99 Solara - First Major Service Advice
I’m admittedly a n00b to both the Solara and the board. For reference I’ve got a 1999 Solara SE V6 with a 5spd manual transmission. Had it nearly two weeks, I traded in a 1998 Corolla on it. What a difference is all I can say.
So, from reading around on here, if I'm about to have the first major 60,000mile (well, 96,000km for Canadian's like myself) it looks like there's a few things I definitely want the dealer to handle.
I've seen mixed information about getting the water pump done at the same time as the timing belt, is this advisable to be done at the same time? Is there really a need to do it? (Coming from a Corolla with 190,000km and original water pump without problems, I sort of question the need, but I’ve only owned the Solara a few weeks)
Toyota’s quoted $349 for the timing belt, $676.33 for timing belt and water pump.
It also looks as if getting spark plugs done on the 1MZ is a wise idea to have dealership performed. Fronts seem like they may be okay to do, rears look nasty.
I was going to handle flushing the radiator, flushing/bleeding the breaks, changing the transmission oil, and a normally scheduled oil change.
I’m planning to use Synthetic oil for the engine, can anyone recommend or discourage the use of full synthetic in the transmission?
Is there anything else that I’m overlooking?
So, from reading around on here, if I'm about to have the first major 60,000mile (well, 96,000km for Canadian's like myself) it looks like there's a few things I definitely want the dealer to handle.
I've seen mixed information about getting the water pump done at the same time as the timing belt, is this advisable to be done at the same time? Is there really a need to do it? (Coming from a Corolla with 190,000km and original water pump without problems, I sort of question the need, but I’ve only owned the Solara a few weeks)
Toyota’s quoted $349 for the timing belt, $676.33 for timing belt and water pump.
It also looks as if getting spark plugs done on the 1MZ is a wise idea to have dealership performed. Fronts seem like they may be okay to do, rears look nasty.
I was going to handle flushing the radiator, flushing/bleeding the breaks, changing the transmission oil, and a normally scheduled oil change.
I’m planning to use Synthetic oil for the engine, can anyone recommend or discourage the use of full synthetic in the transmission?
Is there anything else that I’m overlooking?
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