Supplies Ensure that you have all the correct supplies you need oil, transmission fluid, etc.Directions If you're doing some maintenance chore for the first time, read the directions carefully, or have someone do it with you.Location Find a safe place to do the maintenance, preferably not in the middle of the street.Tools Use the proper ones using a butter knife as a screw driver doesn't always work.Time Clear out enough time in your schedule to do this properly.Include spare wheel - do check before long drives and while filling air have a casual look. Replace water pump along with? 50kĬheck wheel & tyre condition. Replace if any are cracked / worn out - as per useĬhange timing belt every 55,000 kms. clutch cable is also recommended if there is lot of highway drivingĬheck all hose pipes. keep a set of belts(alternator and compressor) in car if possible. Replace if any are cracked / worn out - check yearly. Especially important for 4x4 vehicles- yearlyĬheck and adjust all belts. Wheel rotation, balancing & alignment.- balancing every 5k and alignment only if there is drag, else every year when i change any of the front suspension parts.Ĭhange transmission / gear / differential oil. Adjust washer nozzles.( this i have to do every week since the guy cleaning car always disturbs it.) Replace brake pads, if necessary - yearlyĬheck and replace (if necessary) all spark plugs - yearlyĬheck wiper blades - yearly. same as transmissionĬhange fuel filter - 20k( replace faster if there is lot of highway drivingĬheck and clean brakes.
use only bottles of distilled water with concentrate for max life.īrake line bleeding and brake fluid change - yearly just change it and bleeding is mandatory(have to bring a friend along) Radiator Flush and coolant change- not very strict schedule but when colour change is observed. I am relying on the level indicator on the top of the battery can't see the actual levels from the side.Įngine oil & oil filter - was every 5k till castrol magnetec, now every 10k with mobil 1.Ĭlean K&N air filter. I doubt if Sanjay Hyundai is checking this during service (supposed to be done every 4 months or so). Now there is good air flow and A/C cools well, but unfortunately the gas pressure was set very high and A/c overheats if switched on during idling or in summer heat.īattery distilled water level in case of m/c-free batteries is another thing that worries me. Got this done after nearly seven years (55000 kms) when cooling was not at all effective. Given our adulterated fuel, I think this is essential, assuming it can be done competently by the authorized service outlets (which I am beginning to doubt with each passing year).Ī/C service along with cleaning of the air flow ducts needs to be done maybe every 2-3 years, since our roads are very dusty and dirty. Nobody seems to be interested in it and I think it may be overdue in my car as it has done 65000 kms now. What about the steering components? I had to get this serviced at 58000 kms as there was heavy knock (kat-kat sound) from the steering on bad roads or while cornering hard.įuel tank cleaning - suggested this at many service outlets, but in vain. Anyway I use Speed 97, so hopefully the cleansing additives will get the job done and fuel injectors will not need frequent cleaning. However, they seem to do throttle body cleaning routinely during service. Regarding fuel injector cleaning, Sanjay Hyundai does not routinely do this ("we do it only if there is a problem, necessary only once in 30000 kms"). Next service I am going to have to insist. My car has done some 25000 kms since the last time wheel bearings were checked. That makes me feel extremely uneasy as I do not want to know it in the way they expect me to.
I tried to get Sanjay Hyundai (Pune) to check my wheel bearings, but they replied "You will know when the wheel bearings need replacement". I leave most of this stuff to Hyundai authorized service, except that I get the wheel balancing/alignment and tyre rotation done separately. I check the manual when it goes for service and as if this or that was done or has to be done. Replace water pump along with? Guess routine service does it.ġ8. : Guess routine 5K service does it and when I hear them squeakingġ6. Check and replace (if necessary) all spark plugs. more careful about this as I drive a lot.
Brake line bleeding and brake fluid change.: Guess routine 5K service does it, I do check it now and then. Change transmission / gear / differential oil. Wheel rotation, balancing & alignment 5KĤ.