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What kind of maintenance for very low mileage?
I have a Ford Explorer that I mostly use for hauling boxes over short
distances -- most things are within walking distance around here, so I put a max of about 3,000 miles per year on the truck. (How many of you would like to be filling up once a month right now?) What kind of regular maintenance is appropriate for such low mileage? An oil change every 3,000 miles would only be once a year, so I go every 4 months or so. Is this often enough, or too often? Should I really be waiting five years for the 15k checkups? |
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What kind of maintenance for very low mileage?
> wrote... >I have a Ford Explorer that I mostly use for hauling boxes over short > distances -- most things are within walking distance around here, so I > put a max of about 3,000 miles per year on the truck. (How many of you > would like to be filling up once a month right now?) > > What kind of regular maintenance is appropriate for such low mileage? > An oil change every 3,000 miles would only be once a year, so I go > every 4 months or so. Is this often enough, or too often? Should I > really be waiting five years for the 15k checkups? You sound like me with my '96 and 121k miles. It's now a Forest Road, hauling bigger items and bad weather vehicle and puts on about 3k per year like yours. For what it's worth, I go with oil changes every six months and stick with the Owner's manual mileage suggestions for other items. I await others' responses. Craig |
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What kind of maintenance for very low mileage?
I am no expert but would suggest doing maintenance sooner than
indicated in the manual (ie do not wait for the mileage mark for check-ups, etc). My 96 Ranger has only about 63,000 miles on it (30,000 when bought 3 yrs ago) but I have already replaced parts that you would think might wear out more with use rather than time, such as belt tensioner, ball joints, radius arm bushings, rebuilt transmisson (more precautionary, it did not fail, but had a 2-3 flare that I tried fixing with new separator plate kit, etc to no avail.). Now i seem to have driveline play from the t-case chain AND rear end. Definitetly keep the chassis lubed, esp if you live somewhere where they salt the roads in winter (like where I live), and stay on top of problems are they arise. wrote: > On 13 Jul 2006 18:44:17 -0700, " > > wrote: > > >I have a Ford Explorer that I mostly use for hauling boxes over short > >distances -- most things are within walking distance around here, so I > >put a max of about 3,000 miles per year on the truck. (How many of you > >would like to be filling up once a month right now?) > > > >What kind of regular maintenance is appropriate for such low mileage? > >An oil change every 3,000 miles would only be once a year, so I go > >every 4 months or so. Is this often enough, or too often? Should I > >really be waiting five years for the 15k checkups? > > I use Mobil One synthetic, and change it once a year, just before > winter hits. > > On the rare occasion that I plan a road trip, I'll change the oil > before that, unless it was just changed for the winter season. > > > > Alan Moorman > > The only reason some people get lost in thought > is because it's unfamiliar territory. > > Paul Fix > > ================================= |
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