Yellowing CMC fluid

quickboat

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)?

DOOMMONKEY777

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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Fountainhead

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.

quickboat

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.

fuct

i wouldnt start changing it out until about 10k miles. average life span for the first factory CSC is about 30k miles.

quickboat

I guess maybe I should fork over the first 1000 bucks toward the extended 60k Gold warrantee instead of a new exhaust eh?

fuct

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!

quickboat

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.

fuct

mine broke at 24k. they replaced it under warranty. now im at 66k, i cross my fingers every drive.....

JARblue

My clutch looks fine (and would still look fine in another 10K miles), but they still wouldn't cover it. The Nissan dealer explained that they will not fix it outside of the 36K/3yr warranty unless they can get corporate to authorize the claim. The service manager was very honest with me and said corporate only authorizes those types of claims as "good will" to deserving customers. Since I have virtually no service history (just the car purchase and a single warranty claim for my headliner), it was pretty much a guaranteed rejection. Easy for them to just call it a "wearable" part. Which is ridiculous IMO. Plastic doesn't belong anywhere in the clutch system

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Redglare

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

Juan@Fontana

nope, still the same part number 09+ 306A1-JK40D

Fountainhead

Hey my neighbors new Stingray has a CSC and he's already having clutch dropping to the floor problems, his fluid is chunky….

Juan@Fontana

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.

JARblue

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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