....? surely you don't believe in Vx's quoted 2-years service intervals? ::)
Did not have any of that in the garage! so just used what i had.
I really should do both fuel filters on both mine and my dads, I have never changed mine in 4 years of ownership :o
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Well done...
But what about the air filter? pollen filter? fuel filter....? surely you don't believe in Vx's quoted 2-years service intervals? ::)
Did not have any of that in the garage! so just used what i had.
I really should do both fuel filters on both mine and my dads, I have never changed mine in 4 years of ownership :o
Not good.....
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Well done...
But what about the air filter? pollen filter? fuel filter....? surely you don't believe in Vx's quoted 2-years service intervals? ::)
Did not have any of that in the garage! so just used what i had.
I really should do both fuel filters on both mine and my dads, I have never changed mine in 4 years of ownership :o
Not good.....
out of interest what problems would it cause? low mpg? rough running?
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Well done...
But what about the air filter? pollen filter? fuel filter....? surely you don't believe in Vx's quoted 2-years service intervals? ::)
Did not have any of that in the garage! so just used what i had.
I really should do both fuel filters on both mine and my dads, I have never changed mine in 4 years of ownership :o
Not good.....
out of interest what problems would it cause? low mpg? rough running?
Low mpg... power loss... possible hesitation... if it is in a bad state it might affect the idle, but typically it is full-throttle behaviours that will suffer first.
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Well done...
But what about the air filter? pollen filter? fuel filter....? surely you don't believe in Vx's quoted 2-years service intervals? ::)
Did not have any of that in the garage! so just used what i had.
I really should do both fuel filters on both mine and my dads, I have never changed mine in 4 years of ownership :o
Not good.....
out of interest what problems would it cause? low mpg? rough running?
Low mpg... power loss... possible hesitation... if it is in a bad state it might affect the idle, but typically it is full-throttle behaviours that will suffer first.
better change it then! ;D
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in that case can someone get me a part number and price for 2.2 fuel filter, TIA :y
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2.2 Petrol 25313359 £12.80 Retail £9.05 Trade £5.28 TC
2.2 Diesel 93185604 £13.90 Retail £12.49 Trade £8.68 TC
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2.2 Petrol 25313359 £12.80 Retail £9.05 Trade £5.28 TC
2.2 Diesel 93185604 £13.90 Retail £12.49 Trade £8.68 TC
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Cheers :y
Cheap as chips, should have done it earlier!
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..and get the clips (two per filter) while you are at it, just in case you break the old ones.
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..... I have never changed mine in 4 years of ownership :o
Phew! I'm not on my own then! :-[
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..and get the clips (two per filter) while you are at it, just in case you break the old ones.
will do (being 4+ years old bet they will!)
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..... I have never changed mine in 4 years of ownership :o
Phew! I'm not on my own then! :-[
I'll report back if it made any change, at less than a tenner its worth a pop, tad over due too ;D
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Order the clips, but also check that they are not already included in the filter box when you collect. Last two I bought had the clips in there already....
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Order the clips, but also check that they are not already included in the filter box when you collect. Last two I bought had the clips in there already....
Will do :y
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..... I have never changed mine in 4 years of ownership :o
Phew! I'm not on my own then! :-[
I'll report back if it made any change, at less than a tenner its worth a pop, tad over due too ;D
No matter what improvements are made, as I have a garage full of sh1te, I'll either have to either buy a snorkel & flippers to work outside on my drive or wait for the weather to improve - a lot! It's not stopped raining here since Christmas Day.
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Order the clips, but also check that they are not already included in the filter box when you collect. Last two I bought had the clips in there already....
Good advice... mine didn't... :( original Vx bought on TC.
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As others have said, buy the clips as well, as they go brittle. Hopefully, you won't notice any difference with the new filter - if you do, it shows you have not been maintaining properly. Also, change the air filter, as I bet that is over a year old now (I remember doing it!)
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Decided to take the waste oil down the tip, never knew i built up so much, I had 11 x 5L bottles & a 30L drum! all full of old oil!
Thats 85L of waste oil :o :o
Or around 17 oil changes :-/
Can't remember last time i did it, must have had some other peoples oil in there too :-/
I'm surprised the guy never tried to charge you money for dumping commercial waste :D