(14-10-12, 07:49 AM)DanielT link Wrote: [quote author=His Dudeness link=topic=4970.msg1#msg1 date=1350169915]
what does this mystical 24,000 mile service involve?
I know it involves a valve clearance check which is time consuming to open it all up. It's about £500 in real terms
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Yes - the only extra thing is the valve clearance check.
I bought the Haynes manual yesterday and was cross-checking its service schedule with the Owner's Manual service schedule.
For some reason, I thought the cam-chain would have to be serviced: it doesn't. The *ONLY* extra thing on top of the other usual stuff is Valve Clearance check
And having gone through the section in the Haynes manual, to be honest it does look rather straight forward. It's just a case of getting the cover off (which can be done with the engine in situ) and then using feeler guages. If the valves are out of tolerance then just buy replacement shims and pop them into the top of the valves.
Haynes Manual's Difficulty Rating for this task is 3/5 spanners - and an oil change they class as 2/5 spanners.
I'm certainly feeling more confident about doing this myself - and in fact, all the servicing I now feel I can do it myself.
I think all I need to buy on top of my standard home-base £30 socket/spanner/allen-key set is:
- torque wrench
- the socket for the rear-axle for chain adjustment: my set goes up to 16mm only
- spark-plug socket because my under-seat toolkit, which had it, is missing.