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Old Oct 5, 2006 | 09:14 PM
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Question changing fluids

Well I have to change the fluids I want to know what oil to use how much, brake fluid dot 3 or dot 4, coolant Ive never had a rx-7 before sorry about the dumb questions.
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Old Oct 5, 2006 | 09:19 PM
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Oil - Castrol GTX. Since its cold up there, probably use 10-30, I think its 4.5 quarts or so. Hopefully aaron will post what he uses - he live in the same city. I forget what brake fluid it uses stock. And use the standard green stuff for coolant. Not sure on the volume of coolant either.
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Old Oct 5, 2006 | 09:23 PM
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Oil-- any 5w30 since winter is coming, change out every 3k or 3mo and match weight to weather
Brake fluid--any DOT4 and bleed yearly.
Antifreeze--any non recycled regular antifreeze, I like Prestone and store brands. Change it out yearly. And, buy it premixed or use distilled water to mix your own.
Power steering--any PSF or DexronIII or better ATF. Flush it yearly or siphon refill reservoir at every oil change.
Transmission--automatic any DexronIII or better, manual any GL4 or GL5 75w90. Either should be changed at 30k intervals.
Rearend--any 90wt GL5. Change every 30k.
Clutch--same as brake fluid. Bleed yearly.

Read your owners manual. If you don't have one, find one on ebay or at a salvage yard. The factory service manual can also be dowloaded.

The search engine here works pretty good too.
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Old Oct 5, 2006 | 09:28 PM
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And get a haynes manual, too.
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Old Oct 6, 2006 | 05:36 PM
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Thanks for the info
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Old Oct 7, 2006 | 10:39 AM
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All this information is in the manuals. Please read the FAQ and download the Factory Service Manual as it contains all the information you need to service the car.
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Old Oct 7, 2006 | 12:35 PM
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A Haynes manual will contain all the fluid info as well. If you're going to get a Haynes manual anyway, just refer to that. It'll also tell you what oil weight to use.

+1 Castrol GTX
+1 what deadRX7 said on antifreeze. Also, bottle should say "safe for aluminum."
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