My wife has bought a new car, well new to her, its a 2012 Seat Ibiza ecomotive. Does 80 miles per gallon of diesel and is £0 road tax. Unfortunately she choose to buy now and not save by getting the car on fiance. The price of the finance is offset a bit by the fuel and tax savings but it is still an extra bill. Due to our location she requires a car to get to work and ferry our brood around to various children's parties, which destroy the soul, etc.
The old car has to now go. However there is a slight problem. The oil light on the dash board goes on at random times. Now the oil level has been checked and the problem has been identified as a faulty oil pressure sensor at the front of the engine. Probably cost about £80 to fix at the mechanic.
I decided after some google research to do the job myself. The oil pressure sensor is located at the front of the engine in her car and it took about 55 seconds to replace!!! What a saving.
I also set about replacing a blown bulb in here dashboard as you could not read the odometer and mileage, making the car hard to sell.
Who will buy a car where the oil light flicks on and off and you cant see the mileage? Maybe somebody might but they will give you bugger all for it.
Then when i got the bulb out I went to get a replacement and nobody in any of the car part shops had ever seen one! I had to go to the dealer and pay £3 for the bulb which was a special LED apparently.
Rebuilt the dash and of course had 2 screws left over. I cannot figure out where they belong but everything seems secure so to hell with them.
I reckon I have saved about £100 in parts and labor doing it myself.
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