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OntarioVanMan

OntarioVanMan

Retired Expediter
Owner/Operator
The Enemy said:
Heres my PM break down:

Oil & filter- 10k miles
Fuel filter- 30k miles
air filter- 50k miles
cabin air filter- 50k miles (or less during allergy season)
rear end fluid- 100k miles
tranny fluid & filter- 40-50k miles
coolant - 100k miles
brake fluid - 100k miles
power steering fluid - 100k miles

All the work is done by me except the brake & ps fluid flush. I'm sure there are things I'm forgetting, but thats off the top of my head.
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*LOL*...

Power steering....never changed it...don't even know where the canister is....

Brake fluid....Never changed it....

Coolant...never had it flushed or changed....well sort of when water pump went...

Go figure...eh?


Nick......Repack front bearings? forget that one?

oh tranny and rear end I do together about 80-100k
 
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golfournut

golfournut

Veteran Expediter
Thanks, that's good info. What oil are you using? I think I read somewhere in Benz literature that Mobil 1 is an approved oil. Does that sound right?

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OntarioVanMan

OntarioVanMan

Retired Expediter
Owner/Operator
golfournut said:
Thanks, that's good info. What oil are you using? I think I read somewhere in Benz literature that Mobil 1 is an approved oil. Does that sound right?

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It is for us...but 07 they changed up and I THINK the 10's changed again...not sure..always stick to the list for fluids...DO NOT cheap out to save a buck...
example...I have always used the Mopar "Sprinter" antifreeze...

I have NEVER flushed the rad and it is to this day, clean as a whistle...no scale build up....its a miracle I tell ya...

well I am not normal some say because of the great brake wear I get...like 300k plus on the fronts...
I would guesstamate...about 150k or so....depends..for me I just use common sense....or "feels" like it is time..
 
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comet_4298

Seasoned Expediter
golfournut said:
How often do you all repack the front bearings?

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I was doing a tire rotation and thought I would re-pack the front wheel bearings and found out that the '07 has a sealed hub/spindle and the rear bearing,you have to buy a complete axle.
 
OntarioVanMan

OntarioVanMan

Retired Expediter
Owner/Operator
comet_4298 said:
I was doing a tire rotation and thought I would re-pack the front wheel bearings and found out that the '07 has a sealed hub/spindle and the rear bearing,you have to buy a complete axle.
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Gee that sucks....they sure made it user unfriendly..
 
OntarioVanMan

OntarioVanMan

Retired Expediter
Owner/Operator
Guess I'll go to Ennis..there is Wally world there and be closer to Dallas without actually being there....I hate that J or TA...bunch of whining CVers there....LOL
 
jujubeans

jujubeans

OVM Project Manager
OntarioVanMan said:
Guess I'll go to Ennis..there is Wally world there and be closer to Dallas without actually being there....I hate that J or TA...bunch of whining CVers there....LOL
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Sun's coming out..hopefully I can mow today..grass is getting a mite long. Call when you pick up the truck please so I don't have to carry the cell out...:)
 
OntarioVanMan

OntarioVanMan

Retired Expediter
Owner/Operator
Well be darned....Dallas sent the same WRONG part last night...the driver had to go back this morning and get the right one....LOL...he's enroute back from Dallas now...still should be out of there before the techs lunch time....
 
golfournut

golfournut

Veteran Expediter
comet_4298 said:
I was doing a tire rotation and thought I would re-pack the front wheel bearings and found out that the '07 has a sealed hub/spindle and the rear bearing,you have to buy a complete axle.
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Holy crap. So is there grease or lube oil in the front axles?

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chefdennis

chefdennis

Veteran Expediter
I can't speak to the sealed wheel bearing / hub assemblies on the sprinter, ut GM uses them also and you can't do a thing to them, except replace them when they go bad..in 300,000 miles I replace both sides twice...I mess getting my hands full of bearing grease and packing those old wheel bearings....

Oh, at home on the sofa, eating pickles!!!:D
 
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