2007 SE roadster.....what are the recommended services at 50K?....service guy I use recommends: 1. Fuel system service; 2. Rear differential oil change; and 3. Cooling system flush. Are these really needed or is it a money making sell from the service guy?

 

Service required depends on what has been done before and how long ago it was done.

 

My 07 SE is my third Crossfire Roadster in seven years. Mine has 35,000 on it and I'll be flushing the coolant, bleeding brakes, changing the transmission oil (it's a manual) and changing the differential fluid (I'll let you guess which differential - the front or the rear ).

My responses:

1. Fuel system service Um, what? Do you mean changing the fuel filter/pressure regulator or do you mean where they put oddball crap in the gas and call it a "fuel system service"? I replaced my fuel filter/regulator at 100,000 miles in the last car, the car was nine years old at the time. I'm not a big worry-wort about this one. Probably should be, but I'm not.

3. Cooling system flush. The car is essentially ten years old, this should have been done long ago, IMO. And I'm talking about your car AND my car.

Automatic Transmissions. Some 20 years ago, guy who did NOTHING but automatic transmissions told me that if everyone changed their auto trans fluid and filter every 50-60,000 miles, he'd almost go out of business. I once worked for a Motorola Radio Shop (horrible pay but knowing every cop in five counties sure paid off!), they ran their vans 150,000 miles MINIMUM. The boss there had the transmissions serviced often, I think it was 50,000 miles but can't remember. We had a big fleet - over the course of 19 years, the only transmission that died was under warranty, it was one of those early GMC "lockup" units.




Of course, as 100/80 said, it depends on what was done to the car before. I knew the guy who owned my car before me and I'm pretty sure he did the coolant and maybe the brakes - but since he slipped into eternity some time ago and I can't ask - I will be doing all of this before the fall Dragon.

 

Also, keep in mind that if the gut puts the wrong stuff in the car, you are better off just running the old stuff. I say this because of a friend who let some numb-nut put off-the-shelf, "good enough for my pickup" auto trans fluid in his Crossfire's transmission - and ended up with a new transmission in a few months.

 

Thanks for the input, guys!
Gary Leitch romanylife) Green Valley AZ

 

Are you saying that somebody BARFED in the car ?

 

I'm saying a LOT of things.