Land Rover Defender 1984-2018 Maintenance Plans

This schedule shows key service items and indicative intervals. Actual intervals depend on driving conditions, exact engine specification and manufacturer recommendations. For full details of all operations, sub-tasks and technical specifications, see our technical manuals.
2.2 TD4 Diesel (DT224)

Service intervals · 2.2 TD4 Diesel (DT224) · Normal conditions (Europe)

Task 20,000 km/12 months 40,000 km/24 months 60,000 km/36 months 80,000 km/48 months 100,000 km/60 months 120,000 km/72 months 140,000 km/84 months 160,000 km/96 months 180,000 km/108 months 200,000 km/120 months 220,000 km/132 months 240,000 km/144 months 260,000 km/156 months 280,000 km/168 months 300,000 km/180 months 320,000 km/192 months 340,000 km/204 months 360,000 km/216 months 380,000 km/228 months 400,000 km/240 months
Engine
Renew the engine oil ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Renew the oil filter ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check for oil leaks ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Renew the air filter ○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●
Check the exhaust system ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Transmission
Manual transmission: check for leaks ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Steering
Check the steering assembly for damage, leaks and wear ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Brakes
Check the brake fluid level; top up if necessary ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Braking system: renew the brake fluid ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check the brake lines, hoses and connections for leaks and damage ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Suspension, wheels and tyres
Check the tread depth and wear pattern on all the tyres, including the spare ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Suspension: check for damage and wear ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check the tyre pressures; adjust if necessary ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Exterior
Check the windscreen wipers and washing system ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check the body for corrosion and damage ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
2.2 TD4 Diesel (DT224)

Service intervals · 2.2 TD4 Diesel (DT224) · Normal conditions (Europe; Australia and New Zealand; South Africa)

Task 20,000 km/12 months 40,000 km/24 months 60,000 km/36 months 80,000 km/48 months 100,000 km/60 months 120,000 km/72 months 140,000 km/84 months 160,000 km/96 months 180,000 km/108 months 200,000 km/120 months 220,000 km/132 months 240,000 km/144 months 260,000 km/156 months 280,000 km/168 months 300,000 km/180 months 320,000 km/192 months 340,000 km/204 months 360,000 km/216 months 380,000 km/228 months 400,000 km/240 months
Engine
Renew the engine oil ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Renew the oil filter ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Renew the air filter ○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○○○●
Check the exhaust system ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Steering
Check the steering assembly for damage, leaks and wear ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Steering ball joints: check for damage and play ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Brakes
Check the brake fluid level; top up if necessary ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Braking system: renew the brake fluid ○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○○○●
Check the brake lines, hoses and connections for leaks and damage ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Suspension, wheels and tyres
Check the tread depth and wear pattern on all the tyres, including the spare ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Suspension: check for damage and wear ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check the tyre pressures; adjust if necessary ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Electrical System
Check the operation of the exterior lights ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Reset the service indicator ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Exterior
Check the windscreen wipers and washing system ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
2.25 D Diesel (10J)

Additional operations (specific intervals)

  • Renew the timing belt every 120,000 km

Service intervals · 2.25 D Diesel (10J) · Maintenance system (Europe; Australia; Russia)

Task 10,000 km/6 months 20,000 km/12 months 30,000 km/18 months 40,000 km/24 months 50,000 km/30 months 60,000 km/36 months 70,000 km/42 months 80,000 km/48 months 90,000 km/54 months 100,000 km/60 months 110,000 km/66 months Every 120,000 km/72 months 130,000 km/78 months 140,000 km/84 months 150,000 km/90 months 160,000 km/96 months 170,000 km/102 months 180,000 km/108 months 190,000 km/114 months 200,000 km/120 months 210,000 km/126 months 220,000 km/132 months 230,000 km/138 months 240,000 km/144 months 250,000 km/150 months 260,000 km/156 months 270,000 km/162 months 280,000 km/168 months 290,000 km/174 months 300,000 km/180 months 310,000 km/186 months 320,000 km/192 months 330,000 km/198 months 340,000 km/204 months 350,000 km/210 months 360,000 km/216 months 370,000 km/222 months 380,000 km/228 months 390,000 km/234 months 400,000 km/240 months
Engine
Renew the engine oil ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Renew the oil filter ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check for oil leaks ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Renew the air filter ○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●
Check the exhaust system ○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●
Cooling system: check for leaks. Check the level and anti-freeze strength; correct if necessary ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Transmission
Manual transmission: check for leaks ○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●
Manual transmission: check the oil level; top up if necessary; check for leaks ○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○
Steering
Check the steering assembly for damage, leaks and wear ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Brakes
Check the brake fluid level; top up if necessary ●●●○●●●○●●●○●●●○●●●○●●●○●●●○●●●○●●●○●●●○
Braking system: renew the brake fluid ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check the brake lines, hoses and connections for leaks and damage ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Suspension, wheels and tyres
Check the tread depth and wear pattern on all the tyres, including the spare ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Suspension: check for damage and wear ○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●
Check the tyre pressures; adjust if necessary ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Exterior
Check the windscreen wipers and washing system ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check the body for corrosion and damage ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
2.4 TD Diesel (244DT)

