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:bowrofl: Not to much, another worthless holiday, but I don't have class.


So for a Real holiday, Happy Lee/Jackson day! :tup:

Racist

If might actually be noticeable if you don't have SRM and do this mod :tup:

Just because he's black doesn't mean I'm racist. I'm not the only one that thinks this administration can go F itself. :ugh2:

holiday...?? In Jan??

Was not talking about the administration since politics are not to be discussed. :icon23:




What's new today bugaboo?

Anyone know what the hell the dealer is talking (other than out of their a$$) about a coolant drain requiring special tools for the 370Z? When they tried to sell me a flush at 30K miles for fluid that's supposed to be good for 105K, I just laughed. But when I mentioned doing it myself, and they told me I couldn't... well, that just irritated me :shakes head:

I just looked over the exploded diagram (attached in an earlier post of mine) and there doesn't appear to be anything special required.

mmm.... Can I mod that into a Eject button?? You know... just in case I can't stand Isamu.... :icon18::icon18::icon18:

yah, i dont smoke either. im so glad they banned all smoking from restaurants and public places. i hated eating sushi and having smoke blow over our table. my food tasted like shitt. not that i tried it. :icon17:

i have a low profile dual USB power thingie on the console side to power my hero2 and one spare usb for phone or other things. :)

Do some research.... :tup: and don't fall into their trick... :ugh2:

:icon18: ask Mu... he's familiar with them since he's in the AF :icon17:

:hello: Ken, I think I found your answer :tup: Posted a few back

Always... and never :icon17:

Then what were you talking about?? :confused:

Not much, another day. Woke up with a slightly sore throat since I guess I was laying completely flat and had some sinus drainage. Rockin some gatorade right now. I need to go out and dig around in my hatch to fix a rattle, but it's just too damned cold outside. :icon17:

How are you doin?


Are we talking the Engine coolant?? Where you just pull off the lower silicone hose, drain, reattach, refill? :icon17:

thanks, mr.jar! :tup: yah, air release valve is correct, i wasnt expecting it on the radiator side. :icon17: cool. should be easy to do then.

and yah, shouldn't need any special tools to do the coolant drain/fill. after draining, i usually fill until coolant comes out of the air release valve, close that, then fill the reserve to max. cap the radiator. start engine, run it at 3K RPM for 10seconds at a time for 3 cycles keeping an eye on the water temp.

then add more to the reserve as needed. check work after a nice drive.

YES! :icon14: That was more or less my response when they told me I couldn't do it :icon17:

:bowrofl: I literally would have :rofl2: if they would have told me that.

I would have said fine, have your tech do it, but if he does exactly that, my flush is FREE? And when they say ummm no, Walk out. :tiphat: thanks guys!

:inoutroflpuke:

Yeah, it is super easy to see and access, though my intake heat shield seems to be every so slightly in the way.

Awesome :tiphat: That's about what I figured after minimal research :tup:

So how often should a coolant flush be done? (7AT) @ 43k right now.

I'm alive, can't complain. Would rather be out :driving: instead of working though. Talking to a guy about some Wedsport 19s but I don't think we will be able to reach a deal.

im going to change mine at 7yrs. my car's coming up 4yrs but i only have like 12K miles on it. :icon17:

My understanding is the Nissan Long Life BLUE Coolant should be changed at 105K miles or 7 years. It looks like the Nissan GREEN Coolant is good for 60K miles and 3-4 years (Ken, correct me if I'm wrong). And that seems to be a clear reason Nissan does not recommend mixing the two.

I don't imagine transmission matters, or at least I didn't see anything about it in the manual. I'll probably do mine sometime after I hit 60K miles or so. That way if I procrastinate, it's not a big deal :tup:

I agree, I'd be out :driving: but again it's too cold! :ughdance:

Which WedSports are you looking at? They have several that are :yum:

I'm @ 3 years at the end of march. :(

Which one do we have, the Blue then? Is there any +/- to using one over the other? I won't say the Performance word because thats silly lol

I've heard of some people doing an AT fluid flush @ 50k. I'm thinking if I ever went boosted, I'd have to build the tranny anyways to keep up, so that would mandate a fluid change anyways.

:tiphat:

Home, sweet home.

Awesome weekend.

The SA-55M in Black/Blue. Only problem is that sizes are 19x9.5 and 19x10.5. Not sure if Mr. Kenchan would approve.

mr.jar- you're correct on the green fluid. my G uses that and recommended change is 4years. im not sure about the milage though.

just take a look at your coolant reservoir. chances are you have the BLUE coolant. if GREEN you can immediately tell it's green. :)

not sure about your AT change interval.

+15 all around?

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I like these. I wish they would do the Black/Red machining for me in 19's, but no. :shakes head:

I'll have to take a peek in there tomorrow before I go to class then. See which one it is..


As for the AT, it says it's a sealed system that the fluid "never" needs to be changed. But come on... We know better then that... :rolleyes:

Yup, +15 all around. Is that what it would look like?

I believe all 370z have the blue coolant. I would use that over the green because it's what came with the car and is longer lasting :tup:

would you expect the interval to be different between AT vs MT?

Here is +15mm all around and sitting on Swift Spec-R springs.

http://www.the370z.com/members/onzed...ry-25-2012.jpg

well, my G's maintenance manual never mentions changing the MT fluid either on the light maintenance schedule ive been following the last 9yrs. :confused:

if lowered yes. honestly those are too aggressive for the Z (front).

mine are 19x9 ET38 for the front running a 5mm spacer (ET33). rears are 19x10.5 ET15.

That it is. That's why I'm :icon08: with them. The fronts are a little tucked, but not worth a 5mm spacer. The rears are user dependent as if they need a spacer as well. If anything, just a 5mm again.

I'd love to get a set of their TC105N's for track wheels. :tup:

True dat.


And yummy PSS'. :yum:

I believe you are confused. The AT is a sealed system, and the transmission fluid is lifetime and never needs to be serviced. The manual transmission does require replacement (and is really easy btw :tup:). The Engine Coolant is completely different, and I still don't see why the change interval would change based on the type of transmission...

hi mr.onzedge. :hello: in your case it would be ET32 front ET15 rear. :)

Ack, I need to see it on a non-lowered ride.

yah, the 19x9.5 ET15 will look like a tank up front. dont do it.

like i mentioned earlier, you want to be in the ET32-35 (9" width) range if you're not lowered for the front. :)

if going 9.5" width like my nismo's, ET38-41.

Ken, even the Z maintenance schedule never explicitly says to replace the MT fluid. It only says inspect every 15K miles. If I hadn't switched to Redline synthetic, I would have probably done this at 60K miles just for good measure.

I know Manual trans. requires fluid changes?

And I know engine coolant has nothing to do with trannys.

I was stating a completely different idea from the coolant, about the AT itself that a fluid that Never needs changing... come on, that can't be serious... :ugh2:

That might be harder to find... Googles only bringing up lowered rides. :(