st220 servicing

[smash_bannana]

Hi,

Im about to get my st220 seviced and i can see that part of the manifold will need removing to replace 3 of the spark plugs. does anybody know if the gaskets get damaged during this process as ive heard they are rubber and therefore will not need renewing?

thanks,

SM

[neiljohnson]

smash_bannana said:

Hi,

Im about to get my st220 seviced and i can see that part of the manifold will need removing to replace 3 of the spark plugs. does anybody know if the gaskets get damaged during this process as ive heard they are rubber and therefore will not need renewing?

thanks,

SM

Its fiddly but the manifold does not need removing

[anonymous-user]

neiljohnson said:

smash_bannana said:

Hi,

Im about to get my st220 seviced and i can see that part of the manifold will need removing to replace 3 of the spark plugs. does anybody know if the gaskets get damaged during this process as ive heard they are rubber and therefore will not need renewing?

thanks,

SM

Its fiddly but the manifold does not need removing

I know that was true for the 2.5 too but i always took the manifold off as it was a good excuse to clean the secondary LIM ports out. At least the 220 doesn't have that problem. I've heard of garages not changing the rears as they are lazy bds so ask for the old ones back

[neiljohnson]

Have serviced many v6 engines where the 'easy' plugs are one make & the hard ones another including an Omega which had full main dealer history

[smash_bannana]

Thanks for the replies guys.

Im not sure if the manifold is coming off to gain access to the plugs during the service, it was just my novice eyes assuming it would have to. its not a massive issue if the gaskets will need to replaced just another £40 out of my pocket! I was just curious of other peoples experience with this car as ive heard from some guy who has serviced one before that they are rubber and were resistant to damage during the removal process. I hope this is true as its a bloody expensive time of year!

[anonymous-user]

The gaskets are that expensive on the 2.5 TBH, if it were me i'd take the manifold off.........

[anonymous-user]

ps, reused the gaskets on mine(old 2.5 not the 220) plenty of times, still running fine @ 100K miles........

[SHIFTY]

Changed mine but I did remove the inlet manifold, the gasket is rubber and no problems.

There is a nut right at the back of the inlet manifold that is a right bas***d to get to and put back on, so I left it off as it does not seem to hold the inlet in place.

Went for Ford plugs as no difference in price to alternatives.

Edited by SHIFTY on Friday 27th November 12:20

[smash_bannana]

Cheers for the responses guys, muxhly appreciated.

Just another question. What does the snowflake light mean on the left of the dash as it came on last night? Im assuming its for the aircon? Does this mean theres a fault or simply needs regassing?

Thanks.

[finlo]

smash_bannana said:

Cheers for the responses guys, muxhly appreciated.

Just another question. What does the snowflake light mean on the left of the dash as it came on last night? Im assuming its for the aircon? Does this mean theres a fault or simply needs regassing?

Thanks.

Think you'll find it means its cold out.

It goes yellow at 3c and red at 1c HTH.

[smash_bannana]

Ah ok, thanks for that, not seen it red yet but im sure its only a matter of time thanks to the great british weather!!!