Routine maintenance and servicing
This Chapter is designed to help the home mechanic maintain his/her vehicle for safety, economy, long life and peak performance.
The Chapter contains a master maintenance schedule, followed by Sections dealing specifically with each task on the schedule. Visual checks, adjustments, component renewal and other helpful items are included. Refer to the accompanying illustrations of the engine compartment and the underside of the vehicle for the locations of the various components.
See also:
Pistons/connecting rods - removal and refitting
Removal
1 Remove the sump, as described in Section
8, and the cylinder head, as described in
Section 7.
2 Check that the connecting rod and cap
have adjacent numbers at their big-end to
indicate ...
Front anti-roll bar - removal and refitting
Removal
1 To improve access, raise the front of the
vehicle on ramps. Do not jack the vehicle up
at this stage. Apply the handbrake.
2 Where applicable bend back the locktabs,
then unscrew the tw ...
Windscreen/tailgate wiper blades and arms - removal and
refitting
Removal
1 Pull the wiper arm away from the glass until
the arm locks.
2 Depress the small clip on the blade and
slide the blade out of the hooked part of the
arm (see illustration).
17.2 Disco ...
