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:
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 ...
Rear stub axle carrier Saloon and Estate models) - removal and
refitting
Removal
1 Raise and support the rear of the car on
stands (see “Jacking and Vehicle Support”).
Remove the roadwheel.
2 Remove the rear hub as described in
Section 9.
3 Remove the rear brake shoe ...
Carbon canister-purge solenoid (models with catalytic converter) - removal
and refitting
2.0 litre DOHC models
1 The purge solenoid is located next to the
carbon canister, on the right-hand side of the
engine compartment.
2 Disconnect the battery negative lead.
3 Disconnect the solen ...
