Servicing in Sydney

[andresampras]

Hi all

I'm coming up to the 105,000km service in my '09 118TSI.

Just wondering if anyone has any recommendations for where to get the service done?

I've moved to Parramatta recently so around there would be good (or the Kingsgrove/Hurstville area would be good too).

I know there's a Trivett Skoda service centre in Parramatta but was hoping to try somewhere else that does good work with Octavias.

Also I'm guessing this will come to around the $1200-1500 mark? On the phone getting a quote from Trivett now.

Cheers

[Antiplastix]

Take the day off, go for a drive to Kiama. Leave your car with Canberra VW (in Kiama) enjoy a day on the south Coast, blow hole plenty of café and resturants , etc. and get great service.

[andresampras]

hmm that's interesting...he insisted it's $460 all up for the 105,000km service. Does this sound plausible?

[andresampras]

Take the day off, go for a drive to Kiama. Leave your car with Canberra VW (in Kiama) enjoy a day on the south Coast, blow hole plenty of café and resturants , etc. and get great service.

haha thanks but if i'm taking a day off i'd rather not spend half of it with a mechanic

[Umai Naa!!]

118TSI is chain-driven.

So it's only a minor service.

[Dzl_Dubba]

Mark and Arthur at Exoticars in North Parramatta is the place to go

[brad]

Or euromotive in Giraween.

It's only a minor service - most of it should have been done either at the 60 or the 90 120 might be a fraction more too.

[andresampras]

118TSI is chain-driven.

So it's only a minor service.

Awesome, thanks

[andresampras]

Mark and Arthur at Exoticars in North Parramatta is the place to go

Or euromotive in Giraween.

It's only a minor service - most of it should have been done either at the 60 or the 90 120 might be a fraction more too.

Great, thanks folks - will check these 2 places out. Since this is a minor service it may not be as critical - but it'd help to find a good, honest and reliable place for ongoing maintenance.

Cheers

[Tuan]

hmm that's interesting...he insisted it's $460 all up for the 105,000km service. Does this sound plausible?

Sounds like what i paid for the 15,000.

Ask John if any other items need to be done at that service i.e. fluids so you don't get a call half way through the day saying you need X and Y.

Also check your manual to see if anything needs to be done at that particular interval (does the Skoda service manual show this). At least you are armed with info.

[andresampras]

Sounds like what i paid for the 15,000.

Ask John if any other items need to be done at that service i.e. fluids so you don't get a call half way through the day saying you need X and Y.

Also check your manual to see if anything needs to be done at that particular interval (does the Skoda service manual show this). At least you are armed with info.

I spoke to Adam @ Trivett Parramatta. I asked him repeatedly if $460 covers EVERYTHING and he kept saying yes.

Re. the Service Schedule book - I had a brief look, it seems to just have a generic list with checkboxes for the mechanic to fill in. Haven't found the recommended/required action items for each service yet

[Tuan]

Sorry mate, mines a vRS ... mis-read that bit somehow that yours is a different model ?!?!

But same price and I got the standard oil and filter change + mandatory tyre kicking service ....

[brad]

I spoke to Adam @ Trivett Parramatta. I asked him repeatedly if $460 covers EVERYTHING and he kept saying yes.

Re. the Service Schedule book - I had a brief look, it seems to just have a generic list with checkboxes for the mechanic to fill in. Haven't found the recommended/required action items for each service yet

It's all at the front of the service schedule book in badly laid out lists designed to confuse people.

NB: Nowhere in the service schedule does it say to change the fuel filter. If it hasn't been done by a conscientious mech yet then get it done.
There are a lot of "check this, check that" items. The stuff that needs to be changed is (this is my schedule - some is more than, some is less than Skoda Service schedule:
Oil + filter = 15k
Cabin filter = 1 year (skoda = 2 years)
brake fluid = 2 years (skoda = 2 years)
Air Filter = 45,000km (skoda = 90k km??)
Fuel Filter = 60k km (skoda = no period specified)
Spark Plugs 75k km (skoda = 60k km in the workshops; 90k km in the service book)
Manual Gearbox oil = 105k km (Skoda = filled for life)
Coolant = 5 years (Skoda = ???)

[Umai Naa!!]

The reason its the same price as a 15K service is because its same job. It's just an oil & filter service and a check over.

If it had a timing belt, you'd do that as well, and pay accordingly.

Petrol Passat, and probably Superb as well, don't have a replaceble fuel filter. Everything else, both petrol and diesel is every 60K.