help maintain a corrola (tag along)

[jmforem]

I have a 2005 Corrola S, with standard trasmission. I am the orignal owner.

I have been changing the oil, filters, etc. at regular intervals. I just recently changed the serpentine belt.

I am now at 60,000 miles.

What other maintenance should I do at this mileage?

JM

[rsirois]

Toyota has the maintenence intervals online, and you can find them in your owners guide. They're pretty conservative and I'd recommend sticking to them.

http://smg.toyotapartsandservice.com/index.php

[Exage]

Some suggestions...

All the month and milage figures are from Toyota Recommended Maintenance section in the Owner's Manual Supplement.

Transmission Fluid Change: 48 months or 40,000miles (64,000km), 75W-90 GL-4.
Cabin Air Filter: 12 months or 10,000miles (16,000km).
Tire Rotation: 12 months or 10,000miles (16,000km).

Near Future:

Coolant Change: First change at 96 months or 80,000miles (128,000km), and then every 48 months or 40,000miles (64,000km), Toyota Super Long Life Coolant (Pink).

[thebrokeenthusiast]

Spark plugs? Should be about time to replace them...

[rsirois]

the maintenance guide calls for plugs every 120,000 miles. With Iridium plugs, they're good for another 60,000 miles.

[thebrokeenthusiast]

Really? I was told every 80,000 km.

[JasonA]

Someone who wants to sell you spark plugs probably told you 80,000 KM. Check Toyota's recommended service interval for the plugs on these cars.

[thebrokeenthusiast]

Originally Posted by JasonA

Someone who wants to sell you spark plugs probably told you 80,000 KM. Check Toyota's recommended service interval for the plugs on these cars.

I hope not! It was my father. All his vehicles have SBCs in them. I'm guessing OHV V8s will eat plugs a bit faster (especially when abused the way his are).

[JasonA]

Copper plugs typically last between 30-50k miles. Modern OHV V-8 engines (like GM's LSx engines) with dual-plat plugs have similar change intervals as our Corollas (100k+ miles).

[thebrokeenthusiast]

His is a '94 sierra, so I'm guessing it's not a very high tech modern OHV. Either that or he uses cheap plugs. In fact I seem to remember the V8 used from '94 - a while ago being based on the LS1, so he probably used cheap plugs.

[JasonA]

A '94 would have the LTx family engine, probably with copper plugs. The LSx engine family came out in 1997, to replace the LTx family, and is a completely new and different design:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM_LS_engine

The LTx engine family is very closely related to the old SBC template. My '97 Dakota is similar; it has the 5.2L 318 Magnum V-8 engine, with copper plugs. The service interval is 30k miles I think. My '07 Chrysler Town & Country has a 3.8L OHV V-6 engine, but uses dual platinum plugs, and the service interval on those is 75-100k miles.