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Fluid Maintenance schedule for 2002 Buick? Cannot find it
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Re: Fluid Maintenance schedule for 2002 Buick? Cannot find it -
05-17-2007
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What are you dense? He mentions 125,000 miles. Next time read before you ask. |
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"80 Knight" <nospam (AT) nospam (DOT) com> wrote in message news:6IydnVgeNJpLRdbbnZ2dnUVZ_gWdnZ2d (AT) giganews (DOT) com... "Bob Brown INC." <sillyspammers (AT) bots (DOT) dumb> wrote in message news:gecn43l64tqp31g1dla0v63shfvop4gmca (AT) bbb (DOT) org... On Thu, 17 May 2007 03:15:08 +0200 (CEST), George Orwell nobody (AT) mixmaster (DOT) it> Let everyone including the NSAs Internet database storage program know as they typed on their keyboard faster than a monkey on crack the following: Looking for scheduled maintenance for oil, tranny, brake fluids. Number of miles/time between changing these fluids. Actually need to know the interval for all the maintenance for this car. I have the owner's manual and it is NOT helpful. Searched Google using various query methods, doesn't seem to be easy to find. All that stuff is in the WARRANTY BOOKLET, not the Owner's Manual. You probably are lacking the warranty booklet, so I will tell you what's what: Transmission is 100,000 miles. Change the filter and drainable fluid at that time. Engine is every six months or 6000 miles whichever comes first for "normal" operation. Change the oil filter every oil change. There is no schedule for fuel filter. I suggest changing it every 12,000 miles to be safe. The air cleaner, do annually, especially in dusty climates. Spark plugs every 100,000 miles. No change interval specifed for power steering unit, but I would suck it out and refill every two years. Bleed the brakes every two years, IMO, with complete change of fluid. Lastly, but not leastly, change out the radiator fluid every five years and refill with DexCool, and only DexCool. I hope this helps. Your engine just ticks over at highway speeds and should last forever. Sorry for the language but if that's true I got fucked today by the dealer. The man swore up and down it was TIME for certain things. He said I needed a Tranny fluid flush [auto tranny], said I needed "new brake fluid flush" and coolant flush. Labor + parts=$500! All I wanted to check was why the "service engine soon" light was on. He said he was the gas-cap no being sealed good, wanted to sell me one on top of the $500! When I got home I took the gas cap OFF, started the car, no warning messages. Cut off car, put cap on again, started car again no lights. I repeated this 10 times, no lights came on. I guess I'm just those fucking idiots people tell you about at work and school? As Edwin said, doing what you did would not trigger the "Service Engine Soon" light. You would have to leave the cap off and drive the car several miles to accomplish this. However, it can and will trigger the light if left off long enough. It is the first thing I check when I am asked to scan a newer car for codes. If you don't mind me asking, how many miles are on your Buick? |
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I just love it when newbie Prick's pop into a newsgroup. |
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"Vaughan" <babalu (AT) telus (DOT) net> wrote in message news:r9R2i.28525$Xh3.6623 (AT) edtnps90 (DOT) .. What are you dense? He mentions 125,000 miles. Next time read before you ask. "80 Knight" <nospam (AT) nospam (DOT) com> wrote in message news:6IydnVgeNJpLRdbbnZ2dnUVZ_gWdnZ2d (AT) giganews (DOT) com... "Bob Brown INC." <sillyspammers (AT) bots (DOT) dumb> wrote in message news:gecn43l64tqp31g1dla0v63shfvop4gmca (AT) bbb (DOT) org... On Thu, 17 May 2007 03:15:08 +0200 (CEST), George Orwell nobody (AT) mixmaster (DOT) it> Let everyone including the NSAs Internet database storage program know as they typed on their keyboard faster than a monkey on crack the following: Looking for scheduled maintenance for oil, tranny, brake fluids. Number of miles/time between changing these fluids. Actually need to know the interval for all the maintenance for this car. I have the owner's manual and it is NOT helpful. Searched Google using various query