whitestang07

Well he said he did the plugs and regular oil changes. and rear diff but really i jsut want to go threw it for my piece of mind I know it will cost a few hundred but worth it so i can sleep at night lol i am doing the trans and rear diff next

whitestang07

Ohh and whats the seporater plate

99gtstang

I agree 100%.....Maintenance is all it takes to keep cars running to 200K.

pascal

The break in period is finally over.
You can now floor it!

Nuke

There's a TSB on the separater plate in the S197 main forum stickies. I wouldn't worry about it unless you're hearing a buzzing noise at a certain RPM range. It's an issue (one of many if you read thru the TSB's) that has affected a very small population of S197's.

Young_Gun

It used to affect me. Now it only does for about the first 5 minutes of driving. Since its nice and warm outside now, everything fits good and tight.

JFitz

I changed my fuel filter this weekend. Oh God, it was bad.

Also, do some research and find out if your car has a cabin air filter. Pain to get to but they can clog up your airflow pretty good if you don't change it. (Or are blissfully unaware you have one until the Texas climate reminds you that, hey, it's really hot and isn't cold air nice?)

99gtstang

Very good point. My wife’s last vehicle we purchased with 58K at 95k we were thinking the AC sucked. Googled it and behold the famous CABIN filter. Ebay sells them... WORLD OF DIFFERENCE.

Good note JFitz - the little things that mean so much.

JGill1992

the cabin air filter is really easy to change. just take off the plastic around the wiperblades on the passanger side and you can reach the filter. $14 at autozone. made a huge diffrence in my AC and my car just had 35k miles when i changed it.