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Old Feb 4, 2004 | 09:33 AM
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Maintaining the max

Am at around 56,500 of original miles, and was just wondering anything that should be changed or cleaned out. i do oil changes ever 2000miles, changed the air fuel filters and pcv valve at around 40,000miles, 2 weeks ago changed the tranny oil( guessing for the first time in the car's life ) changed all 4 brakes and rotors at 35,000miles. Anything else i should do or redo?
Old Feb 4, 2004 | 09:53 AM
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60,000 miles is the major service interval.

Every 60k you should replace:
Belts
Coolant
Fuel filter
Spark plugs (OEM platinums last 40k, coppers are just as good, only cost $1.75 each and last 30k)

Transmission fluid & air filter only last 30k. Oil only needs to be changed every 3.5k or so.
Old Feb 4, 2004 | 09:58 AM
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damn i havent done anything to my maxima yet, i got it like in september and i ran like 3 thousand miles on it, are you supposed to change the ould filter after 2 thousand miles? anything else needs to be done?
Old Feb 5, 2004 | 08:23 AM
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this is how i see it:
every 3000miles for oil and oil filter change
every 8000miles for the tranny oil (just to baby it)
every 15,000miles change the air,fuel filter & pcv
every 20,000miles have brakes checked out
every 25,000miles for coolent change
every 30,000miles shocks need replacing( so i hear)

am sure theres more things that can be done, but i guess just this can help your car go a long way
Old Feb 5, 2004 | 08:51 AM
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pull the ECM codes , check if the ghost 0304 knock sensor code is on.
Old Feb 5, 2004 | 11:05 AM
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Clean throttle body
Clean battery Posts
Change Oil
Change Oil Filter
Change Air Filter
Run some drygas through to remove H2O
Pull codes from ECU
Re-charge AC
Change plugs, use copper-better spark
Flush coolant system
Drain & Fil transmission (if auto)
Replace Steering and AC belts
Old Feb 5, 2004 | 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by bomt697
this is how i see it:
every 3000miles for oil and oil filter change
every 8000miles for the tranny oil (just to baby it)
every 15,000miles change the air,fuel filter & pcv
every 20,000miles have brakes checked out
every 25,000miles for coolent change
every 30,000miles shocks need replacing( so i hear)

am sure theres more things that can be done, but i guess just this can help your car go a long way
some of that stuff is better to do just when you know it needs it. If you are the one driving it everyday, you should know when the brakes need turning or new rotors and pads. No need to have them checked out every 20k...just look under there yourself. That is way too often for coolant change too. It doesn't get dirty like oil does...not as quickly, anyway. That is wrong on the shocks too. If that were so, why would all these people be putting $300 or $400 shocks on their cars to just have to do it every two years? Doesn't make sense.

I use Mobile 1 synthetic oil and go a little longer than 3k between oil changes, and it is not too dirty.
Old Feb 5, 2004 | 07:41 PM
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thats what i was thinking too bout the shock. am not sure who i picked that BS from
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