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While I was under the Silverado we bought last week doing an oil change, I began to wonder what anyone else does routinely for maintenance...and I mean stuff done without question.
So far, I've replaced these parts and usually do unless the parts are new and verifiable as newly installed:
--New plugs
--New plug wires
--Oil change w/filter
--Air filter (although didn't on the truck because when I checked it, it was apparent it'd just been replaced)
--Gas filter
--Cabin air filter (but not done on the Silverado as it doesn't have one)
--Trans filter and fluid replacement or fluid flush if mileage is below 100K--on this truck, it was just a pan drop, replace filter, then replace fluid lost because mileage is at 106K
I've also done these items, or will be doing them by the end of the week, but they're not on my "routine" list:
--Shocks--I've got a set of Bilsteins coming today, they'll go on by Friday
--New coil wires--not typically, but the idle was a little off, sorta rough, that began disappearing after the new plugs and wires, but didn't completely go away. After the coil wires were done, idle is nice and smooth. And, of course, not every vehicle will have these, either.
--Front brake pads--these are about to move into my routine list as pads are usually not expensive and after replacing them, I'm sure they're good. The pads on the truck right now are quite new (the rotors were done very, very recently as they still had that new swirl/crosshatch pattern on them), but lack the initial "bite" I like. So, yanking off those ceramics and putting on semi-metallic pads....just need to decide which.
So, what do y'all do routinely when you buy a "new" used vehicle?
So far, I've replaced these parts and usually do unless the parts are new and verifiable as newly installed:
--New plugs
--New plug wires
--Oil change w/filter
--Air filter (although didn't on the truck because when I checked it, it was apparent it'd just been replaced)
--Gas filter
--Cabin air filter (but not done on the Silverado as it doesn't have one)
--Trans filter and fluid replacement or fluid flush if mileage is below 100K--on this truck, it was just a pan drop, replace filter, then replace fluid lost because mileage is at 106K
I've also done these items, or will be doing them by the end of the week, but they're not on my "routine" list:
--Shocks--I've got a set of Bilsteins coming today, they'll go on by Friday
--New coil wires--not typically, but the idle was a little off, sorta rough, that began disappearing after the new plugs and wires, but didn't completely go away. After the coil wires were done, idle is nice and smooth. And, of course, not every vehicle will have these, either.
--Front brake pads--these are about to move into my routine list as pads are usually not expensive and after replacing them, I'm sure they're good. The pads on the truck right now are quite new (the rotors were done very, very recently as they still had that new swirl/crosshatch pattern on them), but lack the initial "bite" I like. So, yanking off those ceramics and putting on semi-metallic pads....just need to decide which.
So, what do y'all do routinely when you buy a "new" used vehicle?