Oil Bottle In Boot?

[BKC34]

Ok so call me stupid for asking this but it has no markings or anything and i didnt get a manual with my stagea BUT

in the boot on the right hand side you open up a compartment and there is a reservoir with some sort of oil in it

could anyone please inform me of what it is, as I'm getting my 100 000km service done in a couple of weeks, and the guy whos doing it, has never done a stagea before (he has done lots of skylines tho of course and he's the best in cairns so yeh..... theres only like 4 other stagea's in cairns) so i want to make i sure i know what it is so i can tell him (in case he cant work it out)

Cheers everyone

Bradd

[Stinky Rooster]

Uuuuuuuuuuse the search Luuuke.......

Its the ATESSA fluid, for the 4WD system.

[BKC34]

Thanks heaps mate !

i thought it might of been something to do with the 4wd system

Cheers

Bradd

[Demoniak]

Thanks heaps mate !

i thought it might of been something to do with the 4wd system

Cheers

Bradd

or it could be the reseviour to the HICAS

[BigDirtyJase]

definately ATESSA bottle. I don't think that Stagea's (barring the 260RS) has HICAS

[Stinky Rooster]

Only the S2 2wd came with HICAS

[lachlanw]

rs four s models all came with hicas.... and in my crud factory manual has a picture of the resivior and has some japanese jibberish (well japanese that i cant read)but it has ''LSD" in the middle of the jibberish in bold letters. just to confuse the issue more

[RBPOWA-(TJ)]

i was told TRANSFER CASE ... it dont worrie me tho ...mech just does the work

[pork hunt drifting]

hicas

[Stinky Rooster]

i was told TRANSFER CASE ... it dont worrie me tho ...mech just does the work

The transfer case shares the ATF of the trans, but if you want to be really specific, the fluid in question (if it is the ATTESSA resivoir we are talking about) ends up at an actuator at the back of the transfer case, but it gets there via a pump just above the rear diff.....

[STAG250]

drain the reservoir and I will guarantee you your 4wd light will come on as mine did after I had my turbo jobby and not enough fluid had been added and bleeding been done

[BKC34]

yeh the series 2 rs4s do have hicas, it blinks on my dash when i start it up, but yeh i guess it is the 4wd fluid stuff, i hope lol

[Duncan]

meh HICAS or 4wd makes no difference, they both take the same fluid (ATF). The one in my boot is 4wd though, its a S1 AWD and doesnt have hicas

[Sydneykid]

What Duncan said, plus the HICAS is electronic anyway, no Stagea had the R32 hydraulic HICAS, which BTW used the power steering reservoir.

Cheers

Gary

[Duncan]

lol good point.

and you owe me a phone call

[Demoniak]

What Duncan said, plus the HICAS is electronic anyway, no Stagea had the R32 hydraulic HICAS, which BTW used the power steering reservoir.

Cheers

Gary

my old r33 had the hicas reservoir in it in the back, so you can assume then that some s1 and s2 models could have it as well.

[Sydneykid]

my old r33 had the hicas reservoir in it in the back, so you can assume then that some s1 and s2 models could have it as well.

What I can assure you that any reservoir in the boot of an R33 is most definitely NOT for HICAS.

R33's and R34's have an electric motor that moves the rear steering rack, there are no hydraulics involved.

R32's have a hydraulically moved rear steering rack powered by the power steering pump. Which has 2 stages, one stage for the front power steering and one for the rear. The reservoir for the power steering is under the bonnet.

GTR's and GTS4's do have the ATESSA reservoir in the boot, as do 4wd Stageas.

Cheers

Gary

[Duncan]

wasn't the 33 vspec diff hydraulic?