| Car Service Advice needed 15:01 - Dec 23 with 2818 views | Pinewoodblue |
Just booked on line to have my Renault Serviced. Cost of service and MOT is just over £140
Renault recommend replacing coolant at a cost of £168 which seems a tad expensive. Car 5 years old but, thanks in part to Covid, covered less than 23,000.
What is the benefit of replacing coolant and what risks involved if not having it done? |  |
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| Car Service Advice needed on 15:07 - Dec 23 with 2343 views | ronnyd |
Find yourself a trustworthy indie garage. |  | | |
| Car Service Advice needed on 15:11 - Dec 23 with 2328 views | LeBlue |
You'd probably pay less than £100 for a coolant change at a non-main dealer. Bunch of thieving gits.
They will tell you that coolant gets more acidic over time and therefore more likely to rust you cooling system. |  | | |
| Car Service Advice needed on 15:12 - Dec 23 with 2313 views | Pinewoodblue |
| Car Service Advice needed on 15:07 - Dec 23 by ronnyd |
Find yourself a trustworthy indie garage. |
Still some work outstanding they are supposed to do under manufacturers warranty. They have supposedly been waiting 12 months for a replacement door mirror. Other side is going now as well. | |
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| Car Service Advice needed on 15:12 - Dec 23 with 2312 views | mo_itfc |
Every 5 years or 30k miles is what I've done in the past.
Old coolant can cause corrosion, but I don't know how long it really takes to cause a problem.
As previously suggested, find a local garage, £168 seems pretty steep! | |
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| Car Service Advice needed on 15:14 - Dec 23 with 2288 views | Pinewoodblue |
| Car Service Advice needed on 15:12 - Dec 23 by mo_itfc |
Every 5 years or 30k miles is what I've done in the past.
Old coolant can cause corrosion, but I don't know how long it really takes to cause a problem.
As previously suggested, find a local garage, £168 seems pretty steep! |
Renault say 4 years or 72,000 they must have changed their recommendations. | |
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| Car Service Advice needed on 15:17 - Dec 23 with 2261 views | LeBlue |
| Car Service Advice needed on 15:14 - Dec 23 by Pinewoodblue |
Renault say 4 years or 72,000 they must have changed their recommendations. |
That'll be 4 years or 72,000 miles - whichever comes first. | | | |
| Car Service Advice needed on 15:19 - Dec 23 with 2244 views | ronnyd |
| Car Service Advice needed on 15:14 - Dec 23 by Pinewoodblue |
Renault say 4 years or 72,000 they must have changed their recommendations. |
It't how main "stealers" make their money. It's not the cars, it's all the add ons. | | | |
| Car Service Advice needed on 15:21 - Dec 23 with 2235 views | LeBlue |
| Car Service Advice needed on 15:19 - Dec 23 by ronnyd |
It't how main "stealers" make their money. It's not the cars, it's all the add ons. |
I do love the 'free health checks' that they so generously provide. Normally to be able to advise you that your tyres or brakes are over half worn and they recommend changing them.
No thanks, I'll wait. | | | |
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| Car Service Advice needed on 15:23 - Dec 23 with 2219 views | jeera |
Is the service necessary?
Apart from the oil change, which is of course necessary every now and then, is there anything in a service you can't do in 20 minutes yourself for free? Top up your water, check your tyre pressures...
I paid £115 for oil change and MOT with a deal a local tyre centre was doing and was chuffed with that. They didn't even try to pretend it needed tyres which I was pleasantly surprised at.
Coolant how much? Feckity feck right off.
Top it up every now and then if it's weak. Get a little testing kit if you must, under a tenner. |  |
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| Car Service Advice needed on 15:48 - Dec 23 with 2124 views | Lord_Lucan |
| Car Service Advice needed on 15:17 - Dec 23 by LeBlue |
That'll be 4 years or 72,000 miles - whichever comes first. |
Do Renaults manage 72,000 miles? |  |
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| Car Service Advice needed on 15:51 - Dec 23 with 2111 views | factual_blue |
| Car Service Advice needed on 15:23 - Dec 23 by jeera |
Is the service necessary?
Apart from the oil change, which is of course necessary every now and then, is there anything in a service you can't do in 20 minutes yourself for free? Top up your water, check your tyre pressures...
I paid £115 for oil change and MOT with a deal a local tyre centre was doing and was chuffed with that. They didn't even try to pretend it needed tyres which I was pleasantly surprised at.
Coolant how much? Feckity feck right off.
Top it up every now and then if it's weak. Get a little testing kit if you must, under a tenner. |
'Feckity Feck' sounds like a Father Ted version of Blankety Blank. |  |
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| Car Service Advice needed on 15:54 - Dec 23 with 2088 views | Pinewoodblue |
| Car Service Advice needed on 15:48 - Dec 23 by Lord_Lucan |
Do Renaults manage 72,000 miles? |
On 7th, or8th Renault all did well over 72,000.
I’ m a conservative driver, brakes on last one had pads replaced at just short of 100,000 miles. | |
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| Car Service Advice needed on 15:58 - Dec 23 with 2083 views | jeera |
| Car Service Advice needed on 15:51 - Dec 23 by factual_blue |
'Feckity Feck' sounds like a Father Ted version of Blankety Blank. |
The episode that never got written. Missed a trick there.
