100,000 mile service

**Joined:** Mon Sep 06, 2004 5:40 pm **Posts:** 187

my v6 is just about to go through the big 100. i want to do a service on it as it is due on any way. apart from the obvious ones like, oil and filter, air filter and plugs what else could i/ should i be doing? these were my thoughts.

fuel filter?
gearbox oil (feeling a bit rough)
HT leads?
front disks and pads (need doing anyway)

any suggestions?

cheers
will

**Posted:** Wed Sep 21, 2005 12:38 pm

Look at the service schedule for the 54K service and do that. It's in the BA Guides section at www.club323f.com

Mark

**Posted:** Wed Sep 21, 2005 12:48 pm

Wouldn't the 54k service be repeated at 108k ???

**Posted:** Wed Sep 21, 2005 12:52 pm

So pedantic - if you can find a 100K service schedule, use that :roll:

Mark

**Joined:** Mon Sep 06, 2004 5:40 pm **Posts:** 187

cheers guys

good to see that some other people are busy at work as well!

**Posted:** Wed Sep 21, 2005 4:31 pm

Every 5,000 Miles

Filters:

• Oil
• Air (replace if necessary)
• Fuel (replace if necessary)

Fluids:

• 3.8L Oil and Flush/Friction Reducer
• 6.0L Coolant (1:4 coolant:water)
• Washer Fluid (water)
• Brakes and Clutch (brake fluid dot3/4)
• Power-Steering (if not on max.)
• Battery (de-ionised water)
• Gearbox Oil (check, replace if necessary)
• Injector Cleaner

Ignition:

• Check and Adjust Spark Plugs (replace if necessary)
• Check Leads, Distributor and Rotor Arm (replace if necessary)

Body and Under Body:

• Grease Fuel/Brake Lines
• Check Joints, Steering and Front Suspension (driveshaft, wishbone, balljoints)
• Grease Hinges

Brakes:

• Check Discs
• Check Pads
• Check Shoes / Adjust Handbrake
• Check Brake Line Condition and Master Cylinder

Other:

• Check Tyre Depth, Balancing and Tracking
• Check Headlight Alignment
• Check Wheel Bearings
• Check Wiper-Blades
• Check and Adjust Drive Belts (replace if necessary)
• Check all Lights and Bulbs
• Check and Adjust Idle Timing / Clean TB
• Check And Adjust Tappets (audible inspection)

id do all of that mate as well as what the 323f thingy says...

if your no mechanic you can still do it all yourself (i do), also remember cambelt every 54k and id take it to a garage for this

**Joined:** Mon Sep 06, 2004 5:40 pm **Posts:** 187

cheers mate.

am going to do it all myself, no point in paying some chav oik to do what i can do myself!

just waiting for the cricket season to end and a free weekend!

**Joined:** Fri Apr 15, 2005 9:14 pm **Posts:** 4751

[quote="pk1"]Every 5,000 Miles[/quote]

Every what..... 5000 miles..... No way - I dont have a shy income but.... b******s.

Either it was a simple error of you have some serious number of shares in a motor factors friend.

**Posted:** Wed Sep 21, 2005 11:48 pm

quite....

In the 1.5 my service schedule was:

Every 5000 miles -

Washer fluid
Has the engine run out of oil?
Are any of the tyres flat?
does the car feel shagged?

if the answers to the questions were no - then that was my service done

**Posted:** Thu Sep 22, 2005 5:06 pm

yeah, every 5000 miles is a bit overprotective of the car...

although every 5000 i do most of them things, but not usually 'expensive' and unecessary things like fuel filter etc, mainly just checking everything

**Joined:** Mon Sep 06, 2004 5:40 pm **Posts:** 187

i would agree that 5000 seems to often but i have heard that this is a good regular service interval. even on brand new cars its best to do this, even though the manufacturer says every 50 million miles! ok a bit of an exageration but best to keep everything working and happy, coz you know you will be stuffed when it breaks!

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