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Fuilds for a CR-v
My wife's 2000 CR-v now has 50K miles and I am going to do the
servicing on it. The Chiltons manual says that I should use Honda genuine Coolant and transmission fuild. Is there a reason I cant just use generic stuff from the auto parts store ? Thanks. |
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Yes you can use any fluid you please but if you do - plan for a new
tranny in about 5K miles. Saving a couple of bucks on fluid would be less than smart. Also change your ATF at 30K intervals - change it when the tranny fluid is hot - be damn careful cause when the fluid comes out it gushes and will fry and bare flesh. |
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markdiver wrote:
> My wife's 2000 CR-v now has 50K miles and I am going to do the > servicing on it. The Chiltons manual says that I should use Honda > genuine Coolant and transmission fuild. Is there a reason I cant just > use generic stuff from the auto parts store ? > > Thanks. ----------------------- You MUST use Honda Z1 in the tranny, (change it twice, a week apart) Dual Pump Fluid in the rear differential (every 30,000 miles) and Honda premix in the cooling system is a good idea too. Don't leave any Hondacide (tap water) in the system. Brake fluid can be generic, but Honda steering fluid should be OEM. The manual is wrong about the interval on the Dual Pump Fluid. That's why you hear that sick scraping / rubbing noise when you do a tight left-hand u-turn at low speed. Mark a bunch of new 'dots' in the manual. 'Curly' |
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Thanks for all the advice everyone !
markdiver wrote: > My wife's 2000 CR-v now has 50K miles and I am going to do the > servicing on it. The Chiltons manual says that I should use Honda > genuine Coolant and transmission fuild. Is there a reason I cant just > use generic stuff from the auto parts store ? > > Thanks. |
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