Need advice please

bvl · 04-05-2014, 06:27 AM

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Originally Posted by roy'sz

Well consider this...if your car sits through hot weather and cools at night you do build up moisture over time and in some cases it doesn't have a vent like the power steering or clutch and brake fluid. 2yrs is most likely the key interval. Good mention on the 2 cycles of maintenance. I used to do the second due to the fact I commuted 100miles a day and 88 of it was hwy miles. Also never sat in traffic because I drove opposite of natural traffic flow but changed oil at 6k miles.

I hear you and each car is a bit different. I have actually been doing UOA's and trending our Z. For us using a very good synthetic like PU 5/30, 7500 miles has been no sweat (could easily do 10K before TBN starts to get low) in my application of 75/25 HWY/City.

Yesterday I did coolant after 4y as its till in warranty (extended) and I wanted to show the dealer a bit more love should I need some help with a claim in the future. Odds are, I won't. In 3 years its gotten nothing but fluid and filter changes, one TSB.

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kenchan · 04-05-2014, 08:39 AM

i can tell you that my 10yr old G has nothing but oil, brake, coolant, add distilled water (battery), and diff oil change. and she's running perfectly. i check steering fluid from time to time and it doesnt appear worn at all. be doing a 1qt of extract/fill this spring, but i honestly dont think it's necessary on my car.

34k miles on the odo. original battery too. im the original owner.

when she gets to 50k miles i will be doing the MT fluid change. might have a shop help me with the clutch fluid. not sure yet. clutch still feels fine.

on my dd i change fluids much sooner under severe driving conditions, but not on my hobby cars.

kenchan · 04-05-2014, 08:43 AM

actually.. on my dd's i dont really do much work on them other than oil changes and filter type changes, and just buy a new car every 4-5yrs before value goes down.

that said, yah, op you should probably change your fluids. lol changing fluids is not my problem.

ZackMorris · 04-07-2014, 06:40 AM

i dont know any of the acronyms being used..making me feel more like a tool

anytime i go to any mechanic shop or get oil changed i dont like the feeling of just giving some stranger most of the time a kid my car and trusting him to do what hes supposed to

esp when half the time i watch them jolt back and forth trying to pull the car into there bay. With the Z ill be very resistant to doing that and that worries me

Chuck33079 · 04-07-2014, 06:59 AM

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Originally Posted by ZackMorris

i dont know any of the acronyms being used..making me feel more like a tool

anytime i go to any mechanic shop or get oil changed i dont like the feeling of just giving some stranger most of the time a kid my car and trusting him to do what hes supposed to

esp when half the time i watch them jolt back and forth trying to pull the car into there bay. With the Z ill be very resistant to doing that and that worries me

So DIY everything. Nothing anyone's mentioned in this thread is hard at all.

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04-05-2014, 08:39 AM	#2 (permalink)
kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141522	i can tell you that my 10yr old G has nothing but oil, brake, coolant, add distilled water (battery), and diff oil change. and she's running perfectly. i check steering fluid from time to time and it doesnt appear worn at all. be doing a 1qt of extract/fill this spring, but i honestly dont think it's necessary on my car. 34k miles on the odo. original battery too. im the original owner. when she gets to 50k miles i will be doing the MT fluid change. might have a shop help me with the clutch fluid. not sure yet. clutch still feels fine. on my dd i change fluids much sooner under severe driving conditions, but not on my hobby cars.

04-05-2014, 08:43 AM	#3 (permalink)
kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141522	actually.. on my dd's i dont really do much work on them other than oil changes and filter type changes, and just buy a new car every 4-5yrs before value goes down. that said, yah, op you should probably change your fluids. lol changing fluids is not my problem.

04-07-2014, 06:40 AM	#4 (permalink)
ZackMorris Base Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 30 Drives: 09 Nissan 370z Blk Rep Power: 13	i dont know any of the acronyms being used..making me feel more like a tool anytime i go to any mechanic shop or get oil changed i dont like the feeling of just giving some stranger most of the time a kid my car and trusting him to do what hes supposed to esp when half the time i watch them jolt back and forth trying to pull the car into there bay. With the Z ill be very resistant to doing that and that worries me