Ashp1989

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Iv had my scoob a few month now (v5 type r) and I'm wanting to do a full service for piece of mind. How much am I looking at paying? Gearbox oil, engine oil, new plugs, new oil filter, breaks bled? I had a cupra r before this one and servicing was pretty easy to do yourself but I don't no enough on these yet so il let a specialist do it. Cheers

Infected by sti

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All straight forward ****, there is nothing difficult in servicing the car. Worst bit people will say is getting to the plugs but with the right tools it's a bit of pìss.

You will want
Decent engine oil at circa £50/£60ish (some do cost more)
Rear diff oil £20
Gearbox oil £40/50 iirc
Plugs pfrb7 plugs £35ish
Decent panel filter £30/£50
Fuel filter £10ish
Oil filter - my choice would be original Subaru black one if you can find them, have heard some bad stories about cheap ones not sealing and leaking, prices for these can vary from £3 up to £35 maybe more from what I've seen.
Cabin filter circa £15


Would also recommend changing the brake fluid as well rather than just bleeding it if not been done for a while, makes the pedal feel better under your foot and get less fade with decent disc and pad combo.

There are traders on here to source it all through such as:- As performance or Aztec performance scoobyclinic etc.

Online I would use import carparts one of the cheapest I've found.

Ashp1989

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Cheers matey big help there.
Iv heard the plugs are difficult to get to aswell.
I won't need a panel filter coz iv got an mesh cone one.
And we're is the rear diff oil? How do I drain it?
Il be getting new brake fluid for the brakes, and I'm not that confident on bleeding the brakes, maybe I could get that done of somebody who knows how.

I can tackle the oil changes and il have a go at the plugs, the oil filter is ment to be **** to get to aswell? And so is the fuel filter??

the shreksta

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oil filter is easy to get to
.as for the rear diff look under the rear of the car where the drive shafts meet in the middle thats your diff

Ashp1989

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Will it be the same for my v5 type r?

Infected by sti

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Yes bud same for that as well

Ashp1989

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When doing a service. Does gearbox oil and diff oil need changing as regular as the engine oil?

Oranges

Isn't it every 12k for the gear and diff oils?

328isport

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You could probably go further with diff oil/gearbox oil than you would your engine oil, for example I stick to the sticker on my door and get the engine oil changed every six months regardless of mileage, whereas diff oil/gearbox is more like yearly, some might say this is overkill, however over servicing on an older car can never really be a bad thing.

joe v3sti

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If your in Manchester, just nip over to Bradford to Richard Henry Motorsport. Top quality workmanship, well priced and in my opinion not worth doing it yourself.


Joe

Ashp1989

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Just asking because when I bought the car the engine and gearbox oil had been done, not sure about the diff oil though, that was in August and it's not been driven for 3 months so it's due atleast an engine oil, oil filter and plug change.
Not sure when the fuel filter was last done. How often should they be changed?

iNeoTom

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I might be abit keen on mine i am currently doing a full service oil, filter, spark plugs, gearbox oil, diff oils ect....

I am doing mine every 3000 miles or two months as it's working out now :S

Not too sure what the normal service interval is as this is my first Impreza i just carried over my service intervals from my Lexus drift car

I forgot my price of service £175 a time

Oranges

You're changing spark plugs and gear/diff oil every 3k??

iNeoTom

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Yeah im in the process of tuning my car so might aswell change spark plugs every time so i can keep a good gauge on how its burning the fuel and gear and diff oil might as well not doing any harm better to know that it is done i think anyway....

Whats the best service interval in you opinion?

Oranges

Can't do any harm I suppose, just seems expensive, I'm a tight **** though.

I do 6 monthly oil and filter change. 12 monthly air and cabin filter change, and spark plug and fuel filter every two years.
Oh and diff & gear oil 12 monthly.

Oh and the offside front dipped beam every 6 months... Frikin thing !