147 Air-con drain

My 147 needs the mod to the air con drain, to save the
passenger footwell carpet! Was in for its 3600 mile
service yesterday, it's less than 3 years old (3 years next
jan) so I was assuming they'd fix it. Ooh noo, 3rd year
warranty doesn't cover air-con pipes. They wanted an hour
of labour to do the job, £75. Did offer to do it for £50.
I said I'd think about it!

Anyone give me a pointer to any DIY instructions for this
fix? I'd rather spend a few hours on it myself than pay
the garage even more money.

(The service cost £356. And now the sump oil plug is
leaking. Guess which garage I might think twice about
using after January?)


Ta

Dom.

"Dominic" > schreef in bericht
news .. And now the sump oil plug is
> leaking. Guess which garage I might think twice about
> using after January?)
>

Well, at least you know they (most likely) drained the oil.
Did they put enough oil in ;-(
--
Ciao from The Netherlands
alfistagj (aka Gert-Jan)
GT 2.0 JTS (2005)
Montreal 2.6V8 (1428700 - 1973/4)

"alfistagj" > wrote:
>"Dominic" > schreef in bericht
>news >. And now the sump oil plug is
>> leaking. Guess which garage I might think twice about
>> using after January?)
>>
>
>Well, at least you know they (most likely) drained the oil.
>Did they put enough oil in ;-(

They did; it's still (just) above the top mark on the dipstick.
Do garages always overfill? Although it is hard to see, it's
clean. They use 5w30, so it's thin oil too.

dom.

"Dominic" > schreef in bericht
news
> They did; it's still (just) above the top mark on the dipstick.
> Do garages always overfill? Although it is hard to see, it's
> clean. They use 5w30, so it's thin oil too.
>
> dom.

They fill with 20dgr C oil, and you usually check with warm/hot engine.
Under heat everything expands, so a bit over level with warm/hot engine just
after an oil change is "normal"
5W30 (full) synthetic oil is what your engine needs in summer.
--
Ciao from The Netherlands
alfistagj (aka Gert-Jan)
GT 2.0 JTS (2005)
Montreal 2.6V8 (1428700 - 1973/4)