Well I hit 203,000 miles in my tl-s today and the maint. lights flahes when i start my car. What shoud i do pretty soon besides spark plugs and the other typical stuff?? Thanks in advance.

 

Give it a much needed wash.

Accessory belts, tensioners, fluids, etc.

 

210k service is coming up, basically need to change everything you did for the 105k service.....

Blinking maintnence light is a reminder that you need an oil change, you can turn it off by holding the two buttons, select and reset, before and while turning your key 2 clicks(when all the dash lights turn on), until it goes away.

 

oil change? i thought the maintenance needed light just means you've gone a certain # of miles (7,500??). anyway, it's only coincidence that it came on and you are approaching 210k.

 

Yea i happy it gave me the 7,000 mile heads up give me time to save and buy everything i need. Im gonna be installing a trans cooler when i do all of this.

 

200k is a great milestone no?

haha my TL is at 180k now, but I have an '88 civic and though the engine isn't technically from '88 ('00 SI engine) the mileage counter has rolled to about 400k now and I laugh everytime I end up taking it somewhere haha

 

200 is nothing- just do the 105 and replace anything and everything that rotates

the engine is like new inside at 200,,, 300 is a reality with oil changes and proper care of cooling system

 

the oil change reminder starts flashing before 7500 to give you a heads up
Thats miles since it was last reset

 

Well with 200,000+ miles, what oil would be wise for me to use?

 

whatever you have been using is good to still use- this isnt the old chevy they market special oils to

Our megamoderator fsttyms1 used regular oil for 100k then synthetic another 100k- pulled the engine apart and it was like new inside

I would run seafoam everywhere, and in the oil --with a new filter installed-- to catch the amount of sludge likely in that system
As long as timing belt stays on and there is good oil pressure- these engines will go well past 300