Lets see your maintenance schedules

[PoorManQ45]

I'm just wondering what your maintenence schedules are like.

Could you give me a description of the things that you do and how often you do them on your schedule. Also, if you can, provide a little information about the previous owner(s). Also, if you would like to, include engine parts/accessories that you have replaced.

Here is my schedule.

I use all synthetic lubes, including oil, transmission fluid, brake fluid, and differential fluid. I change the oil at ~3.5k, or 4 months. Get the engine flushed every year. I change the transmission fluid evey 15k~20k miles, and drop the pan every 50k. It gets completely flushed every year, along with oil flush. The brake fluid gets changed every time I change the pads or rotors 6~12months(usually unnecessary, but I change it anyway.) using sythetic DOT 4. I change the differential fluid every 30k miles(usually doesn't need it, but I do it anyway.) It's always been fed super-premium, with the occasional bottle of octane booster here and there. Fuel filter gets changed every 5k~10k miles. The timing chain guides along with the chain were replaced at 50k miles, by the original owner. I have replaced the radiator(old one cracked) with one that is a little larger than OEM.I have replaced the water pump, alternator, fuel pump, shocks and springs, power-steering pump, and a few bad bushings. And a few other things that I can't think of now.

There were two owners, prior to me. First owners were a 70year old couple, with money. They followed the maintenece schedule very strictly and then some. They are the one's that had the chain and guides replaced. The second owner was a ~40year old couple. The man worked at Nissan. He had a maintenance schedule very similar to mine.

[Jesda]

This is a spreadsheet for me, the first owner, and the third owner. Information about the second owner has not yet been entered in.

http://q.spilky.com/irl.xls

I need to go back into my filing box and enter all the mileage data into the spreadsheet, as well as the warranty and dealer work done under the second owner.

[psychic_mechanic]

I change my oil every 2.5k and rotate tires every two oil changes.

You've already got a pretty good schedule for the trans and brakes IIRC.

Do you flush TCS fluid and PS fluid as well? When I first got my Q the TCS fluid was pretty dark and I had to reseal my rack & pinion because I didn't flush all the fluids as soon as I got the car.

I'd like to do oxygen sensors soon, I think their accuracy drops off after 60-80k miles.