Tuesday, Apr 22, 2003 at 22:16
Darian,
I just had my 2002 3.0l into Zupps for the 5k first service, I asked for them to put TXT softec oil but when I picked the car up, I found that they filled the crankcase (overfilled by the way!) with XT 10-30 (CAstrol), which is a cheaper oil but they said it was the oil that was recommended by Holden. I rang Castrol tu enquire about it and ws told that XT 10-30 was good enough but they said if I could afford it the Formula R 5W-30 (fully synthetic) would be the prefered oil, I was told that it supersedes the TXT softec and at roughly 50 Dollars for 5 litres it is not cheap but the way I look at it is, repairs to the engine would be a lot more expensive than the little savings made on the cheaper oil. I was lucky, Super Cheap had a sale on with 20% off everything and I went ahead and bought the Formula R 5W-30 and changed it ! I also found that they never topped up the cooling fluid, the bottle was empty apart from a few drops in the bottom.
When I bought the car, I found that the tyre pressure was only 20 psi, this shows how serious they take the pre-delivery service, the price goes up while the quality of the service comes down.
I ones bought a Fairmont which was 1 year old and had 30,000 k's on it, when I took it for a
test drive I felt straight away that there was something wrong with the steering, a closer inspection revealed that the front tyres were totally worn out on the inside and had to be replaced, a simple wheel alignment fixed the problem! The car just had the 30,000k service performed a week earlier at Sushine Ford on the
Gold Coast and they didn't pick up the worn tyres, what about the 20,000 and 10,000 k
services! I think these dealers sit on their arse in the office, sipping coffee and ticking of the items on the servicing list without checking them and we are paying our hard earned money for it, if it wasn't for the warranty, I would do the servicing myself, at least I would know it was done properly!
Cheers Urs
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