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I have a 2002 transam collectors edition and need it to last for as long as I live!!! I love the car to death and only want the best for her. She has 45K miles on her and I want to do make it like new AGAIN. I want to know from experts what the best of the best fluids and parts are for my baby, so I can see it hit the 1,000,000 mile mark, atleast. So far, car is fairly stock and in mint condition.
what is the best for my 2002 transam ce ls1
trans fiter?
trans fluid?
Motor oil?
I have been using Mobil 1 super synthetic, 10,000 miles extended performance 10w30, change it ever 3,500 miles
Anti-freeze ( coolant)?
Someone told me the orange factory fill is BAD for gaskets?
Fuel filter?
Spark plugs?
Wires?
Thanks for reading!!!
I have a 2002 transam collectors edition and need it to last for as long as I live!!! I love the car to death and only want the best for her. She has 45K miles on her and I want to do make it like new AGAIN. I want to know from experts what the best of the best fluids and parts are for my baby, so I can see it hit the 1,000,000 mile mark, atleast. So far, car is fairly stock and in mint condition.
what is the best for my 2002 transam ce ls1
trans fiter?
trans fluid?
Motor oil?
I have been using Mobil 1 super synthetic, 10,000 miles extended performance 10w30, change it ever 3,500 miles
Anti-freeze ( coolant)?
Someone told me the orange factory fill is BAD for gaskets?
Fuel filter?
Spark plugs?
Wires?
Thanks for reading!!!
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The motor is going to need rebuilt long before the 1 million mark
Search around the site and you'll find the answers for the questions you are asking
Search around the site and you'll find the answers for the questions you are asking
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Amsoil signature series oil 0W-30
Amsoil trans fluid
Amsoil in the rear
Amsoil EaO oil filter
Amsoil air filter
Amsoil coolant
Wix trans filter and gasket
AcDelco or purolator fuel filter
NGK irridium spark plugs if the car will remain stock
MSD plug wires
All the very best quality products money can buy. You will never see a million miles out of these engines and transmissions and rear ends. You are looking at most likely 3 complete rebuilds on all 3 major components across a 1 million mile span even if you use the very best oil and filters money can buy.
Amsoil trans fluid
Amsoil in the rear
Amsoil EaO oil filter
Amsoil air filter
Amsoil coolant
Wix trans filter and gasket
AcDelco or purolator fuel filter
NGK irridium spark plugs if the car will remain stock
MSD plug wires
All the very best quality products money can buy. You will never see a million miles out of these engines and transmissions and rear ends. You are looking at most likely 3 complete rebuilds on all 3 major components across a 1 million mile span even if you use the very best oil and filters money can buy.
All the very best quality products money can buy. You will never see a million miles out of these engines and transmissions and rear ends. You are looking at most likely 3 complete rebuilds on all 3 major components across a 1 million mile span even if you use the very best oil and filters money can buy.
So true. . . No way in how hell a 4l60e will go over a 300k mark.
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Pennzoil platunium full synthetic 10w30 is the way to go for motor oil. Spark plugs go with NGK TR55 or the IX series which is quite a bit more expensive then just the TR55s and for wires go with MSD 8.5mm Super conducter wire set.
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Best off the shelf oil you can buy.
Read the owners manual and first make sure that whatever you use is the correct spec for the car. For example, the weight of the oil is dependent on the ambient temperature of your area. For example: if you live north of FL or TX, you should NOT be running 10W-30 because you'll do damage to the engine in the winter when the temperatures get colder.
If you really want the car to last and continue to be a collectors item, I'd suggest you be most worried about the finishes, interior, and plastics. Make sure you keep the car stored in a garage at all times. Search this site and do the fix to relieve the stress on your door panels so they don't get the dreaded cracks. Etc.
If you really want the car to last and continue to be a collectors item, I'd suggest you be most worried about the finishes, interior, and plastics. Make sure you keep the car stored in a garage at all times. Search this site and do the fix to relieve the stress on your door panels so they don't get the dreaded cracks. Etc.
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All I'm going to say is 'synthetic' whenever possible. Except, for the tranny provided it's the A4 we're talkin about here.
I've herd the synthetic fluid is too slick for the bands in the A4's.
Other than that the oil change intervals sounds like you've got that pretty much under control.
But, the key here is NOT to wreck it. That was the down fall of my bbblack 98(M6) TransAm w/ T-Tops. The insurance(StateFram) insisted on totalin 'The Keeper' due to the(state reguations on) 'unknown structual damage'.
Can we get alill more insight on the door panel stress situation, please??? This is the first I've herd of this issue.
Good luck!
Don
I've herd the synthetic fluid is too slick for the bands in the A4's.
Other than that the oil change intervals sounds like you've got that pretty much under control.
But, the key here is NOT to wreck it. That was the down fall of my bbblack 98(M6) TransAm w/ T-Tops. The insurance(StateFram) insisted on totalin 'The Keeper' due to the(state reguations on) 'unknown structual damage'.
Search this site and do the fix to relieve the stress on your door panels so they don't get the dreaded cracks. Etc.
Good luck!
Don
Last edited by Don B 02 Z28; Aug 10, 2008 at 11:47 AM. Reason: additional question
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Read the owners manual and first make sure that whatever you use is the correct spec for the car. For example, the weight of the oil is dependent on the ambient temperature of your area. For example: if you live north of FL or TX, you should NOT be running 10W-30 because you'll do damage to the engine in the winter when the temperatures get colder.
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ok! let's see, a million miles? Let's say you drive 20,000 per year and that is 50 years!! Jeez! you'd have to replace the body too! There will be no more internal combustion engines by then anyway! Where do you come up with the number 1,000,000 miles anyway?
A thousand apologies. I should have worded my post differently. My comment regarding our friends living north of FL and TX was not meant to be geographically focused nor to specificially exclude residents of the great state of Alabama, any other part of the southern US.
I meant to make a reference to climate, not geography. When things get below freezing, an oil is required with an increaced viscocity. (5W30 or better) The owners manual has a good chart illustrating the temperatures and viscocities at play for normal driving.
I meant to make a reference to climate, not geography. When things get below freezing, an oil is required with an increaced viscocity. (5W30 or better) The owners manual has a good chart illustrating the temperatures and viscocities at play for normal driving.
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The BEST products to use are the ones that YOU decide upon after searching, and reading and trying to decide which people know what they are talking about and make YOUR OWN decisions. Most brands have their own following and most, well many, brands work well.
The key is to do maintenance regularly and not wait for a problem to develop. Imagine that it's an airplane and that if it starts running badly you could die! And if you treat it that way you will be fine.
The key is to do maintenance regularly and not wait for a problem to develop. Imagine that it's an airplane and that if it starts running badly you could die! And if you treat it that way you will be fine.