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alter@rchland.vnet.ibm.com (Eric Alter) writes:

>Today's new cars do not require that much normal maintenance as most, if not
>all, of the cars functions are controlled by the engine computer.  About the
>only things that can be done, that I know of, is:

>Changing air filter and other emission controls filters (PCV valve)
>Change oil/oil filter
>Change spark plugs
>Add fluids as necessary
>Change tranny fluid/filter (at least on my auto)
>Lube chassis

You forgot...

Change fan, air-con and water-pump/power-stearing belts
Replace heater-hoses
Replace radiator hoses
Change petrol filter
Replace emmisions control hoses
Flush radiator

what else? next person...

>The point of all this babbling is that most of the maintenance can be done by
>yourself as it isn't that complex even for someone who knows little about auto
>maintenance (like myself, but I'm learning...).

Fully agree.  One of the best maintenence tasks you can perform, apart from
making sure you have oil and water is to spend 10 minutes a week just 
staring/poking/looking around and at your engine and engine bay.  
Doing this I have managed to detect water-pump, radiator, fuel-pump,
fan-belt, alt-bracket, carburettor-gasket and other problems before they
turned into terminal failures :-)

Regards Scott.
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