I feel an ouch coming. . . .
^^ Ditto
It not the cold that kills it the countless heat cycles. If that car was garaged all that time I'd be tempted to run it to 90,000 on fluid and belt changes.
YOUR ALL GONNA SAY I'M Fool, but I'd do them fluids and run it. You're throwing money away doing all that and quality form fit hoses are $xpensive!
If things are rotted, checked, cracked, swollen, peeling, soft, bubbled, >> yea, replace them. But most of the stuff you buy these days IS a mere fraction the quality of the rubber materials the car was manufactured with! Hint, need a trusted and experience mechanic to look those over. . .
How many of you replaced belts and hoses at 80,000 only to repeat it at 12,000??
I may pay the price as my Gen 3.5s at 226,xxx Miles with all the original hoses, water pump, bearings, seals. . . . Its a die hard and doesn't leak a drop anywhere! :thumbsup: Its had two timing belts and several fluid change outs on all systems. . . Hey, its also been outside all its life where the average temp is 50f - 55f yearly.
OK - Ill turn on my flame retardant screen saver. . . :lol:
But honestly, I say this as I've done the replace it for the sake of replacing and ended up doing it every two years afterwards as the
[email protected] sold these days is JUNK compared to the original materials. . . Thats why I posted. . .