Not flushed RO in 7 years.

Replace membranes once per year 450gpd ro so costs like £150 ish a year.  Peanuts really.

Personally, if you have had good service from them before, then I would continue to use them.

Next time the van goes in for service, remind them to do the job properly this time, not like last time.

Always check their work before you leave. Check the dip stick. Is the oil clean, has the oil filter been replaced if yours is a screw on type you can see?

Ask for old parts, discs and pads for example, to be returned to you. Do a quick brake master level fluid check. Has the windscreen washer bottle been topped up? Is there enough water in the header tank?

Also write down the mileage of your van when you drop it off at the garage.

If they don't do the job properly the second time, then it's time to look for another garage.

Anyone here converted the pump on the Gardiner backpack to be able to use it for SH?

If so, which pump did you fit please?

Ta.

We used to use the standard pump and just flush it through after use never had any problems they lasted around 3-4 years then just buy another one ,we only ever used it for hypochlorite, I know it will invalidate the warranty but at £140 over that time for a back pack  just feel it’s very cheap cleaning

Easy way for all of use to remedy this. When we pick our vehicle up from the garage and a warning light comes on when we start the engine then we turn off the engine and go back into the garage. They will come out and see what we are talking about. Once one drives off then the garage will ask why did you drive off with the warning lights on. We need to be patient in life, when we rush nothing seems to go right.

Good Post, we will need to try and remember this every time we need the van fixed.👍

But we shouldn’t have to do this let’s just reverse this a muinit, when you have cleaned a customer s windows how would you feel if the customer said let me just check every window is ok ,before you leave you would feel insulted and rightly so , we shouldn’t have ti be checking that a mechanic has done the service right ,if something obvious like the maff sensor hasn’t been re connected  that’s an easy spot , as the light on the dash will tell you so , but how do you know that they have checked the  brakes and that the class and discs  are ok , or that they have changed the oil  filter that’s impossible to tell the oil may have been changed but you can’t see the oil filter so you just have to trust that they have done it . Mercedes , BMW ,Porsche will actually send you a video whilst they are servicing the vehicle showing the oil filter , air filter pollen filters and wheels removed and brake pad condition so you can see for yourself they are doing  the job .

Same here use Gardiners backpacks for everything  except window cleaning.......good rinse and flush out afterwards and they are fine.