V12VS Service

[Graze01]

So my V12VS his 7 and a bit years old. Its done 61,300km mostly without incident

Having read lots of info on here I understood that after 7 years and 70,00km (whichever comes fiorst) its time to do 3 major item at service
1. coil packs
2. plugs
3. ASM pipes

So with the assistance of DAE (thanks James) i got upgraded DAE ASM pipes and coil packs sent over from the UK. I sourced plugs elsewhere and manifold gaskets from a guy in the US who had some spare ones and organised it all to be done with the annual service.

all went according to plan and I picked the car up today.

Mechanic advised me the coil packs and plugs were in perfect condition but thats ok, the ASM pipes were cracking. Really pleased i had them done as most of our "driving days" are in the country on backroads in Queensland or NSW and if they failed hundreds of kms from a major city they would have been a significant issue.

the really good news is after 61,00km the brake pads are perfect and not anywhere near ready to be replaced (for the first time) - the joy of ceramics

Just thought Id let fellow Vantage drivers with ASM gearboxes know what happens to the pipes over time


Graze

[nickv12]

Had mine replaced under warranty last year when the car was only 5 years / 10k miles old. If not under warranty, I'd have opted for DAE's higher quality pipes.

[bogie]

Interesting to note. My new (to me) this year V12VSR is coming up to 8 years old but has only covered 17k miles so far. Its due a service in January and under extended warranty to I will be sure to ask them to check the ASM pipes.

[Graze01]

bogie said:

Interesting to note. My new (to me) this year V12VSR is coming up to 8 years old but has only covered 17k miles so far. Its due a service in January and under extended warranty to I will be sure to ask them to check the ASM pipes.

apparently they are hard to get at Bogie - involves dropping transaxle to get to top of gearbox - but I'm happy i spent the money to do it

Graze