methods, doesn't seem to be easy to find. All that stuff is in the WARRANTY BOOKLET, not the Owner's Manual. You probably are lacking the warranty booklet, so I will tell you what's what: Transmission is 100,000 miles. Change the filter and drainable fluid at that time. Engine is every six months or 6000 miles whichever comes first for "normal" operation. Change the oil filter every oil change. There is no schedule for fuel filter. I suggest changing it every 12,000 miles to be safe. The air cleaner, do annually, especially in dusty climates. Spark plugs every 100,000 miles. No change interval specifed for power steering unit, but I would suck it out and refill every two years. Bleed the brakes every two years, IMO, with complete change of fluid. Lastly, but not leastly, change out the radiator fluid every five years and refill with DexCool, and only DexCool. I hope this helps. Your engine just ticks over at highway speeds and should last forever. Sorry for the language but if that's true I got fucked today by the dealer. The man swore up and down it was TIME for certain things. He said I needed a Tranny fluid flush [auto tranny], said I needed "new brake fluid flush" and coolant flush. Labor + parts=$500! All I wanted to check was why the "service engine soon" light was on. He said he was the gas-cap no being sealed good, wanted to sell me one on top of the $500! When I got home I took the gas cap OFF, started the car, no warning messages. Cut off car, put cap on again, started car again no lights. I repeated this 10 times, no lights came on. I guess I'm just those fucking idiots people tell you about at work and school? As Edwin said, doing what you did would not trigger the "Service Engine Soon" light. You would have to leave the cap off and drive the car several miles to accomplish this. However, it can and will trigger the light if left off long enough. It is the first thing I check when I am asked to scan a newer car for codes. If you don't mind me asking, how many miles are on your Buick? |
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What's more sad is the car only has 65K miles! |
miles. It may have been a little extravagant, but it certainly will assure
longer life.
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I just love it when newbie Prick's pop into a newsgroup. "Vaughan" <babalu (AT) telus (DOT) net> wrote in message news:r9R2i.28525$Xh3.6623 (AT) edtnps90 (DOT) .. What are you dense? He mentions 125,000 miles. Next time read before you ask. "80 Knight" <nospam (AT) nospam (DOT) com> wrote in message news:6IydnVgeNJpLRdbbnZ2dnUVZ_gWdnZ2d (AT) giganews (DOT) com... "Bob Brown INC." <sillyspammers (AT) bots (DOT) dumb> wrote in message news:gecn43l64tqp31g1dla0v63shfvop4gmca (AT) bbb (DOT) org... On Thu, 17 May 2007 03:15:08 +0200 (CEST), George Orwell nobody (AT) mixmaster (DOT) it> Let everyone including the NSAs Internet database storage program know as they typed on their keyboard faster than a monkey on crack the following: Looking for scheduled maintenance for oil, tranny, brake fluids. Number of miles/time between changing these fluids. Actually need to know the interval for all the maintenance for this car. I have the owner's manual and it is NOT helpful. Searched Google using various query methods, doesn't seem to be easy to find. All that stuff is in the WARRANTY BOOKLET, not the Owner's Manual. You probably are lacking the warranty booklet, so I will tell you what's what: Transmission is 100,000 miles. Change the filter and drainable fluid at that time. Engine is every six months or 6000 miles whichever comes first for "normal" operation. Change the oil filter every oil change. There is no schedule for fuel filter. I suggest changing it every 12,000 miles to be safe. The air cleaner, do annually, especially in dusty climates. Spark plugs every 100,000 miles. No change interval specifed for power steering unit, but I would suck it out and refill every two years. Bleed the brakes every two years, IMO, with complete change of fluid. Lastly, but not leastly, change out the radiator fluid every five years and refill with DexCool, and only DexCool. I hope this helps. Your engine just ticks over at highway speeds and should last forever. Sorry for the language but if that's true I got fucked today by the dealer. The man swore up and