PSavage wrote: > > Listees, > I bought my '85 a year ago with no helpful info > available from a PO. > When I recently got my van back from Smolen's > shop in San Anselmo, I was told that it was *not* > necessary to change the brake/tranny/power steering > fluid unless it looked to need it. > I would have thought, given the age of the van & my > plan to leave soon for Mexico, that this would have > been a good idea. > What is the wisdom of the list re *when/how often* > to change fluids? > Thanks volks, > Phaedra Buy a preowned car? Change Eeeeeeevery damn fluid. Brakes. DOT 4 Oil I like 20W50 Coolant 70/30 phosphate free to distilled 60/40 or 50/50 is OK Top off Freon and Oil in A/C (shop work) Transmission - Oh, Redline! TBerk The owner's manual has info on when, the Bentley does too. I'm for getting other than oil - 3k, brake yearly or every two years, coolant yearly, etc. hth, TBerk |
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