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1.2imerit
10-04-05, 12:19 AM
I am thinking about servicing my car myself and I wanted to make sure I had covered everything.
Plugs, leads, dizzy cap and rotor arm
Oil and filter
Timing and drive belt
Water pump gasket/o ring
Coolant change
Renew brake fluid (whats the best way to do this?)
Air filter

Is there anything else I should consider? Brakes were done @ MOT.
novaexplod
10-04-05, 08:20 PM
to renew the brake fluid u wud have to bleed the system then put it back together doin the necessary to make sure no air gets in then top up with new fluid.
epo
10-04-05, 08:30 PM
fuel filter aswell
sTuDeNt
11-04-05, 10:33 PM
Only if you have one! I dont think carbed 1.2 have fuel filter! However I recomend installing one! (As I have done)
Adam
11-04-05, 11:36 PM
Only if you have one! I dont think carbed 1.2 have fuel filter! However I recomend installing one! (As I have done)
I think on carbed engines the filter is inside the pump itself.
sTuDeNt
12-04-05, 12:17 AM
You are right!
getlost29
12-04-05, 01:28 AM
guessing from his name 1.2i merit, hes got an spi engine

so yes you would need a fuel filter located near the tank under the car

and also you should change the timing belt tensioner
Stuart
12-04-05, 08:08 AM
imo id would get the shorter timing belt and bin the auto tensioner completely and just use the water pump to adjust the tension.
getlost29
12-04-05, 09:07 AM
yea and if u do that and crack the seal on the water pump then itl have to come off and seal be replaced
Stuart
12-04-05, 09:20 AM
if you bothered to read the first post hes going to get the 50p o ring lol

its nota big deal to crack the pump, get it out and reseal it. unless your scared of that kind of thing.

i wouldnt have recomended removing the auto tensioner if i didnt think it was a good idea!
getlost29
12-04-05, 03:29 PM
i ant botherd about pumps, its just easyer
Stuart
12-04-05, 05:11 PM
and in english that is?
getlost29
12-04-05, 11:11 PM
sorry i mean. i am not botherd about the water pump. was just easyer to do the tensioner.

its up to any one what they want to do, which ever way they like it.

oh yea one thing u may want to consider is using a litle redex when u do ur service

if u do the spark plug method then watch out cuz itll smoke like hell