Service intervals · 2.4 TD Diesel (244DT) · Normal conditions (Europe; Australia; Russia)

Task 20,000 km/12 months 40,000 km/24 months 60,000 km/36 months 80,000 km/48 months 100,000 km/60 months 120,000 km/72 months 140,000 km/84 months 160,000 km/96 months 180,000 km/108 months 200,000 km/120 months 220,000 km/132 months 240,000 km/144 months 260,000 km/156 months 280,000 km/168 months 300,000 km/180 months 320,000 km/192 months 340,000 km/204 months 360,000 km/216 months 380,000 km/228 months 400,000 km/240 months
Engine
Renew the engine oil ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Renew the oil filter ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check for oil leaks ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Renew the air filter ○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●
Check the exhaust system ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Cooling system: check for leaks. Check the level and anti-freeze strength; correct if necessary ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Transmission
Manual transmission: check for leaks ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Steering
Check the steering assembly for damage, leaks and wear ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Steering ball joints: check for damage and play ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Brakes
Check the brake fluid level; top up if necessary ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Braking system: renew the brake fluid ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check the brake lines, hoses and connections for leaks and damage ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Suspension, wheels and tyres
Check the tread depth and wear pattern on all the tyres, including the spare ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check the tyre pressures; adjust if necessary ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Exterior
Check the windscreen wipers and washing system ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check the body for corrosion and damage ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
2.5 D Diesel (12J)

Additional operations (specific intervals)

  • Renew the timing belt every 120,000 km

Service intervals · 2.5 D Diesel (12J) · Maintenance system (Europe; Australia; Russia)

Task 10,000 km/6 months 20,000 km/12 months 30,000 km/18 months 40,000 km/24 months 50,000 km/30 months 60,000 km/36 months 70,000 km/42 months 80,000 km/48 months 90,000 km/54 months 100,000 km/60 months 110,000 km/66 months Every 120,000 km/72 months 130,000 km/78 months 140,000 km/84 months 150,000 km/90 months 160,000 km/96 months 170,000 km/102 months 180,000 km/108 months 190,000 km/114 months 200,000 km/120 months 210,000 km/126 months 220,000 km/132 months 230,000 km/138 months 240,000 km/144 months 250,000 km/150 months 260,000 km/156 months 270,000 km/162 months 280,000 km/168 months 290,000 km/174 months 300,000 km/180 months 310,000 km/186 months 320,000 km/192 months 330,000 km/198 months 340,000 km/204 months 350,000 km/210 months 360,000 km/216 months 370,000 km/222 months 380,000 km/228 months 390,000 km/234 months 400,000 km/240 months
Engine
Renew the engine oil ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Renew the oil filter ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check for oil leaks ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Renew the air filter ○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●
Check the exhaust system ○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●
Cooling system: check for leaks. Check the level and anti-freeze strength; correct if necessary ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Transmission
Manual transmission: check for leaks ○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●
Manual transmission: check the oil level; top up if necessary; check for leaks ○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○
Steering
Check the steering assembly for damage, leaks and wear ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Brakes
Check the brake fluid level; top up if necessary ●●●○●●●○●●●○●●●○●●●○●●●○●●●○●●●○●●●○●●●○
Braking system: renew the brake fluid ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check the brake lines, hoses and connections for leaks and damage ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Suspension, wheels and tyres
Check the tread depth and wear pattern on all the tyres, including the spare ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Suspension: check for damage and wear ○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●
Check the tyre pressures; adjust if necessary ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Exterior
Check the windscreen wipers and washing system ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check the body for corrosion and damage ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
2.5 TD Diesel (19J)

Additional operations (specific intervals)

  • Renew the timing belt every 120,000 km

Service intervals · 2.5 TD Diesel (19J) · Maintenance system (Europe; Australia; Russia)

