I have my TL that's been sitting parked up for almost a year now. I'm gonna put it back on the road by spring time. I start it up almost once or twice every week or so. I def know when I get it back on the road it's due for an oil change, but what else do you think I need done to make sure the car is going to run fine.
What fluids need to be changed?
Do I need to do a full tune up on it? She has 95,000 on her & I never did a tune up on her yet. So help me out here peeps.....

 

Oil change

Trans fluid change

Brake fluid change

Spark plug replacement

Timing belt/water pump replacement

Cabin air filter replacement

Air filter replacement

Tire rotation/balance

You are at 95k which is around when the major service needs to be done. So it's going to cost you. Do as much of it on your own as possible. I'd say do it all yourself except the t-belt/waterpump relplacement since it's quite involved.

 

Timing belt/water pump replacement has already been done. I printed the DYI on the air filter replacement. I never changed the brake fluid, oil, trans fluid myself. So that would be my little sat project. What about spark plug wires, Do those need to be changed also? If so what wires and plugs should I go with?

 

Our cars don't have plug wires. We have coil packs that don't need to be replaced unless faulty. As far as plugs, I would stick with the OEM plugs. Check the brake pads/rotors as well and clean up some of the rust.

 

Thanks for that info on the wires, I never knew that.
I def have to do the brakes, I was thinking on changing the rotors to some slotted rotora rotors and going with Oem pads.

 

Oh what about an antifreeze flush and refill? Is that needed also?

 

why awas your car sleeping for sooo long.

if theres nothing wrong with it I couldn't imagine not driving my tl. I was without it for 5 months cause of the swap and I was getting sad lol.

 

My car was asleep for so long because I have 2 other cars to whip around. I took the insurance off of it since I had the other 2 cars to drive around while I get work done on the TL. I just purchased a CL55 coupe about a year ago and I have a 92 honda accord as my daily driver.

Now spring is near and I'm gonna put ins back on it, so I wanna make sure that everything is running fine b4 I put it back on the road.

 

Yes, I would do a flush and fill of the coolant, unless it was done at the time of the timing belt/water pump service.

 

Seafoam , oil change, and then change the spark plugs. I'm due to for all this, can't wait to get it all done, so i can drive in ease for the next thousands of miles. Good luck!

 

I wouldn't flush the coolant, just do a drain and refill. Same with trans, no flush, just drain and refill x3 to get all the old fluid out. I opted to have my mechanic do my brake fluid change for me. It was about $100 but save me tons of time. They normally have a machine that can do it to ensure they don't get air in the lines.
I don't know if this makes any sense, but I would take it out for a short drive a couple times before you do all this to get everything moving and fluids moving and heated up, especially right before you do it. Just my .02.

 

Thanks for the help people. I'm gonna try and get these things done this weekend.