i just bought a 2002 bmw 325i with 117k miles what kind of maintenance and things i should do to keep the car in great running condition. like what type of oil and gasoline should i use or any advice and tips would be great. thank you in advance|||Most stuff should have been changed at 100k. But not then do the coolant system. Change the water pump, hoses, especially that stupid plastic radiator tank they called an 'expansion tank'. So, since you are then are ready, change the belts, tensioner, and idle pulley. The AC tensioner does not need to be change until it breaks. The other tensioner will, just that since you have the water pump out and need to remove to belt to get to it, might as well do those also. No other preventive maintenance needed.
Change all of the fluids if it has never being changed.|||synthetic oil and at least mid grade petrol will help your 3 run at its best. Replace the blower motor resistor if you want to avoid dead battery issues that most shops will say requires a new alternator (the blower motor resistor is a known but forgotten issue that will cause the battery to die when sitting in park with the key out)
you want to keep an eye on the valve cover gaskets, the VANOS line and the oil filter housing for signs of leakage, the instrument cluster is going to go bad (not all the pixels will show) at some point but that wont hurt the car.
ball joints and torsion rods need to be replaced on the front suspension, possibly the lower control arm too but it will start to make noise when that becomes necessary. I have one right now with over 250,000 miles on it and lots of life left - take care of it and it will take care of you!!
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