Task 10,000 km/6 months 20,000 km/12 months 30,000 km/18 months 40,000 km/24 months 50,000 km/30 months 60,000 km/36 months 70,000 km/42 months 80,000 km/48 months 90,000 km/54 months 100,000 km/60 months 110,000 km/66 months Every 120,000 km/72 months 130,000 km/78 months 140,000 km/84 months 150,000 km/90 months 160,000 km/96 months 170,000 km/102 months 180,000 km/108 months 190,000 km/114 months 200,000 km/120 months 210,000 km/126 months 220,000 km/132 months 230,000 km/138 months 240,000 km/144 months 250,000 km/150 months 260,000 km/156 months 270,000 km/162 months 280,000 km/168 months 290,000 km/174 months 300,000 km/180 months 310,000 km/186 months 320,000 km/192 months 330,000 km/198 months 340,000 km/204 months 350,000 km/210 months 360,000 km/216 months 370,000 km/222 months 380,000 km/228 months 390,000 km/234 months 400,000 km/240 months
Engine
Renew the engine oil ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Renew the oil filter ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check for oil leaks ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Renew the air filter ○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●
Check the exhaust system ○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●
Cooling system: check for leaks. Check the level and anti-freeze strength; correct if necessary ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Transmission
Manual transmission: check for leaks ○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●
Manual transmission: check the oil level; top up if necessary; check for leaks ○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○
Steering
Check the steering assembly for damage, leaks and wear ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Brakes
Check the brake fluid level; top up if necessary ●●●○●●●○●●●○●●●○●●●○●●●○●●●○●●●○●●●○●●●○
Braking system: renew the brake fluid ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check the brake lines, hoses and connections for leaks and damage ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Suspension, wheels and tyres
Check the tread depth and wear pattern on all the tyres, including the spare ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Suspension: check for damage and wear ○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●
Check the tyre pressures; adjust if necessary ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Exterior
Check the windscreen wipers and washing system ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check the body for corrosion and damage ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
2.5 TD5 Diesel (10P/15P/14P)

Service intervals · 2.5 TD5 Diesel (10P/15P/14P) · Normal conditions (Europe; Australia and New Zealand; Russia)

Task 20,000 km/12 months 40,000 km/24 months 60,000 km/36 months 80,000 km/48 months 100,000 km/60 months 120,000 km/72 months 140,000 km/84 months 160,000 km/96 months 180,000 km/108 months 200,000 km/120 months 220,000 km/132 months 240,000 km/144 months 260,000 km/156 months 280,000 km/168 months 300,000 km/180 months 320,000 km/192 months 340,000 km/204 months 360,000 km/216 months 380,000 km/228 months 400,000 km/240 months
Engine
Renew the engine oil ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check for oil leaks ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Renew the air filter ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check the exhaust system ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Cooling system: check for leaks. Check the level and anti-freeze strength; correct if necessary ●●●●●○●○●●●○●●●○●○●●
Transmission
Manual transmission: check for leaks ●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○
Steering
Check the steering assembly for damage, leaks and wear ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Brakes
Check the brake fluid level; top up if necessary ●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○
Braking system: renew the brake fluid ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check the brake lines, hoses and connections for leaks and damage ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Suspension, wheels and tyres
Check the tread depth and wear pattern on all the tyres, including the spare ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Suspension: check for damage and wear ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check the tyre pressures; adjust if necessary ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Exterior
Check the windscreen wipers and washing system ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check the body for corrosion and damage ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
2.5 TDI 200 Diesel (11L)

Additional operations (specific intervals)

  • Renew the timing belt every 120,000 km

Service intervals · 2.5 TDI 200 Diesel (11L) · Maintenance system (Europe; Australia; Russia)

Task 10,000 km/6 months 20,000 km/12 months 30,000 km/18 months 40,000 km/24 months 50,000 km/30 months 60,000 km/36 months 70,000 km/42 months 80,000 km/48 months 90,000 km/54 months 100,000 km/60 months 110,000 km/66 months Every 120,000 km/72 months 130,000 km/78 months 140,000 km/84 months 150,000 km/90 months 160,000 km/96 months 170,000 km/102 months 180,000 km/108 months 190,000 km/114 months 200,000 km/120 months 210,000 km/126 months 220,000 km/132 months 230,000 km/138 months 240,000 km/144 months 250,000 km/150 months 260,000 km/156 months 270,000 km/162 months 280,000 km/168 months 290,000 km/174 months 300,000 km/180 months 310,000 km/186 months 320,000 km/192 months 330,000 km/198 months 340,000 km/204 months 350,000 km/210 months 360,000 km/216 months 370,000 km/222 months 380,000 km/228 months 390,000 km/234 months 400,000 km/240 months
Engine
Renew the engine oil ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Renew the oil filter ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check for oil leaks ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Renew the air filter ○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●
Check the exhaust system ○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●
Cooling system: check for leaks. Check the level and anti-freeze strength; correct if necessary ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Transmission
Manual transmission: check for leaks ○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●
Manual transmission: check the oil level; top up if necessary; check for leaks ○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○
Steering
Check the steering assembly for damage, leaks and wear ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Brakes
Check the brake fluid level; top up if necessary ●●●○●●●○●●●○●●●○●●●○●●●○●●●○●●●○●●●○●●●○
Braking system: renew the brake fluid ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check the brake lines, hoses and connections for leaks and damage ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Suspension, wheels and tyres
Check the tread depth and wear pattern on all the tyres, including the spare ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Suspension: check for damage and wear ○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●
Check the tyre pressures; adjust if necessary ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Exterior
Check the windscreen wipers and washing system ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check the body for corrosion and damage ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
2.5 TDI 300 Diesel (23L/16L)

