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.

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Routine maintenance and servicing
Ford Sierra maintenance schedule The maintenance intervals in this manual are provided with the assumption that you will be carrying out the work yourself. These are the minimum maintenance interv ...

Oil pump - dismantling, inspection and reassembly
Note: A new pressure relief valve plug and pick-up tube gasket will be required for reassembly. Dismantling 1 If oil pump wear is suspected, check the cost and availability of new parts and the c ...

Steering wheel - alignment
1 Owing to the fact that the steering wheel is located on a hexagon shaped steering shaft, it may be difficult to obtain perfect steering wheel alignment due to lack of fine adjustment. 2 It is th ...