DIY Car Servicing - happy or dont touch?

[Jeremy67]

Out of interest this has to be the best penetrating oil on the planet

https://htsupplies.co.uk/products/in...ck-oil-aerosol

The boys at practical classics speak very highly of:

https://www.lubricantsuppliers.com/p...1-bulldog-bdx/

...I would always go to a talented, competent, and able person...

Sadly, many of those working as mechanics are none of those things.

I do a desk job and love working on cars, both our daily drivers and classics, as a complete change in the evenings and at weekends.

The coil pack failed recently on our Zafira B. Halfords were (amazingly) the cheapest supplier and the job was done in about 20 minutes. I got a satisfaction hit and probably saved £100 or so quid.

I recently changed the thermostat on our Panda, a fiddly job that took a couple of hours but again I probably saved a couple of hundred and am still enjoying the fact that it gets properly up to temperature again.

[ralphy]

Regarding the DIY versus leave it to them who know what they are doing...

This is the DSG oil filter from swmbo's 2014 75,000 mile VAG car that came complete with a FSH from new:



Not unsurprisngly, the oil looked awful.

R