Finally after a year or so of researching the car that would fit my needs, I found the Acura TL to meet all my needs. Performance, Looks, and Luxury. I found a good deal on an 2008 Acura TL.

I'm new to this website and would really appreciate any input from you TL owners. Information on the Oil I should use, any issues I may need to expect, and other important details that new TL owners should know about. The car has 139000Kms on it.

 

 

hello and welcome! be sure to check the first 6 threads that appear on the 3G subsection (aka the stickied threads)

it'll have a lot of answers to any questions you may have.

 

Welcome! Congratulations on the new ride!

There is an almost endless wealth of information on the site. A great way to search would be to use Google and type something like: "oil site:tl.acurazine.com" without the quotes. One of the highest regarded oil combos is Redline with a Royal Purple filter.

Cheers!

 

Make sure you get the tune up done at 168k kilometers. Don't neglect this.
It will run you about $1400 at a dealership. Or $800 if you order the parts and have your mechanic preform the maintenance.

However I would only trust the dealership to do the valve adjustments. This ran me $320 at a dealer.

 

Congrats and welcome to Acurazine!

Regarding your many questions you may have, we have a 3G Garage which is at the top of the page (but under the sub section links) that will provide a lot of great info.

Pro tip: When you're in the 3G Garage, press "Control" and "F" and a search bar will come up, if you're looking for something about oil, type in "oil" and your browser will highlight the words "oil", it's very useful for finding info fast.

 

Welcome bro, here are my experiences with my 2008 Type S--you'll find many similarities, and maintenance items that could be a help to you:

https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-2004-2008-93/new-tl-s-owner-4-month-impressions-884488/

 

^^^^this

I dont even know where to begin

Also, use google i.e. what oil to use acurazine to help you find threads too

 

welcome to the site, you can register your color here https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-2004-2008-93/tl-owners-please-chime-855960/ thnx.

 

139,000 KM....barely broken in.

Congrats. Welcome to the Money Pit.

 

good choice..post pix..nothing more elegant than a 07-08 base!

and since you're in Canada, can you post what you paid?

 

Same here... I've had a base 2008 TL for four months now and it's been great so far!

The only issue has been a clunking suspension noise but this was taken care of by replacing a front strut under the CPO warranty.

You've also come to the right place for anything TL-related.

Drive it in good health and enjoy!

 

Congrats!

 

Congrats and welcome to AZ. Register it at www.myacura.com and store your Navi and Radio codes there for safe keeping. If you’re in Canada then go here:
https://www.myacura.acura.ca/myAcura...ToLoginPage.do

 

I paid 11k Plus taxes came up to 12800 because of all the other fees.

 

I dont know if the timing belt has been done yet, i was wondering when the the right time is. I heard it should be replaced at 165000Kms. Is that true guys?

 

105K or close to 169000, your service reminder will show on your dashboard when the timing belt needs to get done

 

The car will let me know when its time to get it replaced? really?

 

Err...idk about Km, but it's 105k miles for us Murikans

They say either 105k or 7 years. Whichever comes first.

 

105miles in kms is 160 something.

 

Perhaps you can ask the previous owner and see what work he/she has done on the car before you took ownership?