I just got married and with my wife came her '04 EX with 82K miles. I'm a car guy and like to do my own work on my cars. I am curious to know what the dealer checks/replaces at the 80,000 mile tune up?

Thanks!

 

normally the major tune ups are at 30, 60, and 90k miles. so she still has another 8 k to go.

if you look online, they will tell you what they do. at 90k, they will probably recommend a coolant flush, a timing belt change which includes a new water pump, some other smaller maintenance issues and a thorough check on the car. They will also do an oil change and change out your spark plugs.

To be honest, I never find these repairs worth anything except for the timing belt change which you seriously need to consider. The rest of it, you can do yourself pretty easily.