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after reading about the damaging effects the wrong oil has on teh 8spd autos thought i would check before i do a service as to what i should be using...

10-40 engine oil

GL4 gearbox oil (6spd manual) ?? is this correct? should it be gl5?

is there any special fluids i HAVE to use for things such as power steering etc..???

sorry to ask, but i dont have a service manual :)

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after reading about the damaging effects the wrong oil has on teh 8spd autos thought i would check before i do a service as to what i should be using...

10-40 engine oil

GL4 gearbox oil (6spd manual) ?? is this correct? should it be gl5?

is there any special fluids i HAVE to use for things such as power steering etc..???

sorry to ask, but i dont have a service manual :rofl2:

If you want a free service manual ( full workshop actually) then grab this one I found several years ago for the G35 Infinity from the USA.

Some things are obvously different in a left hand drive and security radio etc is different but practically everything else mechanical is identical for our cars.

http://psedog.com/cars/fsm/g35

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Hi there guys, as for what type of fluid's to use for a service on your vehicle i would try to do as much homework as possible. I have a 250GT auto and it came with no handbook etc and to make it worse nissan weren't interested in helping me out at first so i went online and found a company called datamanuals they had a download version and a disc version for a Infiniti G35 so i bought it and once i had it i found all the info i needed but it is for the 3.5lt engine so anyway i started looking for the atf fluid which they state should only be genuine nissan matic-j or else say good bye to the box.So i went to nissan and they dont know of it ony matic-d but that was not compatible any way i carried on scratching around here and there till i found a number of compatable atf fluids eg mobil 1 syn, dia queen sp III,which is used by mitshubushi and KIA, and transmax j from castrol. I could only get the dia queen immidiately but i wasn't to sure if at all it was the correct fluid so i carried on looking for info on my nissan and found another manual come handbook from a company in nz which does translations from japanesse to english so i bought that book and when i got it i found out it was really a hand book more than anything else but very helpfull none the less and money well spent but now when i see there specs on the atf they state it to be matic-d hence i say you need to do your home work as for engine oil they say 5w-30 partial synthetic.I just double checked and for a vq25dd 4wd,vq30dd,vq35de coupe one must use matic-j.If you have a cvt vehicle vq35de,sedan, use nissan gen CVT fluid KTF-1.If you have a manual vq35de you need to use nissan gen manual transmission oil MP-G HQ(API;GL-4 SAE:75W-90). If any more info required and i can help i will,cheers

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If you want a free service manual ( full workshop actually) then grab this one I found several years ago for the G35 Infinity from the USA.

Some things are obvously different in a left hand drive and security radio etc is different but practically everything else mechanical is identical for our cars.

http://psedog.com/cars/fsm/g35

sweet. thanks for that :)

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Now regardless if your a Nulon fan or not,

this is a good guide to use: http://www.datateck.com.au/lube/NulonAus/default.asp

Just specify car, nissan, then i went for 350z and it lists in categories ie motor, trans etc which oil you should use.

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Just for precautionary sake,

when taking delivery of an import everyone says to do a "fluids service"...can anyone specify exactly what fluids? I know engine oil goes without saying, as does trans, diff and coolant. Is that all most people do or do they take it the step further and go brakes etc? Thanks.

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Also wondering if one of the moderators could post a sticky for fluids to use, how many litres etc for those interested in doing their own servicing or experienced in doing so?

Engine Oil Fully Synthetic 10W40, 4-5 Litres

Manual Transmission Oil Fully Synthetic 75W85 (GL-4), ?Litres

Differential Oil Fully Synthetic 75W90 (GL-5), ? Litres

etc etc

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I'd be interested to know the same thing. Just purchased a v35 as well and I've done oil, but will need to drain the other fluids too. Mine is an auto, so maybe we can get auto trans capacities as well.

Hi there,

What oil did you use? Was it fully syn or semi? What V35 do you have?

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Hey guys... just picked up my v35 coupe today. The dealer who helped me import the car said he has done a first service on the car (basically just oil and filter change). However, I note that the power steering fluid is a little low (still above minimum) and is brown in colour. Is this normal?

I am thinking of doing a top up myself now and get the fluid flush later when I send the car in for a service. You guys think this is a good idea? Also, is the colour of the fluid normal? Thanks.

And a separate question. I am keen to do a dip stick check on the engine oil. Is it rather hard to pull the dip stick out and put it back in? I tried pulling it out but it's abit hard (although I didn't really dare to pull too hard). May sound silly, but can anyone shed some light on this? Thanks!

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Don't know if this is a silly question or not but don't the compliance workshops change the important fluids for you as part of compliance? I took delivery of my v36 this week and the compliance workshop changed oil, oil/air/fuel filter, brake fluid etc.

According to my dealer, the compliance guy does a first service on the car which is just oil change and filter change. So don't think they will change the power steering fluid especially as I note it's not really below the minimum level but it's close to the minimum level (just slightly above the min line).

I've asked my dealer again n he assured me that they have done a first service.

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