To the OP, Halfords appear to be advertising a coolant change for 40 quid. That's got to be nearer the mark surely.
I know it's Halfords but how hard can it be? | |
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| Car Service Advice needed on 15:59 - Dec 23 with 2078 views | factual_blue |
| Car Service Advice needed on 15:58 - Dec 23 by jeera |
The episode that never got written. Missed a trick there.
To the OP, Halfords appear to be advertising a coolant change for 40 quid. That's got to be nearer the mark surely.
I know it's Halfords but how hard can it be? |
Always go there for lights, wiper blades etc. | |
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| Car Service Advice needed on 16:02 - Dec 23 with 2065 views | EdwardStone |
| Car Service Advice needed on 15:54 - Dec 23 by Pinewoodblue |
On 7th, or8th Renault all did well over 72,000.
I’ m a conservative driver, brakes on last one had pads replaced at just short of 100,000 miles. |
Conservative Driver.....
Don't tell Badger, he'll start swearing at you |  | | |
| Car Service Advice needed on 16:04 - Dec 23 with 2055 views | Lord_Lucan |
| Car Service Advice needed on 15:54 - Dec 23 by Pinewoodblue |
On 7th, or8th Renault all did well over 72,000.
I’ m a conservative driver, brakes on last one had pads replaced at just short of 100,000 miles. |
One of our vans is a Renault and it's a nightmare to repair, everything is in a stupid place. | |
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| Car Service Advice needed on 16:07 - Dec 23 with 2045 views | jeera |
| Car Service Advice needed on 15:59 - Dec 23 by factual_blue |
Always go there for lights, wiper blades etc. |
£40 sounds a good deal doesn't it.
I might get mine done for the hell of it as I do like a bargain. | |
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| Car Service Advice needed on 16:13 - Dec 23 with 2027 views | factual_blue |
| Car Service Advice needed on 16:07 - Dec 23 by jeera |
£40 sounds a good deal doesn't it.
I might get mine done for the hell of it as I do like a bargain. |
Go on, it's Christmas. | |
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| Car Service Advice needed on 16:17 - Dec 23 with 2017 views | ronnyd |
| Car Service Advice needed on 15:12 - Dec 23 by Pinewoodblue |
Still some work outstanding they are supposed to do under manufacturers warranty. They have supposedly been waiting 12 months for a replacement door mirror. Other side is going now as well. |
Tried Ebay? | | | |
| Car Service Advice needed on 16:43 - Dec 23 with 1944 views | factual_blue |
| Car Service Advice needed on 15:19 - Dec 23 by ronnyd |
It't how main "stealers" make their money. It's not the cars, it's all the add ons. |
It was a splendid feeling when I had a fleet car at work to just walk up to the service reception desk and collect the keys, whilst the hapless person being served at the same time was being asked 'So that's £421.36. How will you be paying?' | |
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| Car Service Advice needed on 18:11 - Dec 23 with 1796 views | GeoffSentence |
| Car Service Advice needed on 16:04 - Dec 23 by Lord_Lucan |
One of our vans is a Renault and it's a nightmare to repair, everything is in a stupid place. |
I had to have a Ford repaired in France a few years back, the french mechanic seemed to think the same as that about Fords. He kept using the term 'salop'. |  |
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| Car Service Advice needed on 18:32 - Dec 23 with 1748 views | Plums |
| Car Service Advice needed on 16:04 - Dec 23 by Lord_Lucan |
One of our vans is a Renault and it's a nightmare to repair, everything is in a stupid place. |
I used to have a Megane, the main dealer wanted hundreds to change a main light bulb which after seeing how to do it, I could quite believe, Did it myself in the end but at the cost of a lot of swearing and skinned knuckles. |  |
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| Car Service Advice needed on 18:52 - Dec 23 with 1700 views | Pinewoodblue |
| Car Service Advice needed on 16:04 - Dec 23 by Lord_Lucan |
One of our vans is a Renault and it's a nightmare to repair, everything is in a stupid place. |
Halfords Store gave up replacing a headlight bulb on a Renault Scenic, apologised and gave me my money back. Drove round to Halfords Service Centre they had a good laugh about it and replaced bulb for free. | |
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| Car Service Advice needed on 20:59 - Dec 23 with 1589 views | ronnyd |
| Car Service Advice needed on 18:11 - Dec 23 by GeoffSentence |
I had to have a Ford repaired in France a few years back, the french mechanic seemed to think the same as that about Fords. He kept using the term 'salop'. |
Did he come from Shropshire and support the Shrews? | | | |
| Car Service Advice needed on 21:05 - Dec 23 with 1570 views | bazza |
| Car Service Advice needed on 15:58 - Dec 23 by jeera |
The episode that never got written. Missed a trick there.
To the OP, Halfords appear to be advertising a coolant change for 40 quid. That's got to be nearer the mark surely.
I know it's Halfords but how hard can it be? |
Probably end up with screen wash in it. |  | | |
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