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Old 07-27-2010, 02:01 PM
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So how often do you do maintenance on your S (or other cars as well)? And what oil brands do you use?

I try to do my oil every 3000-4000 miles, still using dino for now Castrol gtx 10w-30

Gotta do my rear diffs. Any recommendations?

And how often should i do my transmission?

Lookin to switch to amsoil but i'm so lazy to get some haha
Old 07-27-2010, 03:58 PM
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Oil change every 5k, did my transmission and diff fluids at 20k
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oil every 5k with Pennzoil platinum from walmart and a honda filter

transmission and diff every 15k with honda mtf and mobil 1 75w90

all easy to get fluids.

official transmission fluid change isn't until like 105k miles.
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oil @ every 3500 with mobil 1
rear diff every 15k with redline
tranny every 30k with honda

that's how i do mine.

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7500-10K m1 ep
rear diff/tranny 15-20K
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engine oil: ~6000 mi, Mobile 1.
trans/diff: ~12,000 mi, Honda MTF-2 and Mobile 1.

Even after just 12,000 miles, the transmission felt noticeably better with fresh fluid.
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engine oil: 5K with amsoil
tranny: 10K with Honda MTF
diff: 10K with amsoil

all easy to do at home. don't pay the dealer to do it. I don't DD my car and only put a couple thousand miles on it a year so that's why I change the tranny and diff at 10K.
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hey gnehc1, where do u get your amsoil at?
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Diff - every 15K miles with Mobil 1 75w90
Tranny - every 15K miles with Honda MTF
Engine - OEM filter and Amsoil every 3 - 4K miles with Amsoil

You can get Amsoil locally at Winchester Auto


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