Maintenance/checks Before European Trip

[McBrainless]

Hi,

Me and my mk2 1.6 Ti-VCT Focus estate are gonna embark on a 6000+km (that's 3729+miles for you brits) european roadtrip with some friends during June.
I was wondering if I should visit the Ford service before that, to let them check the different fluid levels and if any wearable parts are close to their usable limit (brake disks, pads etc.).
As this is a first trip of that size with my car, I was wondering if any of you forum users had some experiences what should I keep an eye on during the trip and what should I let the Ford service guys check before I leave.

Any tips would be appreciated!

[ben1191]

Is it the modball rally?

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[MattDRX]

New tyres, new pads and new discs, just better safe than sorry, do an oil and Filter change, make sure you take some extra oil with you, ensure break fluid and coolant levels are spot on.

[McBrainless]

Thanks for the reply! I bought new tyres just last year, so I'll skip those I think. Especially, cause my yearly milage is fairly low and during winter I use winter tyres. So the summer tires have barely been used.
I've booked a servicing at the end of May - hopefully everything will go smoothly then.

@ben1191 - not sure what that it... :)

[IINexusII]

like Matt said do a oil/filter change and check all the other fluids, and make sure you have plenty of meat left on the tyres/brakes

[nazsky786]

If you want a full car preparation then the stuff that you would do is,

Fuel filter if possible.

Spark plugs.

Coil pack.

HT leads.

Air filter.

Clean throttle body.

oil change.

Coolant change

Ac top up.

battery check.

Fluid check including transmission & brake.

Brakes check.

Tyre check and spare wheel check.

Headlight bulb check.

Rear brake light bulb check. And some spare just in case.

Check car suspension.

Check any weird sounds.

Balance tyres

Fill tyres with correct amount of air.

Timing belt condition check

Surpentine belt check.

Once you done all this your car should be all good.

[nazsky786]

O and some spare fuses just in case.