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Old 12-04-2006, 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Jim B. View Post
... and you could wait a while on the coolant, if it had a new radiator and coolant, at 135, 000, and you have about 145,000 on the car now, you could proabably let it go to about 165,000 miles give or take.
Every maintenance item on your car is done at mileage intervals, i.e. change oil every 7,500 miles, replace spark plugs every 30,000 miles, etc., except for two items which are replaced at time intervals:

1. coolant - replace every three years.

2. brake fluid - replace every two years.
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2001 E430, Bourdeaux Red, Oyster interior.
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1973 280SE 4.5, 170,000 miles. 568 Signal Red, Black MB Tex. "The Red Baron".
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