Originally Posted By: jigen
I was over there on Father's day and we started talking about his truck. He has a 2000 S10 (2.2L, 5-speed)that has about 225k on it now. He was talking about how he never did anything to this truck maintenance-wise besides oil changes and that he is shocked it still runs so well. My dad is the kind of guy that since the truck has been running so well for this long, messing with maintenance makes him worried it will mess up the truck.
Fuel filter, spark plugs, differential and tranny fluid... all from the factory. He had the stock airfilter in there until he was having trouble starting the car. A CEL popped up and it turns out it was from the ridiculously clogged airfilter. He changed it at about 200k.
I then asked him about the coolant and of course, factory fill. I really want to drain the coolant for this man but he seems nervous it will screw things up since he went so long on factory fill.
I just wonder what that dexcool looks like at this point. No true point to this story other than cars and trucks these days can obviously take insane amounts of neglect and keep on goin'.
If I drain this beast, I'll post pics. lol
There are more cars like that out there for sure...My friends mom has a 86 Corolla with all the original fluids..It got its first tune up last month as it was hesitating allot...The mechanic won't change any of the fluids as he said it will cause more harm then good at this point...It does run hot in traffic [needle right near the red zone]in this jungle heat but hasn't overheated yet..Its just brown rust water in the radiator...It has 200K miles on it now.
It has rust all over the top and trunk but overall runs just fine.
The a/c compressor went out last year but the mechanic says its still full of the original freon and there are no leaks...Thats amazing...She does not like a/c so the compressor will not be fixed.
The oil gets changed every six months as she drives very little now..It does not smoke at all.