NA that's been parked up for several years

Technical Area Routine Servicing
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  1. My model of MX-5 is: 96 Gleneagles 1.8

My son has just purchased his first car, a 1996 Gleneagles 1.8 NA

Since 2016 it’s only really travelled 200 miles a year - Yes, just 200 hundred miles a year!

It’s been MOT’d each year, and any failure items have been fixed, but it’s on tyres from 2009/2010 and I’ve no idea when any of the fluids were last changed.

So, the current work schedule is 4x new tyres, new discs & pads. Oil & filter change.

Should I also replace all the other fluids too?

PSF
Gear Box Oil
Radiator Coolant
Brake Fluid
any thing else I’ve forgotten?

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Possibly battery and check the clutch slave cylinder, these do deteriorate on these early models then leak. On brakes I would strip them down (when renewing discs/pads) to ensure everything is working freely and lubed. Belts too, cambelt and auxiliary belt
check if they’ve been changed.

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I second this, i purchased a low mileage MX-5 NA from an auction, and about 2 months after purchase i was driving and the aux belt begun to squeak and eventually snapped while driving. Belts definitely being the first thing you wanna check.

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I spent under a tenner on a brake fluid tester. Luckily my car tested as virtually zero but my wife’s car was 5% water content.

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That’s somewhat high mileage, my Gleneagles has only done 30 miles in total since 2016 :wink:

Maybe do all the filters, not just oil? (so fuel, air and oil).

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Go right through it if its a keeper, diff oil too.
Fuel filter is often overlooked but worth doing, dont buy a cheap one though, i had one from Autolink and it started leaking badly after 2 drives out which luckily happened in my garage.
Kavo brand i believe.
I use blue print stuff most of the time without issues.

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