neon hit 90 thou yesterday what needs replaced soon? can anything be done to increase the life of a current head gasket?

 

i was told you can retorque down the head just becareful you dont snap the head bolts

 

ATiming belt should be replaced every 60k.

 

FSM says....
90,000 Miles
*Change engine oil.
*Replace engine oil filter.
*Inspect front brake pads and rear brake linings.
*Check and replace, if necessary***, the PCV valve.**
*Lubricate front suspension upper ball joints.
*Adjust drive belt tension.
*Replace air cleaner element.
*Replace spark plugs.
*Change automatic transaxle fluid and filter. Adjust the bands.

At 105,000 miles...
*Engine timing belt
*Water pump
*Idler pulley

 

head bolts are only like $15. they are torque to yield. good for one tightening, one time. like rod bolts. what year is the car? my car had 207k miles on the first head gasket and i only replaced it cuz i blew up the engine. it was a 99 tho and had the MLS gasket (happens when they dont get any coolant whatsoever)

 

what is the PVC valve? and the trans fluid will i need one of those pumps to pump the fluid up into it cuz the hole is unacessable for a bottle or funnel?

 

use the correct mix of coolant

 

Positive Crankcase Ventilation valve. It's about $5 and an easy replacement.

You can use a funnel and long piece of tube. What I do is pull out the drain plug and then pull out the back up lamp switch and pour fluid into the hole until fluid runs out of the drain plug hole. Cap it off and be happy! You will have to remove the battery and tray to do it this way, but it's easier for me to do it this way.

 

I use a funnel with a tube on the end, cut the tires to the right, reach in there, pull out the plug, then feed the tube down between the brake master cylinder and fuse box...the tube is long enough so that the funnel sits between the two for easy pouring out of a gallon jug. Fill till it runs out, the hole, and plug it back up...you can let the excess in the funnel run back into the container.

 

never replaced that before im sure i could figure it out by looking at the part, but if you have pics it would be sweet. thanks