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Postby nobow » Wed May 08, 2013 9:43 pm

Ok so the little red bullet is now going to be an every day car, so as soon as i can i going to give it a full service, what other things do i need for this, and is there any filters on the auto box i need also any recommendations on the make of fluids/filters. Bear in mind the it will be doing very short mileage day to day. Off the top of my head

Air filter is good
Oil filter
Oil
spark plugs
rocker gasket ( i suspect a leak on it)
belts + timing
transmission fluid
brake fluid
power steering fluid
Added
fuel filter
engine flush
coolant/anti freeze
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Postby binarypunk » Wed May 08, 2013 10:02 pm

coolant
fuel filter

...if you are going the whole hog, a bottle of engine flush for the oil change
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Postby binarypunk » Wed May 08, 2013 10:04 pm

Oh, and you don't mention leads...if they're old, it's worth doing.
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Postby Lazza » Wed May 08, 2013 10:39 pm

If you are doing the cam-cover gasket then change the CAS o-ring too.
Also, if you can find signs of any sort of oil leak from the CAS o-ring or cam cover around that area then it's worth replacing the heater matrix pipes as the hot oil makes them brittle and they can fail in a very big way.
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