Hey guys, I'm looking for advice on what kind of maintenance items I should be concerned about on my Monte. It's a 2004 SS with just under 165k miles on it. I've only owned it a few weeks now, but I know the oil is good, plugs and wires are good, upper intake manifold was changed as well as lower intake manifold gaskets were changed, and it has a new MAP sensor. That's about all I know other than it appears to have been very well taken care of. Should I have the transmission flushed? I've heard stories over the years about people getting transmission flushes on higher mileage cars and then the transmission going out right afterwards and I definitely don't want that to happen. What else should I be concerned about at this point? I thought about taking it to a shop to have it looked over but was quoted $130-$160 "depending on how deep they go". It's hard for me to get time off work to do something like that though and most shops are closed on the weekends around here.

EDIT: Forgot to mention, the plastic coolant elbows have been replaced with metal ones.

 

I wouldnt flush the transmission. Only a pan drop + fluid / filter change.

You can pull the dipstick to see how the fluid looks though- should be fairly red. If its burned / black, then there could be some issues.

 

Sorry, I didn't mean flush. I just meant fluid/filter change. I guess I should probably do that and the coolant since I don't know if/when they were done. I haven't even been up under this car yet but I'm not expecting to see anything terrible. Do these cars have greasable bushings?

 

Not from the factory / OEM replacement parts. There are some aftermarket replacements that do though.