Additional operations (specific intervals)

  • Renew the timing belt every 120,000 km

Service intervals · 2.5 TDI 300 Diesel (23L/16L) · Maintenance system (Europe; Australia and New Zealand; Russia)

Task 10,000 km/6 months 20,000 km/12 months 30,000 km/18 months 40,000 km/24 months 50,000 km/30 months 60,000 km/36 months 70,000 km/42 months 80,000 km/48 months 90,000 km/54 months 100,000 km/60 months 110,000 km/66 months Every 120,000 km/72 months 130,000 km/78 months 140,000 km/84 months 150,000 km/90 months 160,000 km/96 months 170,000 km/102 months 180,000 km/108 months 190,000 km/114 months 200,000 km/120 months 210,000 km/126 months 220,000 km/132 months 230,000 km/138 months 240,000 km/144 months 250,000 km/150 months 260,000 km/156 months 270,000 km/162 months 280,000 km/168 months 290,000 km/174 months 300,000 km/180 months 310,000 km/186 months 320,000 km/192 months 330,000 km/198 months 340,000 km/204 months 350,000 km/210 months 360,000 km/216 months 370,000 km/222 months 380,000 km/228 months 390,000 km/234 months 400,000 km/240 months
Engine
Renew the engine oil ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Renew the oil filter ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check for oil leaks ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Renew the air filter ○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●
Check the exhaust system ○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●
Cooling system: check for leaks. Check the level and anti-freeze strength; correct if necessary ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Transmission
Manual transmission: check for leaks ○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●
Manual transmission: check the oil level; top up if necessary; check for leaks ○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○○●○○
Steering
Check the steering assembly for damage, leaks and wear ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Brakes
Check the brake fluid level; top up if necessary ●●●○●●●○●●●○●●●○●●●○●●●○●●●○●●●○●●●○●●●○
Braking system: renew the brake fluid ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check the brake lines, hoses and connections for leaks and damage ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Suspension, wheels and tyres
Check the tread depth and wear pattern on all the tyres, including the spare ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Suspension: check for damage and wear ○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●
Check the tyre pressures; adjust if necessary ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Exterior
Check the windscreen wipers and washing system ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check the body for corrosion and damage ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●

Repair guides

Change Car Accessory Belt Kit

Change Car Accessory Belt Kit

Easy 0h45–6h00
Change Car Air Filter

Change Car Air Filter

Very easy 0h30–2h30
Change Car Front Brake Discs and Pads

Change Car Front Brake Discs and Pads

Easy 1h30–5h00
Change Car Front Brake Pads

Change Car Front Brake Pads

Easy 1h30
Change Car Handbrake Cable

Change Car Handbrake Cable

Very easy 0h30
Change Car Oil Filter

Change Car Oil Filter

Easy 0h30–0h45
Change Car Rear Silencer

Change Car Rear Silencer

Easy 0h30–1h30
Change Car Battery

Change Car Battery

Very easy 0h30
Change Car Cabin Filter

Change Car Cabin Filter

Very easy 0h30
Change Car Clutch

Change Car Clutch

Technical 8h00–12h00
Change Car Fuel Filter

Change Car Fuel Filter

Easy 0h30–1h00
Change Car Glow Plugs

Change Car Glow Plugs

Intermediate 0h45–4h00
Change Car Particulate Filter (DPF)

Change Car Particulate Filter (DPF)

Easy 0h30–5h00
Change Car Shock Absorbers

Change Car Shock Absorbers

Easy 1h30–2h00
Change Car Spark Plugs

Change Car Spark Plugs

Easy 0h30–3h00
Change Car Timing Belt Kit

Change Car Timing Belt Kit

Very technical 7h00
Change Car Turbo

Change Car Turbo

Very technical 2h00–11h00
Change Car Water Pump

Change Car Water Pump

Easy 2h00–5h00
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