He's a bit grumpy this week so unless your Ducato has been fitted with a European pre-war mechanically injected diesel you'll run the risk of getting your head bitten off!
Ducato's are very easy to service, any competent garage should be able to do the job.
intrade,
Oct 6, 5:40pm
na no one i would trust unless you need the automatic trans serviced then i know a guy i would trust.
intrade,
Oct 6, 5:47pm
i will have to be back up there probably when the secoundhand engine computer turns up from finnland for the mazda capella pile of junk and that is a normal electronic injector pump if you recall the thread i made he found now finally a ecu for it after the repair from kamo pros blew up 7 days later. another moron for my list that one and it looked so promesing that they knew what they where doing but . it was not to be yawn .
daryl14,
Oct 6, 6:12pm
Just basic servicing wanted. Any recommendations? My old man has been using Pacific ford but reckons they're pretty pricey. He lives out one tree point.
poppy62,
Oct 6, 6:21pm
For basic servicing, as SR2 says any competent garage should be able to handle air/oil filter change and other inspections. Have a talk to the service manager and find out what they offer and charge and what you get for your outlay.
intrade,
Oct 6, 6:29pm
what year is that ducato?
daryl14,
Oct 6, 7:57pm
She's a 2006. 2.3 Litre. JTD.
intrade,
Oct 6, 8:18pm
i would probably get that serviced at a propper fiat place like italian auto in auckland , they have the tsb and service items , its not just simply whacking on oil and filter on these modern diesel , even the wrong oil can cause emense problems with the diesel emission system. if it has a DPF special engine oil is required or the dpf will be blocked up .
sr2,
Oct 7, 2:21am
Intrade me old mate, you're making a mountain out of a molehill. Any competent workshop knows to use the right oil, filters, etc.; with modern diesels, it's no longer rocket science it's just common knowledge.
I'm a stickler for Valvolene Durablend 10/40 for JTD diesels, you'll find the guys at Italian Auto's will agree with me. (Have to say the 30,000 km interval between oil/filter changes always feels somewhat too long but I guess I must be getting a little too old-school like you mate!).
intrade,
Oct 7, 2:30am
30k is to long 8 year old bmw in the uk are nuked byond repair with these service intervalls. you dont think that air cleaner and things magically all of a sudden have way longer live spans and a magic wand keeps the dust out of them because the manufacturer made 30k servicing. Thee high service intervalls where introduced because fleet operators would buy large ammounts of vehicles if they could save money on servicing. So the manufacturer calculates profit over how mutch of the sold vehicles will destroy them selfs under factory warranty , and if one or 2 completly get destroyed and need replacing then they still make enough profit from the vehicles who made it passed the warranty , after this the manufacurer wants vehicles to have therminal faults so they can sell a new fleet. usually these fleets will be sold off anyhow so somone else can pay for the damage caused from long service intervalls.
Unfortunately intrade is dead right. its a calculated risk on the part of the manufacturers to appeal to fleet buyers and their accountants. That oil degrades something shocking in the last half of its life, it cannot possibly be doing the bearings or turbo any good, it might be "getawaywithable" in Europe but here in very dusty environments on our diesel, its pushing things too far for long term reliability IMO.
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