Quote from robt :

Jakg, cant you do the service yourself? Its only an x-flow engine, theyve been around since the 1950's! Parts would be very cheap and wouldnt take you half a day.

Oh yes, i remember these blasted little engines, based on a kent crossflow, only slightly refined (if you can call it that) and rebranded as the HCS OHV engine, then they did something else to them in the 90's and rebranded it again as the endura engine, terrible top end chatter as the valve clearances get bigger and bigger as well, rev one up and the sound resembled a belt sander haha

Quote from KiRmelius :

i try not to count money spent on old cars. You'll regret it anyway, no matter it breaks or not. But I'll still never buy newer car. Old clunkers are so cute ^^

Every time I spend huge money to repair "my old slightly rusted car that might not live a km more if i'm unlucky" I am happy because it's less than one year depreciation of a newish car. So as long as I hope the repair will make the car survive one year its for free.

Quote from S14 DRIFT :

I agree! on older style engines where it's just whack off the sump nut, drain oil, replace oil filter with new one, replace sump nut washer, fill with oil...

piece of piss!

when it's newer engines when you have to suck out the oil then maybe not...but seriously, come on jack!!!! you're a bright boy you could have figured it out.

stamps in the book count for much less than a wad full of receipts and a lovely condition car and engine..

Besides it's a Ford KA not a Mitsubishi Evo..

There isn't a car on the market where you have to suck out the oil. There is a gimmick where some dealers will suck the oil out of the dipstick hole for what they call a "forecourt oil change" but they don't change the oil filter in the process, so I wouldn't waste my money.

You still just whack off a bolt in the sump (Ford use a standard hex bolt, IIRC it is 13mm), if you remove the oil filler cap before you do this, it lets air in so the oil drains faster and smoother, rather than the gulp, gulp, you get with the cap on. Which means less mess.

Stamps are only important on new/exotic cars. Once they reach about 5 years old, no one really gives a shit as they are worth a couple of grand. I've done all of services on every vehicle in my family, sure none of them have a stamp (well a dealer stamp anyway, they have a smiley face stamp, which is much better if I'm honest) in the book, but a smooth running engine is good enough.