Service kits off Ebay - any good?

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Hi all,

My missus was given her mother's I6 AU Series 1 ('99), supposedly in good nick but the reality is that it wasn't well maintainted. I've posted other threads about it (coolant loss issues etc).

It was given new oil before it was given to us, so I've held off giving it a proper service. The car no longer uses much coolant at all, and doesn't seem to use any oil. Fuel consumption is pretty high though (waaaay higher than my VX commodore).

My commodore has been at the panel beaters for the past week (taxi rear ended me), so I borrowed the Ford to get me to work and back. Whereas I'd need to refuel once a week with the commodore, the Ford needed to be filled up twice. What the!

So I want to give it a major service and try to sort out the fuel consumption issue.

Normally I wait till the 20%-off sale from supercheap/repco, but I don't want to wait that long.

So I was thinking about a service kit like this:

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Ford-Falc...item3cbe5800cc

Does this represent good value, and is it worth the money for the proper Ford gear?

And then one of these:

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/FORD-FALC...item43ab30678e

(Note - the kit and the o2 sensor are from the same place, and near my work so I won't need to pay for postage).

Then I'll get an auto transmission service kit, and then have it all fitted by my mechanic (plus have the throttle body cleaned).

Does anyone use service kits like this off Ebay?