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10-30-2014, 08:53 AM | #1 |
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Preventative Maintenance
I'm curious as to what you all do for preventative maintenance on your cars. I want to make sure I'm covering all bases so my Yaris can run as long as possible on the salt covered road of Southern Ontario.
I currently do the following: -Remove and re-install control arm bolts and cover in grease -Oil and filter change every 8,000km w/ synthetic oil -brake service ever year (re lube slider pins, clean pads and rotate pads if necessary) -Replace MTF every 2 years w/ synthetic ~40,000km -coolant flush and fill w/ Toyota Red every 2 years~40,000km -Spray bolts and rust prone parts on underbody ever 6 months with an anti rust compound -inspect and clean PCV valve every year -bleed brakes every year -bleed clutch every year and lube pivot points -check valve shim clearance every 40,000km -wax car every 6 months that's what I've been doing so far with good results. Anything else I could do that doesn't cost a crazy amount of money? The salted roads wreak havoc on the cars down here and after my first car (Hyundai Accent) was a pain to work on due to every bolt being seized underneath it I learned my lesson and any bolt I remove gets sprayed with an anti rust compound before re-installing. |
10-30-2014, 10:54 AM | #2 |
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check under the hood for red coolant stains indicating a leaking watre pump every 6 months.
grease battery terminals with wheel bearing grease. clean leaves and debris on air intake under the hood for interior air intake manual oil change unnecessary at your interval valve clearance interval 60k miles. Probably not needed either. your coolant change interval is too often. see owners manual. have interior of car cleaned twice a year and car washed four times a year. Otherwise sounds excellent!
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10-30-2014, 12:52 PM | #3 |
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thanks for the response. I was trying to find info regarding the red coolant recommended change vs the super long life pink. The best I could find is that red is good for 30,000 miles and pink for 50,000 miles. I figured i'd rather play it safe, that being said I'd rather stretch out the interval is safe to do so.
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10-30-2014, 01:08 PM | #4 |
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The maintenance on these cars is very low and its not terribly important to follow it to the letter or get pro active. My sons ECHO went 200k miles and still ran when we sold it. I cant tell you how many times when he came home to visit and I checked the oil to find nothing on the dipstick!
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10-30-2014, 02:52 PM | #5 |
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MTF should be done every 65k km according to toyota Canada.
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10-31-2014, 12:31 AM | #6 | |
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Hyundai are not very well-made cars, so I wouldn't allow that Accent to be the standard-bearer for the industry. Ask me how I know that. I do spark plugs more frequently than scheduled because, for manual gearboxes, the engine revs low enough to lug under load. |
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10-31-2014, 09:35 AM | #7 | |
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I am using a GL-5 "synthetic" motomaster gear oil which I find is a little better than what the car came with in winter morning shifts, but its still not very good. I will be switching to a GL-4 which I'll have to purchase online down the road as it apparently is a much better gear oil for the Yaris. The engine oil I use is not a true class V syn oil. It's canadian tire's in store "synthetic" ( I think it's called formula somehting and is made by Shell), but I have found it to be much easier on the car start ups in cold mornings and I get it on sale for $17 for 5L. I check periodically under the hood for the water pump streak as well as coolant levels. So far I've had no w/p issues. I can tell the struts are due for replacement, will be waiting until after the winter for those. The rear is a little noisy on the occasional bump and it tends to go over bumps a little on the rough side |
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10-31-2014, 01:59 PM | #8 |
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Lubing the control arm bolts is pointless and retorqing them all the time is retarded. They are always being stretched and are getting weakened because of it. The bushing doesnt actually rotate around the bolt. Its torselastic so the metal part stays stationary and the rubber part twists around it. Lubing the bolts might make sense if it was a leaf spring bolt but for this you are wasting time and possibly weakening the bolt.
I hope you are at least tightening the bolt with the control arm in the ride height position or you are also ruining the life span on the bushing.
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10-31-2014, 04:18 PM | #10 |
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I get that, and thats fine. The problem I have is taking them out and retorqing them all the time. If you are going to take is apart and grease it then fine. But I would be more inclined to get new bolts every 5 years instead of lubing it and retorqing it so often.
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11-01-2014, 02:34 PM | #11 |
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Depending on where people live and road conditions some bolts aren't lasting 5 years. I replaced mine last spring and the ones in there were on the verge of snapping as they were crumbling when being removed. I installed new bolts with grease all over them. I will be checking them this spring (1 year later) and seeing what kind of shape they're in and re-greasing if necessary. If they are in great shape then I will check them in 2 years instead of every year.
There is a much higher risk/detriment to leaving them in due to a perceived fear of torquing them and causing them to snap than not inspecting them and guessing when they'll snap due to rust. The reality is that they are snapping on people's Yaris' due to rust and a lack of full inspection (not just simply looking at the exposed top when installed) and not because of people removing them to inspect. |
11-01-2014, 07:41 PM | #12 |
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tmontague,
can I come over to your place and you teach me the finer points in car maintainence? I live in toronto and at 135000km I know I need to change the coolant but lack the experience. |
11-03-2014, 09:37 AM | #13 |
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sure, shoot me a pm and I can show you what I have done. I'm located in the west end of Mississauga now which is a bit closer than Oakville to TO anyways.
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11-03-2014, 10:17 PM | #14 | |
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good synthetic can go double that I thought I was the only person rotating brake pads? LOL! overkill I thought it was every 3 years? good idea good idea good idea not sure? way overkill (100,000 miles is more like it, especially as not easy to adjust the clearance). good idea (if you wash first) |
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11-04-2014, 12:18 PM | #15 | |
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On a side note I noticed an oil stain on the outside of my engine coming from the valve cover. I checked the bolts and had to re-torque them as the bolts in that area had come really loose. The seal was fine when I re installed the valve cover last summer so I'm going to clean it up and see if the oil comes back. |
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11-04-2014, 02:21 PM | #16 |
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i read (somewhere) there is a timing chain tensioner adjustment that should be done at 100K. comments?
i have 100,800 miles on my 09 liftback now. about 60% of that is highway driving. i have done nothing but change the synthetic oil every 5k, one set of tires and of course fuel... which, averaging 45 mpg has not been much! i think i should change the manual transmission oil, coolant and spark plugs. comments? l love this car. |
11-04-2014, 05:48 PM | #17 |
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11-04-2014, 08:43 PM | #18 |
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