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Maintenance questions
My car is a 2012 with 46k on it.No problems so far.I change oil and filter and flush the brake fluid. Are there any other maintenance things to do, Parts that should be changed to avoid problems later on. thank You Sandy in Nelson NZ
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Could check the air filter. Some people will say transmission and differential fluid, but it depends on how hard you drive. Coolant flush is due in the near future.
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How do you drive the car? My 2013 (would be 2012 in your market) has ~50k [miles]. Has had a couple differential and transmission fluid changes. airs filters. quite a few oil changes. countless brake flushes. a couple clutch fluid bleeds. struts replaced. close to a dozen alignments. Coil packs replaced. Lost count on brake pads. Probably other stuff I forgot.
Anyway you can see from my list it depends. I track the car and it needs more maintenance than if you just run through second and third gear to merge on the highway going to work. If it is just a daily, look over the consumable and wearable parts. Take a look at bushings if it lives on the street in the hot sun particularly.
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^ RTFM.
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The service manual has all the answers you are looking for.
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Thanks Guys I bought a owners manual from Toyota when i imported the car from Japan. Not much there on maintenance . The service manual is what i needed. Thanks Again Sandy in Nelson NZ
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Google service manual for frs/BRZ, download it. Free. 30 seconds of your time.
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http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=98730 I posted that way back when I bought the car ![]() However I would ignore that long range expectation of the coolant and other fluids they mention not having to be replaced. Toyota is overly confident in the fluids they use as we've seen before and "crunchiness" and such in the drive-train disappears with better new fluids in the diff and trains. Because you imported this car in and it had a previous owner, it's best to change all the fluids so you can start from scratch. Also for some reason the owners manual says to replace the spark plugs at 60k which is odd and I doubt alot of people have done that. But if you can get a cheap quote on getting it done or doing it yourself I guess you wouldn't lose anything starting to save up for that now. I would if you have time, tools, technical ability, or money I would do these right away or get someone to do them: Change the cabin and engine air filter (easily done yourself) Change the Coolant with the Toyota blue or Subaru blue coolant after a flush: http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9883 Differential fluid, and transmission fluid with the motul equivalent: http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19218 Put grease anywhere on the vehicle that has a zerk fitting, like the endlinks a dealership would call this a lube service I guess.
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