I recently bought a 2010 Nissan Maxima sv, I went to get my inspection and the garage told me I was 2 quarts low cvt fluid and recommends I get it flushed. Car has 147,000 and I haven’t found any service records of the car being flushed before. I don’t want it to stop working after getting a flush so I’d like some advice from others who know what the best route would be. Do I get the flush? Should I just change the fluids? Should I change 2 quarts at a time and drive a couple hundred miles in between? Thanks

 

drain, let it drain. then refill.

 

okay thank you I appreciate it

 

Make sure you use only Nissan NS-2 Fluid for the refill.

 

okay thank you, the dealership told me they were going to do ns3 but I told them I want the ns2 I’m letting them do it because I get the whole sale discount my cousin owns a used cars dealership and I have never done it before. I did change the brakes and rotors, myself also added Toyo proxy sports a/s yesterday

 

Nice ride, looks clean!

 

thanks I appreciate it, putting a lot of time into it and and money but well worth it. It didn’t look nothing like this when I got it lol I still have to do my Eibach springs and I’m going to bring it back to looking new after the prep work and ceramic coating

 

 

His and hers! Cool. New cars, no history, go through/replace everything/all consumables. Pop the hood and jack it up and get under it once a month or so for a while and get to know it. Lt. Leary in this forum has a 7th gen pushing 500k trouble-free mi.

 

500k mi is to the moon and back. Think about it...

 

yeah that’s awesome, so far with both cars we have gone through all the maintenance hers is a 09 with 129k on it and I have the 10 with 147k. Clean titles etc I went with a 7gm because I had a 04 6gm 6speed and I loved it I owned it from 90k-200k only replaced the alternator at 130, regular fluid changes, brakes rotors etc so we are happy with our decision and the fact a lot of people share advice and all that on here with each other

 

Sounds like you're good to go. You gonna clay bar and all that before you ceramic coat?

 

I have mothers clay bar but before I clay bar it I have Adams iron remover I’m going to use after I wash the car, then clay bar, then I have the Adams surface prep before I ceramic coating it. I also bought the cerakote ceramic headlight kit to clean up the lights even tho they really aren’t bad at all

 

Nice.

 

it’s a lot of work lol you have to dedicate your whole day and night to do it right I believe. Have you done it before

 

It's a labor of love. I've done a lot.

 

Consider a paint correction before a ceramic coating...you want to protect a nice coat not a damaged one.

 

okay thanks

 

Yeah, this guy knows what's up.

 

I second that advice. Drain f fill. Also there is a filter that can be replaced. Nissan will claim it’s not there but it is. I had mine done at 50,000.

 

Yes that too is highly recommended. Not expensive either.

 

I bought the car at 147k and did a drain and fill, have had no issues I didn’t change the filter tho

 

I bought my 09 Maxima SV sport in March. It had 111,000 miles on it. I drove it about a month then went and had my CVT fluid flushed. Just from reading on here it sounded like the right thing to do.