Standard maintenance items for me are:
- Oil/filter 5kkm to 10kkm depending on usage and quality
- ATF - on purchase with synth, 20kkm thereafter? 50kkm thereafter? No idea, really.
- Brake fluid on purchase, 2 yearly, with pad change, or before/after track day/heavy hot usage
- Coolant - on purchase, 2 yearly thereafter
- Gear box oil - on purchase with synth
- Diff oil - on purchase with synth
- Power steering ATF - on purchase with synth
Stagea
ATF needs replacing for cold shifts< took another look, looks clean and pink and smells normal. Likely quite fresh. Shifts are actually fine, it's power mode that causes the issue no matter the temperature.- Brake fluid looks OK, but should be flushed EDIT: 12th July 2016: Rear circuits were flushed through, right rear got fresh, left rear got it from the reservoir
- Brake rotors need a skim and better pads EDIT: 12th July 2016: Rear pads replaced with these: https://twitter.com/FredCookeNZ/status/ ... 0871537664
Coolant looks OK, but should be changed< took another look, looks bright and green as it should, not going to touch this for another year or two, let's call it 2 years from purchase, which was now 8 months ago, so in 16 more months, or early May 2018.- Power steering ATF should be replaced
- Diff oil can stay as is, diff upgrade pending
- Fresh oil and filter at 230740km/11th July 2016
- Front rotors need replacing and moderately good pads putting on!
Brakes in decent shape Oil and filter change overdueEDIT: 14th July 2016: Oil and filter done at 295k km, HPR10 highly refined mineral.ATF and filter need replacing for cold shiftsEDIT: 29th December 2016: ATF flushed with ? . Pump dry, top up, pump dry, top up, repeat until not grubby any more!- Brake fluid partially OK, but should be fully flushed
- Coolant dilute, water pump seal needs replacing, coolant reconcentrated
- Power steering ATF should be replaced
- Diff oil ancient, but diff upgrade pending
- Front tyres shake a little, should be moved to back and destroyed/replaced, pending diff upgrade
- Transaxle oil level low and oil old, good oil on shelf, procrastination in progress
- Oil and filter change overdue, but liquid gold installed, so not overly worried
- Coolant is stop leak, but nothing can be done until head comes off
- Brake fluid unknown, should be flushed
- Front rotors warped, skim or replace, and better pads
- Rear brakes binding a little, free up and maintain
- Electric power steering, figure out how to lube this so it feels good
Rear main seal pissing oil out at a great rate. Replace with new trans install. Sigh.< wrong, was blocked flame trap as per all volvos ever...Oil and filter change overdue, but condition not bad due to most kms = road tripsEDIT: 13th July 2016: Oil and filter done at 306k km, HPR10 highly refined mineral.- Brake fluid should be flushed through, unknown condition
Coolant looks old, but is still green, should be changed soon< Dumped 14th Jan 2017, to be filled 15th Jan 2017, changed again early 2019 or sooner with engine build.- Power steering ATF should be replaced
- Brakes OK but pad upgrades always nice...
- ATF full synthetic, no need to change, but filter probably very dirty, and first gear noisy, change entire trans
- Diff oil full synthetic 80w140 - no plans to change, will reuse in caravan axle when diff gets upgrade
- Power steering ATF should be changed
- Brake fluid flushed when I bought the car, change late 2017 or with brake upgrade
- Coolant fresh and good, but not high quality variety, change late 2017 or with new engine
Oil change overdue, pending engine swap, hence delayed< Done, see post below.- Transaxle oil is synthetic and good
- Coolant is water, radiator is knackered, change to green on upgrade
- Brake fluid is OK, changed a few years ago, change with pads.
- Oil on continuous change cycle for now :-p
- Power steering ATF unknown, change if bothered
- Gearbox oil never changed, but topped up with fresh stuff a couple of years ago
- Diff running non-synth 80w140 - upgrade if funds permit
- Brake fluid unknown, change ASAP
- Diff oil unknown, upgrade before next serious usage
- Gearbox oil unknown, upgrade before next serious usage
Oil is dirty, change before next serious usage< done some time ago, check KP thread and/or twitter, zero miles since change, needs thinner oil or less oil, suss out once driving again.- Coolant is water, but drained, dry now, radiator stuffed, upgrade, then fill with coolant
- No power steering! :-D
- Oil filled with coolant
- Coolant filled with oil
- No power steering yet
- Diff filled with who knows what, and who cares
- Trans filled with who knows what, and who cares
- Brake fluid should be changed with brake upgrade soon
Not usable, no maintenance.
54 VW
Not usable, no maintenance.
Will post with each action and update relevant bits above. Comments welcome, argue with my logic anytime :-D
Fred.