down it was TIME for certain things. He said I needed a Tranny fluid flush [auto tranny], said I needed "new brake fluid flush" and coolant flush. Labor + parts=$500! All I wanted to check was why the "service engine soon" light was on. He said he was the gas-cap no being sealed good, wanted to sell me one on top of the $500! When I got home I took the gas cap OFF, started the car, no warning messages. Cut off car, put cap on again, started car again no lights. I repeated this 10 times, no lights came on. I guess I'm just those fucking idiots people tell you about at work and school? As Edwin said, doing what you did would not trigger the "Service Engine Soon" light. You would have to leave the cap off and drive the car several miles to accomplish this. However, it can and will trigger the light if left off long enough. It is the first thing I check when I am asked to scan a newer car for codes. If you don't mind me asking, how many miles are on your Buick? |
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Probably not as much as you love taking it up the ass!!! "80 Knight" <nospam (AT) nospam (DOT) com> wrote in message news:AO-dnW18rLc9dtbbnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d (AT) giganews (DOT) com... I just love it when newbie Prick's pop into a newsgroup. "Vaughan" <babalu (AT) telus (DOT) net> wrote in message news:r9R2i.28525$Xh3.6623 (AT) edtnps90 (DOT) .. What are you dense? He mentions 125,000 miles. Next time read before you ask. "80 Knight" <nospam (AT) nospam (DOT) com> wrote in message news:6IydnVgeNJpLRdbbnZ2dnUVZ_gWdnZ2d (AT) giganews (DOT) com... "Bob Brown INC." <sillyspammers (AT) bots (DOT) dumb> wrote in message news:gecn43l64tqp31g1dla0v63shfvop4gmca (AT) bbb (DOT) org... On Thu, 17 May 2007 03:15:08 +0200 (CEST), George Orwell nobody (AT) mixmaster (DOT) it> Let everyone including the NSAs Internet database storage program know as they typed on their keyboard faster than a monkey on crack the following: Looking for scheduled maintenance for oil, tranny, brake fluids. Number of miles/time between changing these fluids. Actually need to know the interval for all the maintenance for this car. I have the owner's manual and it is NOT helpful. Searched Google using various query methods, doesn't seem to be easy to find. All that stuff is in the WARRANTY BOOKLET, not the Owner's Manual. You probably are lacking the warranty booklet, so I will tell you what's what: Transmission is 100,000 miles. Change the filter and drainable fluid at that time. Engine is every six months or 6000 miles whichever comes first for "normal" operation. Change the oil filter every oil change. There is no schedule for fuel filter. I suggest changing it every 12,000 miles to be safe. The air cleaner, do annually, especially in dusty climates. Spark plugs every 100,000 miles. No change interval specifed for power steering unit, but I would suck it out and refill every two years. Bleed the brakes every two years, IMO, with complete change of fluid. Lastly, but not leastly, change out the radiator fluid every five years and refill with DexCool, and only DexCool. I hope this helps. Your engine just ticks over at highway speeds and should last forever. Sorry for the language but if that's true I got fucked today by the dealer. The man swore up and down it was TIME for certain things. He said I needed a Tranny fluid flush [auto tranny], said I needed "new brake fluid flush" and coolant flush. Labor + parts=$500! All I wanted to check was why the "service engine soon" light was on. He said he was the gas-cap no being sealed good, wanted to sell me one on top of the $500! When I got home I took the gas cap OFF, started the car, no warning messages. Cut off car, put cap on again, started car again no lights. I repeated this 10 times, no lights came on. I guess I'm just those fucking idiots people tell you about at work and school? As Edwin said, doing what you did would not trigger the "Service Engine Soon" light. You would have to leave the cap off and drive the car several miles to accomplish this. However, it can and will trigger the light if left off long enough. It is the first thing I check when I am asked to scan a newer car for codes. If you don't mind me asking, how many miles are on your Buick? |
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