90 thou miles check

[saxo-paddy]

Hi everyone got a 2000 reg 1.1 saxo it's over 90 thousand miles just wondering if I should be getting anything checked or replaced? No service history or anything so don't know what it's had done..... Car she'll is pretty tidy to be honest bit of rust in the boot that's all car seems fine just needs icv valve replacing had fuel filter changed
Any ideas??
Cheers in advance

[aldred309uk]

Timing belt! I changed mine for what I believed would be ours second belt at 134,000 miles but it was the original belt and was about to snap!

Other than that just change the oil and filter, give it a good service and get a good feel for the car and work out any niggles the car may have!

[Gandi699]

Change the belts, change the fluids if not done recently. Also change the gearbox oil, it's silly not to as it's so easy even though Psa say they don't need to be changed over the life time of the vehicle you really should do it anyway


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[saxo-paddy]

Was thinking timing belt.....is this easy to do? Service icon is up on the car anyways.....

[Jigs2895]

Probably needs a full service. Don't bother trying to do the belt unless you know what your doing, your run the risk of ruining the engine.

[saxo-paddy]

how much is reasonable to get the belt changed?
whats the best gearbox oil? where does it get poured into? never changed gearbox oil before....
can do plugs and engine oil and filter myself

[Jigs2895]

Had mine done including new coolant, water pump and belt for £170.

[Gandi699]

Had mine done including new coolant, water pump and belt for £170.


That's really cheap considering the pump can be a pig to remove


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[Gandi699]

how much is reasonable to get the belt changed?

whats the best gearbox oil? where does it get poured into? never changed gearbox oil before....

can do plugs and engine oil and filter myself


75w80 oil. Search for a how to it's a really simple job


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[saxo-paddy]

know a few people with maintained saxos gone up to 140+ thousand miles hope mine will be same lol
10-40 engine oil
75-80 gearbox oil
change timing belt

anything else you would recommend?
brakes not long since been changed and re-bled

[saxo-paddy]

would it be worth replacing the plugs? if so which would you recommend?
cheers

[stevo67]

would it be worth replacing the plugs? if so which would you recommend?
cheers

It won't hurt to change the plugs and will give an indication as to how healthy the engine is(by the colour):drink:

[chinkostu]

know a few people with maintained saxos gone up to 140+ thousand miles hope mine will be same lol
10-40 engine oil
75-80 gearbox oil
change timing belt

anything else you would recommend?
brakes not long since been changed and re-bled

176thousand on my VTR and it was driven into the floor for the last 3 months of that.

[saxo-paddy]

Would love mine to reach that lol am I right in thinking the gearbox oil filling and draining point is under plastic arch passenger side on my 1.1? Top one filling bottom draining?

[iSlayeR]

Would love mine to reach that lol am I right in thinking the gearbox oil filling and draining point is under plastic arch passenger side on my 1.1? Top one filling bottom draining?

Bolt closest to the front of the car on the gearbox is used to fill it, bolt furthest away is used to drain, both require a square shaped tool, you can also use the hole on top of the gearbox to fill it. :y:

[saxo-paddy]

I will have a look as soon as I get time cheers bud

[chinkostu]

8mm square section, takes 2 litres :)

[saxo-paddy]

that is scandalous no way would i pay that much.....must be someone local who could do it

[saxo-paddy]

anyone recommend any certain brands for some of these?
ngk for spark plugs?
shell for gearbox oil?
halfrauds gearbox oil?

anyone?

[stevo67]

Ngk plugs are fine can't help with oil mate.

[saxo-paddy]

at a guess i would think shell are a good brand....got quoted 80-100 for timing belt not inc v.a.t lol been local and a foreign bloke with a garage said 60 for timing but im not too sure weather to take it there :err: :err:

[stevo67]

at a guess i would think shell are a good brand....got quoted 80-100 for timing belt not inc v.a.t lol been local and a foreign bloke with a garage said 60 for timing but im not too sure weather to take it there :err: :err:

60 quid for a timing belt is way too cheap,i wonder if they change the tensioner as well?:drink:

[saxo-paddy]

not too sure bud thinking about getting the kit and then going to garage with it ready to be fitted.....didnt feel too sure about going there to be honest but some price round here are ridiculous

[Gandi699]

Total 75w80 for the gearbox oil IMO. It's cheap enough not to bother using another brand such as comma etc that work out actually
More and aren't as good


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[saxo-paddy]

just looked yeah seems cheap enough which kind of engine oil am i best getting?
semi synth, part synth?
never really known the difference tbh

[Jigs2895]

£60 won't even cover the cost of the belt and coolant. As I have said, I had mine done for £170 with fresh coolant, water pump and belt. KrisB.

[Gandi699]

That's cheap still considering the water pump is 9 times out of 10 an arse to remove


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[Cam]

That's cheap still considering the water pump is 9 times out of 10 an arse to remove


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Repost!


That's really cheap considering the pump can be a pig to remove


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Wait wutttttt :homme:

[Gandi699]

Ha didn't even realise I'd posted on this!


Ps the pump can be a pig to remove if you didn't know already


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[Cam]

Yeaaa I remember when I did mine, hammer & chisel bits off at a time

[Manu]

just looked yeah seems cheap enough which kind of engine oil am i best getting?
semi synth, part synth?
never really known the difference tbh

10w40

ASDA often has some Castrol on offer. Other than that I get oil from unipart as it's made by Fuchs.