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relinuca

Jul 10, 2012 03:58 PM

'03 newbie...your recommendations, pls.

Our granddaughter just bought an excellent '03 base model/5-speed that appears to have been well maintained. But we have no mntce. records and the car has 105K miles.

What should we plan for 100K mile major mntce. items, plus any recommended "while you're in there" stuff. Timing belt? Water pump? Or?

Thx,

relinuca, the family car guy

bad venge

Jul 10, 2012 07:39 PM

timing CHAIN , tensioner,watepump , I'd do all fluids without knowing when they were last dove

relinuca

Jul 12, 2012 06:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bad venge (Post 14794)

timing CHAIN , tensioner,watepump , I'd do all fluids without knowing when they were last dove

Thanks, bad venge; my thoughts, too.

BTW, does this Mini have chain driven cams or belt driven? Just curious.
(Germans like chain drives/Japanese like belt drives...go figure.)

relinuca

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