Hi Yawll !
my bro-in-law is going to service my rover 75.
all it needs at 102K miles is oil + filter. but im going to change air filter as well.
he owns a garage and stamp for the service book
but... cant find out how to reset service indicator back to 15K miles
any one here know? or knows of someone to ask >?
i would be most grateful. i will owe them a pint or two!
also where is the oil filter on these things. havent looked yet, going to do it tomoorrow.
i have a replacement and its just the filter, not the housing.
i know this should go into technical forum, but i must admit. it wont get the coverage in there as it will do here.
sorry mods
or maybe move it to tech but leave a link from this forum to other?
thanks
going to trawl the web for hours now. maybe put post on mg-rover forum as well
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Ah Haa (aka alan partridge stylie)
found a german website. they rekon if you convert a fuse holder (found at halfords) the square flat type to hold a 12v bulb ( smallish with the pins which are bent one to the front and 1 to the back) you can bend pins of bulb and put bulb in fuse holder.
put two pieces of wire between, so now you have an inline bulb holder.
hold one end of wire to Diagnostics plug (which is found under the side/front headlights switch, under steering wheel inside car) you need the furthest to the left, then put the other end of the wire (with bulb inbetween) to the metal on the door hinge
(give door hinge screw a rub with screwdriver to provide a good earth)
and thats it, service indicator set back to 15K.
nice
changed air filter, it was a real pig to get to, have to take off all of top and back plastic bits. its located at rear of engine, massive long oval jobbie.
just gona get my bro-in-law to change oil&filter and stamp book.
and ive just saved £170.
rover wanted £190 to do that. its unreal isnt it!
i will also check fluids and brakes tomorrow.
it is running like a dog tho, and has been for a couple of weeks. can you get a tune up on a diesel?
cheers
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I'm not saying its wrong, but it sounds a bit odd. Never heard of that technique before.
You are effectively grounding the pin in question via a resistor (the bulb). When you first complete the circuit the bulb is cold and so has very low resistance and hence a large (in electronic terms) current could flow. As the bulb lights up the resistance rises.
Personally I would try this with a, say, 1k-ohm resistor rather than a bulb, but its obviously your call.
Let us know if it works.
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Job done
service is reading due in 15000 miles
nice
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i know this should go into technical forum, but i must admit. it wont get the coverage in there as it will do here.
But then again, you might get a Rover expert over there that doesn't look here.
That is the point of having the Technical Matters forum - So that questions of this nature don't end up getting lost in the general discussion here.
Believe it or not, some of the mechanics / technicians / home DIY'ers next door don't look on this side of the fence.
Anyway, I've seen you've solved the problem yourself anyway. Well done.
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