100,000km Service...

[paulr33]

yeah its got 208k on the clock and still goes well

std turbo, pfc, exhaust, fmic, splitfire coils, aggressive tune, gtr pump, around 180-190rwkw

rest of the parts are still standard - pistons, cams, head, block, oil pump, water pump (new), diff, etc

still hooks up very well and still is super crisp when driving, no issues with reliablity, never missed a beat

oil pressure is great (5 litres in) and idle etc is all good. still starts first crank and is able to take most cars on the street

still maintains over 400kms to a tank with some city and trash driving and the usual stuff

i have never really serviced it properly (sometimes 10k, sometimes 15k etc) only recently its getting proper servicing (only started doing this about a year ago)

oil is changed every 10k now - and goes to a workshop for servicing on other stuff

[Ruffels]

removing purple stickers wont be covered under the std 100k service.. you'll pay extra for that

[paulr33]

and ice performance did the first 100k service and timing belt

[llama_au]

yeah its got 208k on the clock and still goes well

std turbo, pfc, exhaust, fmic, splitfire coils, aggressive tune, gtr pump, around 180-190rwkw

rest of the parts are still standard - pistons, cams, head, block, oil pump, water pump (new), diff, etc

still hooks up very well and still is super crisp when driving, no issues with reliablity, never missed a beat

oil pressure is great (5 litres in) and idle etc is all good. still starts first crank and is able to take most cars on the street

still maintains over 400kms to a tank with some city and trash driving and the usual stuff

i have never really serviced it properly (sometimes 10k, sometimes 15k etc) only recently its getting proper servicing (only started doing this about a year ago)

oil is changed every 10k now - and goes to a workshop for servicing on other stuff

Shite. I must be super anal. Mine gets an oil, oil filter, fuel filter and spark plug change every 5,000-7,000km maximum. Am I overdoing it? PS. my '34 has 132,000km on it.

[ashneel]

dittio i do oil, oil filter and plugs every 5000ks

[ss07]

Iridum ftw.

There is NO way every 5000kms im going to go to the effort that is changing the plugs on a 34 non turbo haha

[ashneel]

well i put iridum in my car

then i got the car tuned with bigger injectors and the blacked up really quick.

[paulr33]

Shite. I must be super anal. Mine gets an oil, oil filter, fuel filter and spark plug change every 5,000-7,000km maximum. Am I overdoing it? PS. my '34 has 132,000km on it.

bugger that - way overkill, its a std piston engine, nothing special!!

oil and oil filter every 10k - my last change was 198 by a workshop and i did it last week at 208k

ive never done fuel filter and neither has any workshop, so its probably got the orig factory item on it

the plugs in the car i did last when the coils died so that was around 165k - so plugs would be at least 30k old ?

my car blows a tiny bit of smoke when you near the life span of 10k on the oil each time, but other than that, is fine. putting in usual 5w40 oil

[(OO)SKYLINE(OO)]

Shite. I must be super anal. Mine gets an oil, oil filter, fuel filter and spark plug change every 5,000-7,000km maximum. Am I overdoing it? PS. my '34 has 132,000km on it.

LOL!

Just oil and oil filter will do at 5,000km Juliet.

Spark plugs (NGK Iradium / Platinum) and fuel filter sould last you ages.

Cool!

[paulr33]

pick up car soon

geez the pricing is great

so competitive with new water pump

[bombtrack]

My previous car, the R33 has at least 200k on it by now and hasn't missed a beat (running between 250 and 320rwkw for a good 20,000kms now under the heavy foot of Joeyjoejoe), these motors are good for quite a bit more I would say, particularly if they are well looked after. My old RB30E did 300k+ but obviously that's not quite the same.

Maybe I've been lucky, or maybe I look after them!

[SS8_Gohan]

i think there is a trader on here (Kudos?) that does a kit of OEM nissan stuff, so basically he has a 100K service kit and you can buy it all in bulk. Sounds like a good idea, not sure how the pricing stacks up

[paulr33]

hey gang

got the car back - new timing belt, new water pump

everything else checked out ok, bearings fine, bolts ok, engine A OK

they even replaced my wiper blades!!!!

and sourced me a replacement cam cover (thanks al) so that will go on next week

all this for way under $500

[llama_au]

Iridum ftw.

There is NO way every 5000kms im going to go to the effort that is changing the plugs on a 34 non turbo haha

Mine came with HKS Iridium's when I imported it, I didn't know how old they were so I replaced them with standard NGK coppers, and have been doing so ever since. I much prefer the thought of using copper plugs and changing them regularly rather than dropping something in and leaving it. They cost 2/10th's of sweet FA anyway...but yeah, they're in a bitch of a spot Maybe I'll hold my plug changes out to at least 7,500-10,000km's then, 5,000km is probably too often for a fairly stock car.

I'm just so used to servicing the Pulsar every 3,000-5,000km's (read also everything is much easier to access) that I guess I translated that onto the Skyline when I bought it.

bugger that - way overkill, its a std piston engine, nothing special!!

oil and oil filter every 10k - my last change was 198 by a workshop and i did it last week at 208k

ive never done fuel filter and neither has any workshop, so its probably got the orig factory item on it

the plugs in the car i did last when the coils died so that was around 165k - so plugs would be at least 30k old ?

my car blows a tiny bit of smoke when you near the life span of 10k on the oil each time, but other than that, is fine. putting in usual 5w40 oil

Fuel filter I really believe people don't do often enough. Take yours off, bang it on a table and have a look at the junk that comes out of it. That sludge can't be good for your injectors.

On the oil side of things - what's the recommended viscosity? I always wondered as I've been using 10W40.

[paulr33]

no idea what the recommended viscosity is

ive used 5w40 and no issues - im not sure how i would check for issues?

[llama_au]

Maybe it if was burning it or disappearing elsewhere or had a rattle you might change the viscosity you're using? I have no idea what the Nissan recommendation is.