Chiltern Aston
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I am thinking about going to Chiltern Aston for a 8year service on my DB9,anybody here used them and would recommend ?
Usually use MD but their quote is more than I've paid previously.
Does the 8 year service involve more than other services ?
Car has only done 17.5 K miles as I do not use it for workdays.
Usually use MD but their quote is more than I've paid previously.
Does the 8 year service involve more than other services ?
Car has only done 17.5 K miles as I do not use it for workdays.
tonyhall38 said:
8 year i think is a normal service....7 yr is a big one...unless you haven't had your plug change?
but with so few miles...is it worth it?.....your plugs are probaly shot to pieces through no use...
on another note....what hair tonic you using these days...
Thank you Tony for your usual sage advise.but with so few miles...is it worth it?.....your plugs are probaly shot to pieces through no use...
on another note....what hair tonic you using these days...
I do not use proprietary hair tonic preferring instead to use the circumcised tips of the penis that have been cut off the tops of my Hebrew brethren. I mix the tips with sows milk put the mix in a blender then massage into my scalp.
Works a treat,unfortunately has not helped to grow my hair but I do have very large ears.
Back on topic.
Last year I decided not to have my plugs changed due as I did not think it necessary due to low mileage.
I would welcome advise on this.
Edited by avinalarf on Wednesday 5th November 17:40
Hard to advise on.
On the one hand, they could be in great nick due to the low mileage.
On the other, they could be carbon'd up from a high percentage of that use being cold cycles where the engine will be running rich.
Get them to whip a couple of plugs out at the service (the front ones are easy to get to) and take their advice?
My advice would be to get out more
Cheers - Simon
On the one hand, they could be in great nick due to the low mileage.
On the other, they could be carbon'd up from a high percentage of that use being cold cycles where the engine will be running rich.
Get them to whip a couple of plugs out at the service (the front ones are easy to get to) and take their advice?
My advice would be to get out more
Cheers - Simon
simonpa said:
Hard to advise on.
On the one hand, they could be in great nick due to the low mileage.
On the other, they could be carbon'd up from a high percentage of that use being cold cycles where the engine will be running rich.
Get them to whip a couple of plugs out at the service (the front ones are easy to get to) and take their advice?
My advice would be to get out more
Cheers - Simon
I wish I did drive it more,but it's only a 3 mile drive to work and I don't think that would be good for the engine anyway.On the one hand, they could be in great nick due to the low mileage.
On the other, they could be carbon'd up from a high percentage of that use being cold cycles where the engine will be running rich.
Get them to whip a couple of plugs out at the service (the front ones are easy to get to) and take their advice?
My advice would be to get out more
Cheers - Simon
The car drives fine, so if the plugs were carbon'd up wouldn't it be lumpy ?
However I shall take your advice and ask them to have a look.
Thanks.
i do believe to get to the plugs and coil packs you need to remove top bit...so no..not really easy to get too...and if you remove manifold bit...you will need new gaskets....which are not cheap...so if you remove all that to look at plugs....you just as well replace them....also i think the plug and gasket change is recorded in service manuel....so if not there a wised up punter could point it out should you decide to flog it...and knock you on the price....if you traded it in am sure dealer would ask....
Slight misfire on a V12 might not get noticed by the driver but it ought to log a code as the US emissions laws require this analysis to be quite sensitive (and turn on a MIL light in the US). So an OBDII reader might give you a clue about plug condition.
Mind you, my old V8 P38 Rangie would hardly move off the drive with a misfire before it logged a code
(was just plugs and leads in the end).
Mind you, my old V8 P38 Rangie would hardly move off the drive with a misfire before it logged a code
(was just plugs and leads in the end).avinalarf said:
So,what damage might one cause if plugs are worn ?
Plugs should be good for 100k miles, unless they aren't firing because of the coils. In which case you'll get misfire codes logged. Unless you have a known coil/plug issue, then leave them alone as you will get no benefit, all for a bunch of money.
If you do remove the inlet manifolds, then you replace the coils/plugs as a routine measure, since there's a lot of labor associated with getting to them. So there is no such thing as 'checking' the condition visually.
The plugs are self cleaning so will not have any deposits on them using unleaded fuel. Wear on the plugs is through spark erosion, and with the correct plugs installed, this is a mileage rather than age thing.
Completely pointless exercise checking them because once you have gone that far into the engine, you may as well change them anyway, and unless your breathers have gone and you are burning oil, they will be like new anyway.
Completely pointless exercise checking them because once you have gone that far into the engine, you may as well change them anyway, and unless your breathers have gone and you are burning oil, they will be like new anyway.
avinalarf said:
Thank you Tony for your usual sage advise.
I do not use proprietary hair tonic preferring instead to use the circumcised tips of the penis that have been cut off the tops of my Hebrew brethren. I mix the tips with sows milk put the mix in a blender then massage into my scalp.
Works a treat,unfortunately has not helped to grow my hair but I do have very large ears.
Back on topic.
Last year I decided not to have my plugs changed due as I did not think it necessary due to low mileage.
I would welcome advise on this.
I do not use proprietary hair tonic preferring instead to use the circumcised tips of the penis that have been cut off the tops of my Hebrew brethren. I mix the tips with sows milk put the mix in a blender then massage into my scalp.
Works a treat,unfortunately has not helped to grow my hair but I do have very large ears.
Back on topic.
Last year I decided not to have my plugs changed due as I did not think it necessary due to low mileage.
I would welcome advise on this.
Edited by avinalarf on Wednesday 5th November 17:40
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