Thread: Ford Ranger Servicing Options

Originally Posted by tac a1

And that's the reason why I run a landcruiser. 9.2 litres of 15/40 Castrol Vection oil. Bought in bulk for $4.20 per litre. Filter cartridge every 5000 kms. Grease every 2500 kms. Fuel filter every 10.000 kms. Air filter cleaned or changed when its needs it.

Easy and cheap. I only get the major services done at the shop when diff and gearbox oils need to be done.

I heard the other day that a new ranger service is 800 odd dollars. No thanks.

Only if you pay someone else to do it.
New vehicles aren't that much more expensive than older generation ones, it's just people are scared of electronics so pay someone else to do everything.

Being a Land Rover guy I pretty much have to do everything myself, between people being scared to work on them, local parts being stupidly expensive and the fact they break all the time (kinda but not really) I'd hate to pay someone else to do the work.

My later generation vehicle doesn't cost me much more to service and doesn't break down anymore often, it's really only the increased complexity means parts are a bit more expensive and you need to own a computer to read codes/reset things.

Obviously if your common rail diesel goes bang it cost a lot to fix but everything cost a lot to fix.
I enquired about getting my steering rack reconditioned the other day, was going to be $750+GST and that was basically just replacing seals which the seal kit I can buy for $100.

I don't at all regret going for a newer vehicle, its better in every single was than a vehicle from the 90s, if I need to do a bit of research i to how the car works to fix something then so be it.