09-10-2015, 07:44 PM
Hi Gents, my wife has an ex-motobility Focus, 1.6 petrol and X plate.
We bought it at 2 years old and 3000 on the clock. Now we are both retired it is up to 56000 but is only doing 3000 per year.
It runs well and has a small amount of rust that I've fixed.
It is probably worth £200, but It gets serviced (oil and filter) every year, air cleaner about every 3rd year.
If you intend to keep it I would change the oil and filter yearly as many short runs are much more damaging than long runs.
It got its first advisory in Feb, brake lines. I did them for £70 and renewed the fluid at the same time.
These are relatively simple cars on which it is possible to do your own servicing without special tools; at such low cost it makes sense to do the extra oil changes at yearly intervals.
Note that the timing belt change is recommended after about 6 years if a low mileage is done. This can be done by the home mechanic with simple tools. Note that the crankshaft sprocket is a taper fit to the crank nose, not keyed.
2 pieces of 5mm plate and an M8 bolt are all that are needed to reset the timing.
Ed
We bought it at 2 years old and 3000 on the clock. Now we are both retired it is up to 56000 but is only doing 3000 per year.
It runs well and has a small amount of rust that I've fixed.
It is probably worth £200, but It gets serviced (oil and filter) every year, air cleaner about every 3rd year.
If you intend to keep it I would change the oil and filter yearly as many short runs are much more damaging than long runs.
It got its first advisory in Feb, brake lines. I did them for £70 and renewed the fluid at the same time.
These are relatively simple cars on which it is possible to do your own servicing without special tools; at such low cost it makes sense to do the extra oil changes at yearly intervals.
Note that the timing belt change is recommended after about 6 years if a low mileage is done. This can be done by the home mechanic with simple tools. Note that the crankshaft sprocket is a taper fit to the crank nose, not keyed.
2 pieces of 5mm plate and an M8 bolt are all that are needed to reset the timing.
Ed
