Questions tagged [service]
A motor vehicle service is a set of maintenance procedures carried out either at set time intervals or after the vehicle has travelled a certain distance since it's last service.
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What actually happens when there is not enough oil in a car engine?
When a car is topped up with oil, it clear to most people that you are supposed to fill it to the recommended amount as specified by the manufacturer (normally on a dip stick).
What exactly are all ...
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What actually happens when there is way too much oil in a car engine?
I saw the answers to a question I posted recently highlighting the disadvantages of having too little oil in an engine, but that got me wondering what if the complete opposite were to occur!
I know ...
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How important is time-based servicing vs. distance-based servicing?
For years I have been driving a very old car, and servicing it every 10,000 kilometres even though it took me almost a year to drive that much.
Now I have a newer car which I care about more. It's ...
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Error Stabilization Control (ESC)/ ABS warning shown on my car dashboard
My Volkswagen Jetta shows Error Stabilization Control (ESC)/ABS warning message on the dashboard. The problem first appeared a few weeks ago. At first it only appeared randomly, but for these few days ...
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Is failing to change brake fluid a life safety issue?
While I recognise the the brake system in my car is redundant, is it possible that failure to replace brake fluid could result in a fatal accident? or is there sufficient redundancy and warning ...
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Car battery - Disconnected just positive while doing work
I've installed an extra 12V source in my car and everything is working.
While installing it I removed the positive terminal from the battery and left the negative connected. (Resting the positive on ...
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Radically different car maintenance schedules in manual and service instruction sheet
I own a 2013 Fiesta Ecoboost 1.0L 74kW, and noticed that the maintenance instructions in the US version of the owners manual are very different from the service schedule available on Ford Etis. (EU ...
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2006 Infiniti G35 - Blown engine following Kwik Kar engine flush
(Apologies in advance for the lengthy post.)
Background
2006 Infiniti G35 Coupe, 6-speed manual, 112K miles. I bought the car from a friend when it had about 50k miles. He had the car for the ...
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