Servicing butterflies
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Getting the 964 serviced tomorrow - the full 12k job from Strasse in Leeds. Nervous as anything as to what they'll find, despite the fact that the car appears to be as strong as an ox and driving very nicely. Hidden oil leaks, worn brakes, more hidden oil leaks - ahrgh! I can't bear the suspense. As I already know that one or both of the heater motors need replacing, I fear this could be a dear one!
Is it just me that gets stressed about this stuff. Maybe I should have the engine rebuilt, just to be on the safe side...
Is it just me that gets stressed about this stuff. Maybe I should have the engine rebuilt, just to be on the safe side...
PaulZR said:
Getting the 964 serviced tomorrow - the full 12k job from Strasse in Leeds. Nervous as anything as to what they'll find, despite the fact that the car appears to be as strong as an ox and driving very nicely. Hidden oil leaks, worn brakes, more hidden oil leaks - ahrgh! I can't bear the suspense. As I already know that one or both of the heater motors need replacing, I fear this could be a dear one!
Is it just me that gets stressed about this stuff. Maybe I should have the engine rebuilt, just to be on the safe side...
Is it just me that gets stressed about this stuff. Maybe I should have the engine rebuilt, just to be on the safe side...
relax.
it could be worse. you could be a TVR owner.
It's all worth it in the end, I reckon. Borrowed an A3 TDI 2.0 off a colleague for a couple of weeks at the start of the month because she was on holiday and mine was being subjected to too many station runs. It was ace to have a car with heated seats, (working) aircon and ergonomics designed by a scientist rather than an angry gorilla.
But... modern cars like that are rubbish to drive. It was car-as-domestic-applicance, rather than something to be driven for fun. I'd rather drive mine anywhere, even if I do have to wipe the condensation off the windscreen every 2 mins now the heaters have packed up!
But... modern cars like that are rubbish to drive. It was car-as-domestic-applicance, rather than something to be driven for fun. I'd rather drive mine anywhere, even if I do have to wipe the condensation off the windscreen every 2 mins now the heaters have packed up!
I agree with you, its always a time of extreme trepidation. It is for me directly related to the cost of getting the things fixed.
Also it ammazes me that in a recent service at Porker Mid Sussex they discovered that I had a small oil leak which needed repair and that my washer jet on my headlight was not working and there fore was also imperative to get repaired. But they failed to notice that my aircon was not working and didnt clear any of the leaves out of the intakes even though they had the bumper off??? and left oily prints all over my nice savanah dash! All this for a mere £100.00 ph??
Exceptional. I left feeling like I had been burgled!
Also it ammazes me that in a recent service at Porker Mid Sussex they discovered that I had a small oil leak which needed repair and that my washer jet on my headlight was not working and there fore was also imperative to get repaired. But they failed to notice that my aircon was not working and didnt clear any of the leaves out of the intakes even though they had the bumper off??? and left oily prints all over my nice savanah dash! All this for a mere £100.00 ph??
Exceptional. I left feeling like I had been burgled!
Wetwipe said:
ballcock said:
I know where you're coming from Paul , I had my MOT on Monday and I looked like an expectant father in the waiting room ..
.. It was a boy by the way .. I chose the manual 'box!!
.. It was a boy by the way .. I chose the manual 'box!!
and the child is now sh!tting well from the looks of your interior.......
You're in breach of the court restraint order .. You've been warned to stop stalking my car colour!!
The results are in. I need:
new front discs and pads (figures as I had noticed a wobble under harder braking)
new rear pads and dustguards
an oil pipe replacing to fix a leak (not sure which one!)
heater blowers not working because, apparently, the door mirrors (on the sam circuit) are wired wrong (!?)
B@lls. My prediction of a four figure spend has proved remarkably prescient.
Trying to console myself with the knowledge that I am a good and responsible owner. I'm sure that new oil and plugs liberates another 20 or 30 bhp (doesn't it...?)
new front discs and pads (figures as I had noticed a wobble under harder braking)
new rear pads and dustguards
an oil pipe replacing to fix a leak (not sure which one!)
heater blowers not working because, apparently, the door mirrors (on the sam circuit) are wired wrong (!?)
B@lls. My prediction of a four figure spend has proved remarkably prescient.
Trying to console myself with the knowledge that I am a good and responsible owner. I'm sure that new oil and plugs liberates another 20 or 30 bhp (doesn't it...?)
Picked it up this morning. Lovely shiny new brake discs and general feeling of well-being.
Bizarrely, the heater fuse kept blowing because the door mirrors had been re-wired wrong following recent bodywork fixes. Nothing to do with the heater itself, which meant the the squeaking persisted
However (coming to the point), I discovered something interesting today. Most of the experts or those who have bothered to invest in a service manual will probably know this but, I am told there is a small fan in the heater control on the dash that pulls air into the controls, presumably to gauge the air temp in the car. THIS is suspected to have been the cause of the incessant squeak. A squirt of WD40 into the dash appears to have fixed it. Whady'a know... glad I didn't start dismantling anything!
Bizarrely, the heater fuse kept blowing because the door mirrors had been re-wired wrong following recent bodywork fixes. Nothing to do with the heater itself, which meant the the squeaking persisted
However (coming to the point), I discovered something interesting today. Most of the experts or those who have bothered to invest in a service manual will probably know this but, I am told there is a small fan in the heater control on the dash that pulls air into the controls, presumably to gauge the air temp in the car. THIS is suspected to have been the cause of the incessant squeak. A squirt of WD40 into the dash appears to have fixed it. Whady'a know... glad I didn't start dismantling anything!
Kevin - cheers.
Going to investigate taking the unit out now as the damn noise has returned with a vengance. The control unit looks as though it should pretty much slide out like the stereo head unit it sits next to, though I can't see any screws on the front.
Now where did I leave my crowbar...
Going to investigate taking the unit out now as the damn noise has returned with a vengance. The control unit looks as though it should pretty much slide out like the stereo head unit it sits next to, though I can't see any screws on the front.
Now where did I leave my crowbar...
Paul.
Use four allen keys, (my prefered method) slide them in the four holes you should be able to see on the LH/RHS
Disconnect battery before playing with the connectors.
Pull off the control knobs and then gently prise open the front, this bit I only have vague memories of when I did mine a while back, ( I only mention this part so you can blow air straight through the unit to clean out the sensors etc)
Disassemble the little fan at the rear, and oil it, don't use WD40 it dries out too soon....then reassemble and fit the connector at the rear, push back into place and reconnect the battery, should be ok for a while, IIRC I did mine 2 years ago and it's still quite.
kevin
Use four allen keys, (my prefered method) slide them in the four holes you should be able to see on the LH/RHS
Disconnect battery before playing with the connectors.
Pull off the control knobs and then gently prise open the front, this bit I only have vague memories of when I did mine a while back, ( I only mention this part so you can blow air straight through the unit to clean out the sensors etc)
Disassemble the little fan at the rear, and oil it, don't use WD40 it dries out too soon....then reassemble and fit the connector at the rear, push back into place and reconnect the battery, should be ok for a while, IIRC I did mine 2 years ago and it's still quite.
kevin
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