Miata Mailing List: January 1997, Message #59
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Subject: Re: Clutch Fluid

   Date: (none)



Mark wrote:

> 

> At 3:24 PM 12/30/96, Dan McNamara wrote:

> >I have a 95 Miata which I purchased new in May of this year.  The car has

> >2000 miles currently.  My question is the clutch fluid is very dark compared

> >to the brake fluid.  Is this normal?? Any help would be greatly appreciated

> 

> Dan,

> 

> It's an optical illusion.  The smaller size of the clutch fluid reservior,

> combined with the location (plus, maybe the color of the plastic of the

> reservoir itself) cause the fluid to LOOK darker.

> 

> Even with freshly changed fluid it looks darker.

> 

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>  Mark Booth - '92 B Classic Red,  Team Voodoo

>        President - San Diego Miata Club

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Are you guys taking the reservoir off and cleaning it when you do these

fluid changes? If not, that's why it still looks black. The two

reservoirs are the same material. You'll never get all the gook out

without pulling the reservoirs off and cleaning them. I don't think it's

an illusion.



bill

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