1998 S70 with 84K miles -- what should I service/rep

ChuckyC · Post by **ChuckyC** » 21 May 2007, 04:55

Can anyone please direct me to an online source for where I can find out what scheduled service maintenance should be done/should already have been done on a (used) 1998 S70 with 84,000 miles on it?

Unfortunately, while the car looks almost new from the outside and runs fine (except for that annoying ABS light coming on, which I know is a common issue with this model/year), I have no idea what recommended maintenance the former owner(s) may have done/failed to do, and now I'm getting nervous after reading a few forum messages by other S70 owners who've been faced with hugely costly repairs after serpentine/timing and tensioning belts failed on their S70s!

Post by **JRL** » 21 May 2007, 06:23

At 80K everything should have been done.
The 60K is a major service, tune up, brake and coolent flush, eyc
At 70K the timing belt should have been replaced (sticker should be on the engine)
ALL of this is importent but if you have no proff of the belt and tensioner, DO IT NOW!.
At this mileage things start to fail, strut mounts, aip pump and other annoying things but nothing that can do permanet damage except the T belt and..
Look at the transmission fluid, if it's black, change that out right away too