Tune Up

[Turbotonic]

hi all if you have a car that just got here from japan do i really need to do a major service on it if so what kind of DIFF & ENGINE OIL SHOULD I USE and what do i need to replace

its for R34Gt-Turbo manual

[No Crust Racing]

My understanding was the car had to be serviced for compliance but only basic items like oil, oil filter and air filter. It should list this on your compliance paperwork.

Other things you can check/change are diff and box oil, brake, clutch and power steering, and hicas fluid and of course coolant. If any of them are dirty or you can't find history of them being done then do so for safety, cheap insurance and then you know where you're at with each.

Diff fluid will be whatever is recommended factory, most places like repco can tell you this. Same for brake, clutch, power steer and hicas, gearbox you might want to get something slightly better than factory if you have intentions of modifying, there are a million threads on what to use on here so it will come down to personal choie. I went with redline lightweight shockproof. It's expensive but the bo was nicer, BUT there is also a lot to be said about using that so do some research and go with what you like.