Maintenance Services Help

[gprime85]

I've had my car for about 3 months, and I don't really know much about the previous owner and how well he was with maintaining the car (my mechanic said the car was in pretty decent shape, all he did was clean up the brakes some) and since I have no maintenance sched, I was going to get a bunch of stuff done now
so that at least I know when it was done last.

That being said, I got this coupon in the mail from Firestone, 10% off 2 of these services: tune-up, radiator flush, or tranny flush.

Which two would be the most important to get and how much should I expect to pay? They're no prices listed and I'd like to go in with an idea rather than stand there like an ass while I figure it out.

Or does anyone have any other suggestions?

[carlover626]

How many miles are on the car?
The Coolant should be good to 100K and so should the plugs (of course there are exceptions). But if you search, you will find that the Tranny "Flush" can cause more damage than good to the internals, so a normal drain and fill is the better thing to do (and cheaper too).

[gprime85]

its a 2000, i got it with about 41,200 and now there's about 43,800 on it.

I did have a problem when I bought it, there was a gap between the fuel injectors and air/water was getting into my engine causing it to misfire? Something to that effect. But it runs fine now, the gap was sealed and I haven't had any problems like that since. That's why I wanted to do this general maintenance stuff now so nothing developes into a problem like that.

[carlover626]

I have no idea about the gap problem, sounds like someone fooled with the injectors or fuel rail...at that milage you don't need a Coolant flush (Dexcool should not need service till 100,000 miles and your plugs should be the same) I am hard pressed to tell you that you NEED any of the above.
Maybe someone else can shed some light on the injector issue, I am not following.

[alegar001]

I would say grease her, change oil/filter, new fuel filter, air filter ( maybe a K&N), tire rotation and balance, check the lights for burnt out bulbs. That should be about everything that needs to be looked at with such a new car hmm maybe spray on some under coating I do that now and again keeps out the rust. but unless some one else want to add something you should be good.

Just clean her and roll on peace ;)

[tdewitt27]

Make sure you get a good alignment chech done Many owners forget things like tie rods and bushings.