so, today I carried out the service on the terrano. the first one for some time it would seem.......
first off, air filter. Maf removed, fiter housing opened, filter remov.....Holy ****! I have NEVER seen a filter that bad! ok, things are going to be fun. new filter fitted and on to the fuel filter.
nice and easy. great. drain the engine oil now, sump plug found, removed, and seriously black stuff drained into the catch pan. ok, now for the oil filter....
I should explain at this point that the car had a little oil leak. i noticed it at the sellers house, but it looked small so I made a mental note to investigate later.
the filter seems to be amazingly hard to access, so i was expecting to have a nightmare to remove it. nope. it wasn't even finger tight!
no wonder it was leaking! filter removed, from above (is there a better way?) and new one fitted. at this oint i thought i would investigate access from below. the car wasn't on stands, so it was a bit tight, but i fitted. as did my arm between the prop and the gearbox.
couldn't get it back out though :doh
ten minutes later, my arm was freed, and i went back up top to tighten up the filter.
next was the rear diff oil. black as expected, but easy to change. one thing to note, it took less than 2 litres, but the sheet said 2.3. anyway....
front diff, draining was easy, refilling was a nightmare. rubbish access, but managed in the end.
gearbox - easy to drain, took about 5 litres t refill back up to the filler hole:nenau thought it was supposed to be 3.5??
transfer box, probably the easiest of the lot :thumb2
finally, pollen filter. oh dear. i think i may have disturbed an eco system when i removed that but the new one is in, and all is well in the world.
after servicing the passat and octavia in around 40 mins each, this was a bloomin nightmare! but glad its done now.
time for some wine.
cheers for all of the help found on the forum, it was a great bonus to know the pitfals in advance,
Lee
first off, air filter. Maf removed, fiter housing opened, filter remov.....Holy ****! I have NEVER seen a filter that bad! ok, things are going to be fun. new filter fitted and on to the fuel filter.
nice and easy. great. drain the engine oil now, sump plug found, removed, and seriously black stuff drained into the catch pan. ok, now for the oil filter....
I should explain at this point that the car had a little oil leak. i noticed it at the sellers house, but it looked small so I made a mental note to investigate later.
the filter seems to be amazingly hard to access, so i was expecting to have a nightmare to remove it. nope. it wasn't even finger tight!
no wonder it was leaking! filter removed, from above (is there a better way?) and new one fitted. at this oint i thought i would investigate access from below. the car wasn't on stands, so it was a bit tight, but i fitted. as did my arm between the prop and the gearbox.couldn't get it back out though :doh
ten minutes later, my arm was freed, and i went back up top to tighten up the filter.
next was the rear diff oil. black as expected, but easy to change. one thing to note, it took less than 2 litres, but the sheet said 2.3. anyway....
front diff, draining was easy, refilling was a nightmare. rubbish access, but managed in the end.
gearbox - easy to drain, took about 5 litres t refill back up to the filler hole
:nenau thought it was supposed to be 3.5??transfer box, probably the easiest of the lot :thumb2
finally, pollen filter. oh dear. i think i may have disturbed an eco system when i removed that
but the new one is in, and all is well in the world.after servicing the passat and octavia in around 40 mins each, this was a bloomin nightmare! but glad its done now.
time for some wine.
cheers for all of the help found on the forum, it was a great bonus to know the pitfals in advance,
Lee
