Hello. Looking for some helpful advice. I bought a 2004 with 67,000 miles. My boss's kid is a decent mechanic, he wants to "get it ready" for me. He ordered the following:

Oil Filter & Mobil 1 5w40
New Serpentine Belt - (old one looked tired, shiny on the outside)
Some blue coolant, not sure what it is, but that's what is currently in it.

He wanted to put plugs in it, I told him to pull one and look at it. If I don't know when the prior owner last replaced them, what do you guys recommend?

Car has a K&N cold air on it, kid tells me the weather stripping material is shot. He ripped what was left of it off and told me I can order new.

Engine starts right away, runs and shifts flawlessly, anything else I should have him look at? Is the kid about to do any harm?

 

10w30 is the correct oil. Plugs should be bought from honda, so the gaps are correct.

BE SURE plugs are torqued to 24 ft lbs.

 

I would also go with a trans fluid change (Honda green label).

 

+ Differential fluids as well. And don't forget the OEM oil filter, and drain/fill bolt washers too.

Unless previous owner gave you records of prior maintenances, changing everything fresh would be a good starting point.

 

Pass on the OEM fluid and get Amsoil synchromesh. Shifts a lot smoother.

 

I just purchased my 05 w/ 67k miles too!

Here's what I've done to get mine where I want:

- Oil change w/ Mobil 1 10w30 extended performance (5.1 quarts)
- New Honda OEM oil filter
- New Honda OEM cabin air filter
- 4 new NGK 7772 spark plugs (doing a spark plug change regardless of current running condition is a good indicator of how your engine has been running in the past). I bought 6 plugs in case 1 or 2 came gapped incorrectly from the factory but the first 4 I checked were already correctly gapped . Pulling only a single plug won't give ALL of the information [albeit a decent indicator] but if you want to only check 1 I would recommend pulling cylinder 4 plug (closest to firewall).
- Coolant change (I dilute pure coolant myself with distilled water [available at grocery store] down to 50/50)
- Transmission fluid change with Honda Manual Transmission Fluid (really needs to be Honda fluid, make sure he gets the correct one!)
- Differential fluid change with Mobil 1 75w90 gear oil (other members prefer other fluids... check out some other threads regarding fluid choice)
- New crush washers for all fill/drain bolts
- Clutch fluid change with some good NEW brake fluid
- Brake fluid exchange/bleed with some good NEW brake fluid
- Check/adjust tire pressure

Please be sure to dispose of all old fluid wastes appropriately

 

Thank you all.

Funny, I spilled a little coffee in the car on the way to work this morning. Had to pull over and punch myself in the mouth.

God I love this car.

 

Good, saved us the trouble.

 

Welcome and do as recommend in the previous posts!

 

Welcome.

Check out the link in my signature for new owners. I believe it will have all the information you are looking for... and more!