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About mine 370z :drive about 1-2 day a week (~10 miles or less ) some times i leave it untouched for a week cause busy working. It is at 9k

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Old 04-22-2014, 01:54 AM   #1 (permalink)
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About mine 370z :drive about 1-2 day a week (~10 miles or less ) some times i leave it untouched for a week cause busy working. It is at 9k miles and i dont want to go above 10k in next 1 year
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Blue Cooling fluid: i do not flush and do not know how to, i just use turkey blaster to suk out as much old fluid as i can, then fill in new cooling fluid. Cost: 24$ for the blue bottle at NIssan dealer ship

Steering fluid: turkey blaster too .cost: 4$ (i cant believe the bottle was so cheap )

Brake fluid: turkey blaster ?????? i heard somewhere that if you dont change brake fluid in proper way, air will enter the brake system and loose your brake ????? cost: ???? uncheck yet.

These topic about bleeding is too complicated for me, mostly because i dont have a garage and tools
How to Bleed Your Brake Fluid Using Motive Power Bleeder 0117 (AK370Z)

So are there any big differences ? I heard the original brake fluid for 370z from Nissan dealer ship is DOT 3, which is not really good compare to advanced DOT 4 or Dot 5.1. Motul..... can i mix them ?

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You can mix them if you read the bottle.
Is there a big difference? No. Not unless you track.

And go to Walmart for the turkey basters. They're like $1.48 there
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You can mix them if you read the bottle.
Is there a big difference? No. Not unless you track.

And go to Walmart for the turkey basters. They're like $1.48 there
i got 4 of them at home cause i can not find anything better there
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You can mix them if you read the bottle.
Is there a big difference? No. Not unless you track.

And go to Walmart for the turkey basters. They're like $1.48 there
i got 4 of them at home cause i can not find anything better there
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