what should be looked at during a 30k maintenance?

[Bbasso]

I'm bringing my R in for a maintenance at the dealer this coming week. What should they look for ?
the car just broke 30k miles and has been driven hard and I'm going to Limerock in Nov.
I just want to have additional ideas on what should be looked at...
Other then the obvious

Thanks!

[Aj]

You want to make sure they do a valve adjustment, the specs are 8 on the exhaust and 7 on the intake, make sure they get that correct. You should also have them change the tranny fluid, and make sure they use honda manual transmission fluid or 10W30 with a limited slip aditive. You should change your oil and filter if needed. A new fuel filter wouldn't hurt, a new air filter, if you don't have an intake with a cleanable filter, add power steering fluid if it needs it, only use Honda power steering fluid. Bleed you brakes and clutch, check pads and rotors......

Can't seem to think of anything else, but If I do, I'll let you know.

Later,
Aj

[Bbasso]

AJ,

Heres the deal I have a few warrenty items that need to be taken care of and I want them to look for anything else that might be a warrenty item that could be replaced before it goes bad.
I have or will do the basic chit like oil, pads etc
just looking for the "out of the ordinary" items that might be a headache .

I have also posted this Up in HT but thought I might get a few thoughts..


Thanks.

[itr449]

i have to drop my r of for the same 30k service. i'm starting to have a lot of excess noise(other than normal R loudness) my window rattles and at certain speed i get rattles in the front left of the car. is this normal or something that the dealer can and will take care of?

[pUrExTc]

if u're taking it to the dealer, i'm pretty sure they know what they're doing with it...

[B2FiNiTY]

I wouldn't say that....

[Bbasso]

Nor would I say that.

[bbqman]

Nor would I....take it to the dealer, that is.
Except for warranty work that you don't pay for, these guys are generally the most incompetant tech there is. That is unless there is a true enthusiast in the garage, and he is the guy on your car!

As for warranty shit.......my car is OK...all this after 4 yrs of Auto-x, lapping and Time trials....1998 and 65.000km and counting. But guys I have talked to, had rear shocks leaking ( that the dealer missed) and front wheel bearings getting noisy..( I don't know how this happened), so check this stuff..
Oh yeah, after a hard drive, the gasket between the cat and center-pipe start to squeak, so if this is the case, get it changed.

[Bbasso]

wheel bearings, good one. thanks

[kkim]

in addition to what has been posted, I'd have them flush the brake fluid, if it's never been done, and flush and change the coolant.

[bbqman]

Unfortunately, they won't change brake fluid and coolant under warranty.
And although they are most likely due, get it done elsewhere , where you can choose the quality of the parts.

[kkim]

Unfortunately, they won't change brake fluid and coolant under warranty.
And although they are most likely due, get it done elsewhere , where you can choose the quality of the parts.

30k check isn't covered under warranty either, so what's your point? you can have the 30k maint done anywhere you wish as long as you have documented proof it was done.

[bbqman]

The point was simple, kkim....the original post was about finding warranty items that could be addressed while still under warranty.
Brake fluid and coolant aren't warranty issues, however they are great maintenance issues that the dealers sometimes overlook or just do a plain crappy job.
That's all i wanted to say.....