keithsayle
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Registered: 6th Jun 04
Location: Wallasey, Wirral
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I'm new to this board and have just got my first car.
I purchased my K reg Corsa 1.2 LS (3dr) about five weeks ago with 99,000 on the clock.
It has now got 105,000 on the clock so I'm beginning to think about getting a service done on it.
Could anyone tell me what the servicing intervals are on this model (which I presume is the 8v).
It had a new cambelt fitted in December 2003 before I bought it and the engine is sweet although the bodywork has a few paint chips e.t.c. but that's to be expected on an 11 year old car that's been used mainly for motorway miles.
In view of the mileage, what potential problems am I likely to encounter (if any).
Thanks for any help.
Regards
Keith
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mike_1.2LS96
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Registered: 23rd Oct 03
Location: Darlington | Mazda 323 1.8 Exec
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You can service this car yourself quite easier, just by checking the oil level, coolent level, and changing the cambelt every 40k miles.
Buy the Haynes manual, and it will save you hundreds of pounds by doing jobs yourself and not a garages.
This engine is very reliable, mine went up over 120k miles.
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
Location: Cheshire
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if you keep it serviecd the engine should be trouble free
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MJ
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Registered: 18th Sep 03
Location: Hampshire Drives: ITR DC2 + Skoda Felicia
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my 1.2 8v has just reached 130k and is runing fine and with no problems, just make sure u service it every so often like oil change and that, a gd thing to change is the fuel filter. 
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Greg_M
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Registered: 2nd Sep 03
Location: Grantham, Lincolnshire
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vauxhall recomened a service every year or 10,000 miles. alternating big and little services.
they used to recomened a oil change in between, but the new oil doesnt really need to be changed every 6 months
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