According to my Warranty & Maintenance Guide 2011 it says my Scion TC2 2011:

Oil - Every 10k
Air Filter - Every 30k
Radiator Flush - 100k then every 50k
Spark Plug Change - 120k

I'm coming from a Civic EX 6th GEN. These are the following things I did on that car that the Scion Maintenance Guide doesn't tell....

Valve Clearance/Valve Cover Gasket - Every 40k or 4 years
Fuel Filter Change - Every 30k or 2y
Bleed Brakes - Every 30k or 2y
Manual Transmission Oil Change - Every 2y or 30k
Power Steering Pump Flush - Every 2y or 30k
Timing Belt - Every 5y or 90k

My Scion TC2 is an auto and it uses a timing chain not a belt. So with those exceptions, what would be the intervals for the above listings that I named for my car onto the Scion?

Thanks

 

1. For bleeding brakes my general rule of thumb is to do it every time you change the brake pads. That way you ensure there is no air in the lines. That is with every vehicle.
2. At the shop I used to work at we recommended a manual transmission fluid change every 36k miles but an automatic flush was good for about 50k.
3. Our cars have electric power steering so the power steering flush isn't necessary.

As for the items pertaining to the valves and the timing chain, I'm not entirely sure. I would assume that a timing chain should only need replacing if it broke.

 

Oh and I'm of the school of thought that oil should never be used more than 5k miles. Even if it is synthetic.
And periodically check the air filter, if you feel its not as clean as it needs to be, change it out. You can't really rely on a manual for that. It has no idea if you live on a dirt road or not.

 

I've been using this on my civic for the past 6 years....
http://www.amsoil.com/storefront/asl.aspx

I drove normally without racing and would go 1 year till I'd have to change it out. My car got stolen in 2011 and I've been running the Amsoil since 2006 through 2011 straight. To test just to see if it was living up to its name, I took the oil pan off in 2009 to see the true results if there was any sludge within the course of 3 years of usage and there was a very very faint amount. Granted, I do on occasion hit the gas ever so often just for kicks, but still nothing I'd consider as racing. Therefore good synthetic oil can be used for long durations providing you aren't racing or doing heavy loads like hauling and such where there's alot of stress on the engine. It is very expensive oil, but it certainly did the job without any worries about sludge.

This is the version for our Scion Tc2...
http://www.amsoil.com/storefront/asm.aspx

I am currently going to use the Toyota oil for the duration of my warranty. I may just stick with this Toyota oil with the 1 year change intervals since its $4 cheaper than Amsoil and probably does as good as a job simply because I don't stress the engine.

 

Any thoughts on when to change out the fuel filter?

 

I usually replace the fuel filter every 50k miles regardless of what the service manual says.

 

i've missed my service intervals at the dealer... how would that play a factor if i was to go get some of these things done??? also....valve clearance and valve gasket???? this really need to be checked or would we be ok??? especially if we go turbo....they would check that lol kind of confusing i guess.... was never really good at "recomended service"