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pow
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2nd Oct 11 at 18:23   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Offt nothing like servicing the KA or the Mazda or even the Ibiza when I had it.

Took 5.5 litres of oil, Halfords sold me the wrong filter, it only has a jacking point and nowhere to put and axle stand and you have to have a slimline spanner to get the sump plug off. Why aren't things simple?
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It will have somewhere to put stands. Chassis rail or something
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pow i know of a nice clean 02 plate puma for 1.5k near milton keynes
AndyCorsaSport
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They make things harder so your average person can't service it themselves.

Even my Clio 182 took 5.1 litres of oil.
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Why do oil containers now only have 4 litres. Used to be 5 litres. Con imo
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quote:
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It will have somewhere to put stands. Chassis rail or something


Everything completely covered by plastic covers, the whole underside is covered. I jacked it up on the rubbered jacking point then shoved a wheel under the (plastic covered) sill and a stand under the lower arm bolting point.

It's all done now though, it's quite a laugh to drive in weather like this, lock the auto 'box in 3rd and listen to the 'charger whine
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i know of a 1.7 puma for under 1k near me,
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Grandads AMG is covered in plastic underneath.

It goes to Mercedes for its serivces, although the last one cost him £2k

I was going to do it the other day but noticed it takes 16 spark plugs!
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quote:
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Why do oil containers now only have 4 litres. Used to be 5 litres. Con imo


A lot are still 5.
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Iv seen most are 5 aswell
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My car is all plastic underneath too, is your Mito not?
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quote:
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Took 5.5 litres of oil, Halfords sold me the wrong filter




What oil and grade did halfords recommend?
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Put 0W40 Mobil 1 fully synth in it.

Don't facepalm me sonshine
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Sunshine*
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Double

In all seriousness I bought the right oilk
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oil*
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Only the expensive oils, valvoline, castrol etc are 4 litres, and normally the fully synthetic ones, not the semis.

Pow, think yourself lucky it's not an SLK320. 12 spark plugs!
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12? Why 12 FFS? There's 6 cylinders

2.0 Supercharger
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Exactly! For some reason Merc did an Alfa and twin sparked everything bigger than a 4 pot! Crazy germans
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Offt, TBH I'd love a shot in one, Mum's car is lovely to drive, smooth, roof down is nice, everything feels solid as fuck but it's slow.

2.0, 163bhp mated to an old school 5 speed autobox that takes 3 years to make a gear change decision. Meh.
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Pow, the staff in Halfords are about 12. Do not listen to a word they say, ever!
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quote:
Originally posted by Andrew
Pow, the staff in Halfords are about 12. Do not listen to a word they say, ever!


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