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After reading on here about all of the trouble guys are having with the CSC among other things, I have been keeping an eye on things So with only 1400

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Old 06-29-2014, 05:43 PM   #1 (permalink)
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After reading on here about all of the trouble guys are having with the CSC among other things, I have been keeping an eye on things So with only 1400 miles I notice that the CMC fluid is beginning to change color. Turning yellow unlike the brake fluid. Should I flush it out or let the dealer do it (will they)?
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Its a normal thing i have the same coloring after a change, as long as u dont have metal particles in the reservar ur good and dont forget to change fluid when its blackish color.
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Hi Quickboat,

I would change it (google Ranger protocol) when I saw it changing color, or at the very least when you saw particles in it. Don't wait until is black for goodness sake!
I think the dealer will laugh in your face if you ask him to change it because it's changing color, and then, later, he'll laugh behind your back when Nissan or you pay him 1200.00 to redo your clutch hydraulics (maybe....) under warranty.
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It just seems counter intuitive to change something that should NOT be occurring. This car is babied with 1400 miles on her! Heck I have yet to change the engine oil! I know this is a well documented issue, Nissan should step up to the plate here.
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i wouldnt start changing it out until about 10k miles. average life span for the first factory CSC is about 30k miles.
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I guess maybe I should fork over the first 1000 bucks toward the extended 60k Gold warrantee instead of a new exhaust eh?
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I thought the CSC was fixed on ALL 13's and 14's, there is even a brand new part number for it?

I could have sworn I read it on here somewhere, nissan went to a metal unit after all the fails on the 09-12
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I thought the CSC was fixed on ALL 13's and 14's, there is even a brand new part number for it?

I could have sworn I read it on here somewhere, nissan went to a metal unit after all the fails on the 09-12
nope, still the same part number 09+ 306A1-JK40D
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Hey my neighbors new Stingray has a CSC and he's already having clutch dropping to the floor problems, his fluid is chunky….
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Honestly the only real fix for this is replacing the plastic factory CSC with an Aluminum one I personally prefer the SZ clutch flywheel and CSC unit because everything in the kit is rebuild-able and the drive-ability feels better than factory. i know there are cheaper options out there but having driven everything I believe SZ has the best fix in the market at the moment.
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Honestly the only real fix for this is replacing the plastic factory CSC with an Aluminum one
There are two options: in addition to the ZSpeed Heavy Duty CSC, there is a Z1 CSC Elimination Kit that uses an external slave cylinder in lieu of the internal concentric slave cylinder.
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There are two options: in addition to the ZSpeed Heavy Duty CSC, there is a Z1 CSC Elimination Kit that uses an external slave cylinder in lieu of the internal concentric slave cylinder.
Would I want to start changing out warranted parts so soon in the vehicles life? What good is a warrantee if I just replace all of the weak points with aftermarket upgrades? I guess if the stealership wont flush this and keep it going full warrantee period than I have a choice between high maintenance(changing CMC fluid every 1kmi or upgrading). Don't want to get stranded that for sure.
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I guess maybe I should fork over the first 1000 bucks toward the extended 60k Gold warrantee instead of a new exhaust eh?
if you hit 60k and the CSC goes out insurance wont cover it. they only cover it if the clutch it self doesnt look abused or worn out. at 60k+ miles your clutch will not look good. they will call the CSC a "wear and tear" part like the clutch.

ive been there trust me!
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Unless you are within the 36K miles bumper-to-bumper warranty period, none of that stuff will be covered under warranty.

I drive my Z all over Texas (sometimes upwards of 900 miles in a single day). I don't want to get stranded, so I went ahead and replaced my CSC with the Z1 CSCEK recently at 51K miles. Nissan will not cover either the CSC or the MC under the 60K Powertrain warranty. The only way they will do it is if you are still under the bumper-to-bumper warranty or as a "good will service", which basically means you have a have spent a lot of money at the dealership and had all or most of your service done there.
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if you hit 60k and the CSC goes out insurance wont cover it. they only cover it if the clutch it self doesnt look abused or worn out. at 60k+ miles your clutch will not look good. they will call the CSC a "wear and tear" part like the clutch.

ive been there trust me!
At 1400 miles with the fluid changing color I don't think this CSC will make 60k or 20k for that matter. I just have to decide it I want to use the factory warrantee for the first failure or head it off with an aftermarket upgrade. Part of the reason I bought new was reliability.
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