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Should I be changing coolant at 60k ?

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Old 09-29-2013, 02:48 AM
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What the title says.... Lots of info on oils but couldn't find when people change their coolant.
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Read the manual.

http://owners.honda.com/vehicles/inf.../S2000/manuals

Coolant is usually time based rather than mileage based.
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We'll Honda says to do it around 100k miles or 10 years whichever comes first. Then after that you suppose to do it every 60k miles or 5 years which ever comes first.
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Mine is 7-8 year, 57k miles. I know what manual says, but there are many things that owners do and recommend to do differently. Like valve adjustment for example thats recommended here to do at 20-30k intervals. If you Google coolant intervals, some say change it every 30k others every 60k etc.
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Personally I would do it every 5 years, and 7 years on the factory fill. Honda coolant is some of the best stuff you can run. My car was 7 years old when I bought it and I changed it as soon as I bought the car, looking in the oem rad it was still spotless so the coolant was working well.
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I think I changed mine at 45k and 65k. No water pump or hose leaks so far (knock on wood).
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