Service Intervals

[VSCristian]

what would a good servicing routine for a VSII V6 consist of?

I service mine every 8000km (oil and filter change), and every fourth service is a major service at UltraTune.. where they change all engine fluids and filters, plugs, and they tune her, allignment ballance etc. and do a thorough report on her.

Was wondering what other people's routine looks like.

My brother had a VL rb30, and the idiot serviced it every 20-30 thousand kms or so...
needless to say, it did not last long.

[VSCristian]

i service every 8000 rather than 10 because i thought 10 was under ideal conditions, which w.syd isn't

[2SidedVR]

I got a VR and i do my own majors, and oil n filters. Oil and filter every 5000, and majors i can do when they're needed.

[VSCristian]

i used to do majors, but i want UltraTune to give it a good looking over every few ks...
thought the tuning stuff would be useful or am i wrong?

[admir87]

i personally dont think they can really tune anything, its all electronically controlled in these commodores.

i do my oil every 5000k,(found that 10000km is too long for sydney driving)
major services i do myself(plugs, air and fuel filter, check lead resistance, check sensors, clean maf throttle, and few other little things
only thing i leave to the mechanic is the transmission which gets serviced roughly every 20000-30000km

[The1]

oil and filter and check for fault codes every 5000km
fuel and air filters every 20,000km
auto gearbox and diff, spark plugs and leads, coolant, clean throttle body every 40,000km

i test the coil packs and leads when there due but if the resistance is still under the max i leave them on and i use the colour changing tectalloy red coolant so if it still looks ok i leave it in there, im due to change mine now after 80,000km the coolant is getting dirty and has oil in it, i will be doing my intake manifold gaskets this weekend and putting in new coolant.

i give the car a quick checkover every service to keep an eye on everything else.

Im at 260,000km now i bought it with 150,000km on it.