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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: tunnie on 10 May 2009, 19:31:10
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First to go was my X Plate 2.2, then mother tunnies W Plate Facelift 3.0 Elite Estate, then father tunnies Y plate 2.2.
Mines done 118.5k, father tunnies 103k, mother tunnies 79k.
They all passed first time, and all of them had no advisories. :)
All DIY maintained :)
Father tunnie had his MOT'd at a local Vx dealer, as our local garages are being n00bs. Vx dealer was very surprised to see it passed ;D
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if you have the magic touch can you take mine because I know its not going to pass :-[ even though Ive done all the work on fail sheet I bet they find something else as its been 4 weeks :-/
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if you have the magic touch can you take mine because I know its not going to pass :-[ even though Ive done all the work on fail sheet I bet they find something else as its been 4 weeks :-/
Its all about preventative maintenance :y
That said i know mine will fail on the handbrake next time ;D
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if you have the magic touch can you take mine because I know its not going to pass :-[ even though Ive done all the work on fail sheet I bet they find something else as its been 4 weeks :-/
Its all about preventative maintenance :y
That said i know mine will fail on the handbrake next time ;D
aaahhhh thats where I went wrong :D :D :D from now on I will take more care of my pair of migs ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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I`ve got a bad feeling the Beemer will fail..... :-/ :-/ :-[ not been keeping on top of the jobs lately.... :-[
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if you have the magic touch can you take mine because I know its not going to pass :-[ even though Ive done all the work on fail sheet I bet they find something else as its been 4 weeks :-/
Its all about preventative maintenance :y
That said i know mine will fail on the handbrake next time ;D
What would you list as the preventive maintenance that is most important?
I now know about 3,000 oil changes and 40,000 mile cambelts. What else should I be doing?
Thx
Gareth
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if you have the magic touch can you take mine because I know its not going to pass :-[ even though Ive done all the work on fail sheet I bet they find something else as its been 4 weeks :-/
Its all about preventative maintenance :y
That said i know mine will fail on the handbrake next time ;D
You probably use your handbrake thats why ;D yours being a manual....
In the 3 years i had my 2.2 i never used my handbrake once ( i know its suppose to be bad pratice) and it never failed the mot for it :y ;D
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if you have the magic touch can you take mine because I know its not going to pass :-[ even though Ive done all the work on fail sheet I bet they find something else as its been 4 weeks :-/
Its all about preventative maintenance :y
That said i know mine will fail on the handbrake next time ;D
What would you list as the preventive maintenance that is most important?
I now know about 3,000 oil changes and 40,000 mile cambelts. What else should I be doing?
Thx
Gareth
Clean the breathers annually.
Clean out scuttle drains,also annually. :y
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I would add to that could coolant changes. officially the stuff lasts 5 years. but I change it in all our cars once a year. its a minmal cost, and the 4 pots in particular its important. biggest cause of hg failure is poor/old coolant
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if you have the magic touch can you take mine because I know its not going to pass :-[ even though Ive done all the work on fail sheet I bet they find something else as its been 4 weeks :-/
Its all about preventative maintenance :y
That said i know mine will fail on the handbrake next time ;D
What would you list as the preventive maintenance that is most important?
I now know about 3,000 oil changes and 40,000 mile cambelts. What else should I be doing?
Thx
Gareth
As others have said - coolant, breathers etc.
Added to that, brake fluid, servicing the brake calipers and handbrake mechanism, checking aux belt, pollen filters (not that that will affect MOT), waterpump every other cambelt on a v6, plugs regularly. All helps to keep it running :y
Handbrake aside, all the failures on my cars recently have been the MOT tester being a idiot - things like Air Freshener >:(. The Rover failed on headlight aim which was fair I guess.