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:

Speed sender unit - removal and refitting
The speed sender unit is similar to that used with the fuel computer described in Chapter 12. ...

Steering wheel - centralising
1 This operation is for correcting small errors in steering wheel centralisation - up to 60º. For larger errors, remove the steering wheel and make a rough correction by repositioning the whe ...

General information
The 2.0 litre DOHC (Double OverHead Camshaft) engine was introduced in August 1989 to replace the 2.0 litre SOHC engine used previously in the Sierra range. The engine is of four-cylinder, in-line ...