ed30 1st service, new steering rack and front lip respray (paint peeling off)

[Pabs32]

My stealer is going to fit a new rack for me, (bit of grind)

Anybody else had top layer of painting peeling off front ed30 lip ?

Quoted £263 for service, sound about right ?

[Gene Hunt.]

£263 Quid for the first service seems a bit steep to me  .

[Pabs32]

I said the same thing to the stealer. They said I do get a free 1 litre tub of oil.

[uz]

My First service set me back £150 a couple of months ago so that does seem quite expensive!

Just out of interest, does the rack make a grinding noise as you apply lock?

Ta

[neg]

Il service should be  anything from 120 -160 I would expect - call another dealer and price match with your local if you can

[182_blue]

by, where is the grind noise from ?, does it sound like plastic rubbing ?

[Teutonic_Tamer]

Find a local Seat or Å koda stealer, get a quote, and then get the dub stealer to price match.

[uz]

by, where is the grind noise from ?, does it sound like plastic rubbing ?

I'm wondering the same thing, as that is the sound I'm getting. I get exactly the same sound in my Q7 as well, I was wondering whether I was imagining it!

[GtiJames]

I got mine back from stealers yesterday after its first service, wanted to charge £255 but reminded them i took out the 3yr service plan so payed nothing, they even forgot to charge me for fitting my new itg air filter which they said would charge £40.

Slightly off topic, maybe tt can help they did not recommed fitting the likes of itg,k&n as they are oil based and it can sucked into the engine and cause problems to the tune of £300, I said fit anyway so they did. any thoughts ?

[Teutonic_Tamer]

I got mine back from stealers yesterday after its first service, wanted to charge £255 but reminded them i took out the 3yr service plan so payed nothing, they even forgot to charge me for fitting my new itg air filter which they said would charge £40.

Slightly off topic, maybe tt can help they did not recommed fitting the likes of itg,k&n as they are oil based and it can sucked into the engine and cause problems to the tune of £300, I said fit anyway so they did. any thoughts ?

All "foam" type air filters which use oil are a very bad idea - for all modern engines, petrol or diesel - which have a "Mass Air Flow" (MAF) sensor.

Most modern MAFs are based on the "hot wire" principle, whereby a voltage is applied across a very fine wire, which then heats up to a certain pre-determined temperature.  When the engine is running, it "sucks" air into the combustion chambers.  When this air passes over the hot wire, the airflow cools the wire.  The greater the volume of air, or the greater the speed of the air over the hot wire = the greater cooling effect.  The ECU monitors the voltage required to keep the wire at the correct temp, and adjusts the fuel delivery accordingly.

Now, this wire gets extremely hot - hot enough to burn you if you touch it.  The problem with oiled air filters is that some of the oil will vapourise and form a mist, which will then get sucked past the MAF along with the air flow.  Any oil which touches the hot wire will get "burned on" to the surface.  Overtime, the wire will get a coating of carbon, and its efficiency will reduce, making the car run rough, and give poor fuel economy.

When the MAF wire gets covered, you can sometimes clean it with carb cleaner, though this isn't very effective, and usually means a new MAF, at around £80 to £160 a time - plus labour charges.

HTH