Time for a good service

[Ian.G]

This was originally on the oil thread but I figured it may be useful for 4AGE engine newbies (like me for example) to see whats involved in a service.

I am going to have to get a bit of a shopping list of bits together here.

Oil Filter - Nippon Micro filter. 20vWill advises that a stock Toyota filter should not be used on the 4AGE motor. Other alternatives are TRD High flow oil filters from Fensport.

Engine Oil - Castrol GTX 10W40 - I believe the engine takes a fill of just under 4 litres.

Coolant - Toyota Red Coolant - can this be obtained from the dealer ?

Spark plugs - This depends on the state of tune of your motor. Stand plugs are either NGK BCPR6EY11 or Denso Q20R-U11.

Maybe it would be useful to create a set of sticky HOW-TO threads in the technical section.

Cam belt - As a precaution I am also going to change my Cam belt because I have no idea how long its been on the car.

I guess I can still get this from a dealer ? or is there a source of heavy duty drive belts ? Do you also have to replace the belt tensioner at the same time (I know on some cars you do) ?

One of the other reasons for changing the belt is hopefully my car has a few new goodies coming in the next few weeks and it makes sense fitting them at the same time.

fidanza adjustable cam gears
fidanza lightweight drive pulleys

I also want to get rid of the aircon bits at the same time.