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Has My Car Had 100k Km Service?

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Hey guys,

I've giving up trying to figure it out and searching because most people seem to know.

I bought my car with 109k kms on the clock, but I have no idea what the numskull (censored) ex-owner did to it. I know he put 3 different brans of tyre on the car all at once and he had all the tyre pressures at 26psi, he had never done an oil change and relied on his mechanic to service it without questioning the products he used, he had no idea how much power had stock, or how much boost it was meant to run, or that the snorkel was missing, or that the brake rotors were scratched, or that it had a viscous lsd...

Sorry, I'll stop now.

So how do I confirm he did the 100k km service knowing he'd been trying to sell the gtt for many months before I bought it? Should I just to the service anyway rather then finding out it hadn't been done when the timing belt goes?

The clutch is failing now at ~130k km, so thats not a good sign. Then again the guy was an old man and drove like one.

Thanks for the advice.

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Seeing as the timing belt usually gets changed at the 100k service, if it were done there should be a sticker or something in the engine bay saying it was changed. Should be stuck on the timing belt cover. Although all this could mean is that the timing belt was changed and nothing else :)

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Not sure if the photo's going to work, never uploaded one before! If it does, you can see a whitish sticker on black plastic just behind the pipe at the front. Thats the sticker saying the belt was changed at 100k. :)

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I think i'm right in saying that lol! As my old car (mitsubishi) didn't have that kind of sticker until the belt was replaced, then it was put on. Guessing timing belts come with that sticker when they're bought?

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Yeah at least now I KNOW when my car had a new belt put in lol

Yeah mine must have been done in Japan as I'm the first AUS owner so maybe thats what Nissan do when they get the genuine timing belt (it more then likely would come with the sticker)

Galois Veteran

Galois

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Better safe than sorry!

A lot of people try to sell before the 100k mark, coz major service= $$$.

Some people overshoot the mark and then make it someone elses expensive problem.

urgh *cries*

I guess I'll buy the kudos 100k service kit. Is it hard to install? I'm handy with a spanner but not very experienced...

jrm Veteran

jrm

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I wouldn't recommend doing it yourself if you haven't done one before - you mess it up - it's engine rebuild time - as has been witnessed by some people on this forum ...

Take it to a trusted mechanic ..

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Galois

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I wouldn't recommend doing it yourself if you haven't done one before - you mess it up - it's engine rebuild time - as has been witnessed by some people on this forum ...

Take it to a trusted mechanic ..

Cheers mate, will do. It's so annoying as a newbie, it's so often a case of "don't do it unless you've done it before". Not criticising you mate, just the world haha.

I have a mate who's ridiculously competent at this stuff, he's done it all before, I'll see if he's keen on a project day haha. Otherwise my local mechanics a pretty reliable guy, I'm just keen for the experience.

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Hmmm the guy I bought mine off (fellow SAU'er) said and stated in the ad it was done. So I'm pretty sure mine is! Can anyone on here read Japanese? Mine's all 100,000kms with a bunch of Japanese characters!

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Hmmm the guy I bought mine off (fellow SAU'er) said and stated in the ad it was done. So I'm pretty sure mine is! Can anyone on here read Japanese? Mine's all 100,000kms with a bunch of Japanese characters!

Come along to the event below (in my Sig) next month and there'll be a couple of guys available there!

Munkyb0y Grand Master

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that sticker is there from factory, telling you the belt must be changed at 100,000kms.

the fact is, if you dont have receipts proving it's been done, you really should get it done yourself. you just dont want that thing letting go.

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