Every 6,000 Miles Maintenance Tasks
by Miller | January 7, 2009 | In Routine Maintenance | No Comments
Maintenance to be done every 6,000 Miles (10,000km) or 6 months if sooner:
Do all the more frequent tasks and in addition:
- Engine oil change. Use a top quality multigrade oil suitable to temperature (see page) without any other additives. Drain the oil from the plug on the right of the sump when the car is hot (17 mm spann) into a pan that will have plenty of room, to prevent spillage. Allow the oil to drip for at least 10min. Clean the drain plug, and check its washer. Refit the drain plug, and refill the sump with 4 pints. check the level on the dipstick and add a little more if required. The oil should be changed at 3,000 miles if the car is used mostly for town work, particularly in winter, or in dusty conditions.
If you have just bought an old car and the oil is very black flush out first with flushing oil. When draining this jack up the left of the car once most of the oil is out to make any dregs flow out better. - Air Cleaner. - Replace the cartridge. When dusty conditions prevail, replace cartridge more often.
- Spark plugs. - fit clean plugs. With the gap set to .025 in (.6mm) plugs are Marelli CW 6N, Champion L87Y (or L7) or Bosch W225 T 1. The porcelain plug insulators and the leads, must be kept clean to ensure easy starting.
- Ignition distributor. Undo the clips and remove the cap. Pull off the rotor arm. Check that the points are not contaminated with oil or dirt. Check their gap. This should be .019 to .012in (.47 - .53mm) This may be almost impossible to measure other than [More]
