Air-Cooled Service.

The service schedule

Understand exactly what your specialist classic car engineer will check, adjust, clean, lubricate or replace during the service of your car….

• Lights checked and any blown bulbs replaced
• Engine Cleaner is added to the old oil, engine ran up to temperature, then engine switched off
• Hot engine oil drained
• Wheels removed, tyres checked for condition, age, tread wear and pressures
• Remove spare tyre and checked for tyre condition, age, tread ware and pressure if not a space saver
• Check hubs for wear and condition
• Check wheel condition
• Drain hot engine oil
• Check and clean oil breather
• Inspect brakes for friction material, leaks, and function
• Grease all driveshaft joints, hubs and ball joints front and rear
• Inspect metal brake pipes and flexible pipes for condition/corrosion
• Check and adjust handbrake as necessary
• Under body corrosion inspection
• Exhaust and heat exchanger system inspection, general condition and mounts
• Check gearbox oil for condition and level

• Check gearbox oil for condition and level
• Check differential oil for condition and level
• Check and replace inline fuel filter
• Check/clean or replace air filter(s)
• Check/change spark plugs
• Check condition/gap of points and condenser (where fitted)
• Check condition of rotor arm/cap and HT leads
• Check/adjust engine timing
• Check adjust mechanical fuel injection/carburettor if required
• Check drive belt condition and tension
• Inspect oil pipes
• Check brake/clutch fluid for level and condition
• Replenish windscreen washer fluid, check operation of screen wash jets
• Inspect wiper blade condition and check operation, replace wiper blades if required
• Clean off door/bonnet/boot catches and re-grease
• Renew oil filter & sump washer, replace sump plug (if required) & replenish engine oil with correct classic oil.
• Start engine, check for leakage
• Road test, check heater and fan operation, re-torque wheels, re-check engine oil level