What shall i get done at service?
What shall i get done at service?
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greysquirrel

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786 posts

258 months

Sunday 30th September 2007
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Car is slightly overdue for a service. It has done 21k and the last service was a year ago at 15k, the original owner never drove it so its up to its 72,000 miles stamp in the book just on having the service every 12 months (which he did religiously by the looks of it).
The stamp has been done on the C service at 12k miles, 2 years ago so this will be the second A service since.

I was thinking of changing the Cam belt but it looks like that is only on a C service which was done only 7k ago, although 2 years ago.
Do you think I can get away with a simple oil change? possibly spark plugs and thats it? obv. inspect the cam belt but surely it shouldnt need doing for ages - just wonder if they bothered doing it on the C service, although it was Sinclaires so i imagine they would have done.

So. is it just a case of putting some new oil in and jobs a good un? (going to get my local specialist to do it, but not gonna do too much if i dont have to, i only pay for labour and supply all the bits myself so hopefully gonna be about £100)

edit: dont know if my ramble makes sense - basically the stamp is due on an A service but the bit in the book before the stamps states that 27k is a B service, so im not sure if the stamps correspond to the correct service perhaps they did an A when a C was stamped etc..

Edited by greysquirrel on Sunday 30th September 18:00

lotustuart

1,465 posts

262 months

Sunday 30th September 2007
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cambelt is due every 4 years or 36k not 5 years as stated in the book. Lotus changed their minds as i think they had a few going early. Unless the belts stamped as being done i would err on the side of caution and get it done, could save you a few quid in the long run.

Just my 2p`s worth, HTH