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Originally Posted by JARblue 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

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Old 01-21-2013, 02:12 PM   #5851 (permalink)
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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

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

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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

I just looked over the exploded diagram (attached in an earlier post of mine) and there doesn't appear to be anything special required.
Are we talking the Engine coolant?? Where you just pull off the lower silicone hose, drain, reattach, refill?
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I think I found it but not 100% positive. See attachments. Nissan appears to refer to it as the Air Relief Valve (#20) in the manual; it is circled in red in my photo.
thanks, mr.jar! yah, air release valve is correct, i wasnt expecting it on the radiator side. 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.
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Are we talking the Engine coolant?? Where you just pull off the lower silicone hose, drain, reattach, refill?
YES! That was more or less my response when they told me I couldn't do it
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YES! That was more or less my response when they told me I couldn't do it
I literally would have 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. thanks guys!

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thanks, mr.jar! yah, air release valve is correct, i wasnt expecting it on the radiator side. 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.
Yeah, it is super easy to see and access, though my intake heat shield seems to be every so slightly in the way.

Awesome That's about what I figured after minimal research
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So how often should a coolant flush be done? (7AT) @ 43k right now.
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Then what were you talking about??

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Are we talking the Engine coolant?? Where you just pull off the lower silicone hose, drain, reattach, refill?
I'm alive, can't complain. Would rather be out 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.
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So how often should a coolant flush be done? (7AT) @ 43k right now.
im going to change mine at 7yrs. my car's coming up 4yrs but i only have like 12K miles on it.
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So how often should a coolant flush be done? (7AT) @ 43k right now.
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
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I agree, I'd be out but again it's too cold!

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im going to change mine at 7yrs. my car's coming up 4yrs but i only have like 12K miles on it.
I'm @ 3 years at the end of march.

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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
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.
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