Complete Fluids Change Question?
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Burning Brakes
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Complete Fluids Change Question?
My 04 Coupe has just over 31k miles. Bought it with around 15 One and half year back. I was going to have it serviced and wanted to know what would be recommended to do. Trans Fluid,oil, coolant. What else should be changed or would be good to change?
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By age there are three things that need to be done. Coolant flush and refill, brake fluid, clutch fluid. Look at the master cylinder and clutch reservoirs. If the fluid is dark, you are past the point of needing a change as the fluid is hygroscopic and absorbs moisture. Engine oil by the DIC gauge, tranny and diff fluids are milage related and not due at 31+K miles. If it was my car and I wanted to make sure that everything was up to snuff, I would do them all and replace with good grade of synthetics. Not a cheap operation but then you did not buy a cheap car either.
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Definitely do the coolant and brake/clutch fluid (if you have a manual tranny). Wouldn't hurt to do the other fluids also, but not an absolute must.
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Follow the above suggestions but "do-it-yourself"......sounded like you were going to let a dealership do the work.
Use the search feature to find out how. Its easy, cheap and you'll get great satisifaction knowing the job was done correctly....by you.
Use the search feature to find out how. Its easy, cheap and you'll get great satisifaction knowing the job was done correctly....by you.
