paddingtonfire
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- Joined
- Feb 16, 2013
- Messages
- 62
- Location
- London / East Anglia
- Car
- 1992 W124 300TD Estate & 1982 W123 280TE
Evening All,
I've just got hold of a nice one owner 280TE, and want to service it for a bit of piece of mind, and I wondered if the forum could confirm/deny a few questions please.
First question is regarding oil choice. I know it's a huge subject, but the service record says Castrol GTX pretty much from new, but looking at their site it seems they don't do the old fashioned multigrade anymore. Can anyone give me a decent alternative?
I want to change both the diff and gearbox oils. Again, I can't find much info on it, but can I have a suggestion please, along with any tips on doing the job?
Is there any way of flushing the rear suspension system, as my oil looks a bit black (at least it's there lol).
Power steering fluid - worth changing or just topping up?
What spark plug gap?
What points gap?
And last (for now), in order to access the N/S headlamp washer motor (seized), do I have to remove the lamp and washer bottle?
Thanks ever so much, first of a few posts I suspect....
Mike
I've just got hold of a nice one owner 280TE, and want to service it for a bit of piece of mind, and I wondered if the forum could confirm/deny a few questions please.
First question is regarding oil choice. I know it's a huge subject, but the service record says Castrol GTX pretty much from new, but looking at their site it seems they don't do the old fashioned multigrade anymore. Can anyone give me a decent alternative?
I want to change both the diff and gearbox oils. Again, I can't find much info on it, but can I have a suggestion please, along with any tips on doing the job?
Is there any way of flushing the rear suspension system, as my oil looks a bit black (at least it's there lol).
Power steering fluid - worth changing or just topping up?
What spark plug gap?
What points gap?
And last (for now), in order to access the N/S headlamp washer motor (seized), do I have to remove the lamp and washer bottle?
Thanks ever so much, first of a few posts I suspect....
Mike