Been looking at s2000 that are for sale and have been noticing that some of the low mile cars (20000 or less) have had the oil changed in the trans and the diff.
Do these cars need it changed more often the any other car???????

 

Owner's manual in PDF can be downloaded from the Honda Owner's Link page. The recommended maintenance schedule is listed in the manual.

http://owners.honda.com/vehicles/inf.../S2000/manuals

That's the link to a 2005, but you can choose whichever year you need to see. For regular maintenance schedule, the manual suggests every 30,000 miles (48,000 km) or every 2 years, whichever comes first for the rear diff. For MTF, every 120,000 miles (192,000 km) or every 6 years, whichever comes first. Naturally if the car lives in a harsher climate or is driven harder than "average," then one would probably follow the "severe" conditions schedule or go by one's own preference.

Some of these cars, particularly the lower mile ones, get babied.

 

This, and it's recommended by Billman and others to not wait as long as the manual suggests. Nothing wrong with a little extra maintenance

Most S2Ks are now 10 years old or older so if the mileage hasn't gotten there, the time certainly has.

 

It's a small diff that's asked to do a lot. There are a number of recommendations to change more often than the maintenance schedule indicates. Some find that the transmission seems to shift better with more frequent changes.

 

Fluid changes are an inexpensive way to keep up on preventative maintenance. It is also easily done, inexpensively yourself at home with a wrench and 2 jackstands. Also there are many preferences for this fluid or that. With that said fluids are readily switched by S2k owners just because...

 

Exactly. My 2005 only has 7k miles. Although everything is well under the mileage limit, I assumed that all the fluids had passed their expiration date, in regards to time. So I had all the fluids changed. It was relatively cheap and worth the peace of mind.

 

JOC, how often do most of you folks change the radiator fluid? I would think that the coolant's half-life is shorter than most hydrocarbon-based lubricants --- sitting in an idle car. And how about the brake and clutch hydraulics?

Do you change both, more frequently, with heavy car use?



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Brake fluid every 2 years. Clutch more often. Every other oil change I change fluid in clutch mc. Full gravity bleed change when brake fluid done.

Coolant at 100k as manual suggests, which I am at now. So time to do it.

 

The maintenance intervals are in the 2005 and earlier owners manuals, the 2006 and later have a Maintenance Minder that specifies when service needs to be done.

The "severe service" interval won't hurt. As noted the lubricants are relatively inexpensive escecially if you're doing the work yourself. The differential takes less than a quart and the transmission less than two. The transmission is reputed to shift smoother with more frequent changes than called for. Several lubes will work there but note it's different oil than the front wheel drive stick shift cars use. I'll probably do an annual lube change Only takes a few minutes.

The brakes were done last summer. Schedule is every three years.

-- Chuck

 

For me at least, fluids, breaks, and tires need to be replaced more often than my other cars. Oil at 3k miles, air filter every 10k miles or so, transmission and diff at 30k, clutch fluid every 2 years, and brake fluid every 2 years or whenever I need a break job which seems to be less than 2 years. Tires go quick, I need either 2 or 4 every 15k or so depending on how I'm driving, and I'm using all seasons. I drive hard; it's my daily, as well as my fun car.