How essential is it to change ALL fluids?
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How essential is it to change ALL fluids?
I bought my 03 at 83k miles, now approaching 95k and want to change fluids like AT, differential, and coolant. I was thinking about changing brake & power steering fluids but it seems like a lot for one weekend, so I was wondering: How essential is it to change those?
Any fluid that passes through the engine or drive mechanisms I can understand, but power steering fluid? How hard is that fluid actually worked? Are there ever contamination issues reported that have caused failures? I am wondering the same for brake lines...
Any fluid that passes through the engine or drive mechanisms I can understand, but power steering fluid? How hard is that fluid actually worked? Are there ever contamination issues reported that have caused failures? I am wondering the same for brake lines...
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Brake fluid is UNDERchanged in my opinion. It's hydroscopic and absorbs moisture from the surrounding environment. I change my every 2 years and notice a difference each and every time. Some of my friends actualy beleive brake fluid is supposed to be black simply because they've never changed their fluid and when they look under the hood...it's black. Moisture in the lines can also cause rust issues, which can damage the lines and calipers if left unchecked. So YES, you want to flush your brake fluid.
Your car can survive another weekend without a fluid change in certain spots, but yes, you should look into replacing the power steering fluid as well. I like to do a "pump out/fill" method where i pump the fluid out of the reseviour and refill with Mobil 1 ATF. I do this each oil change as it takes a few mins to do. It's less messy and works along the same way as a drain/fill for the ATF. There is a method that replaced 100% of the PS fluid, but it's messy.
I used Mobil 1 fluid in all locations except the Trans (Matic-S) and the engine (Castrol GTX)
Your car can survive another weekend without a fluid change in certain spots, but yes, you should look into replacing the power steering fluid as well. I like to do a "pump out/fill" method where i pump the fluid out of the reseviour and refill with Mobil 1 ATF. I do this each oil change as it takes a few mins to do. It's less messy and works along the same way as a drain/fill for the ATF. There is a method that replaced 100% of the PS fluid, but it's messy.
I used Mobil 1 fluid in all locations except the Trans (Matic-S) and the engine (Castrol GTX)
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Actually I'm just boxed into this sub-forum: this is the kind of car I have, so this is the forum I post in. Faulty logic?
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True. I guess it really has come to this.
First of all, yes, having four doors is awesome.
Secondly, still yes, seeing as there are about 20 sections and sub-forums dedicated to the technical aspects of our cars and their systems.
Its really frustrating when I come into the sedan forum and there are just a bunch of "HELP MAH CAR IS BROKAN!!!111" threads.
Secondly, still yes, seeing as there are about 20 sections and sub-forums dedicated to the technical aspects of our cars and their systems.
Its really frustrating when I come into the sedan forum and there are just a bunch of "HELP MAH CAR IS BROKAN!!!111" threads.
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Now you have the guys who plan on driving these cars to 200K miles...so that's why you see so many threads on maintainence and less on LED's and HID's and wheels and such.
I keep wanting coupe 19's for my car...but don't feel like spending the money on an "old" car now.
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Was to be expected really. 7-10 year old cars, most over 100K miles. Younger crowd wants the next hottest thing so most have moved onto 2007/2008 or newer sedans and coupes.
Now you have the guys who plan on driving these cars to 200K miles...so that's why you see so many threads on maintainence and less on LED's and HID's and wheels and such.
I keep wanting coupe 19's for my car...but don't feel like spending the money on an "old" car now.
Now you have the guys who plan on driving these cars to 200K miles...so that's why you see so many threads on maintainence and less on LED's and HID's and wheels and such.
I keep wanting coupe 19's for my car...but don't feel like spending the money on an "old" car now.
Your car will only feel old if you don't maintain it. These things are classics now man.
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It feels dated to me. Primitive Bluetooth microphone setup and very primitive Nav setup.
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I plan on keeping my car for a while....but a new g37x is so tempting....
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I plan on keeping my car for a while....but a new g37x is so tempting....
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