Hello,
Every time I do periodic maintenance on my 2011 2.5i 6MT, I get this nagging question in the back of my mind.
What is the clutch fluid change interval?
It's not in the maintenance booklet or the service manual, so it didn't get added to the maintenance minder software I use on my phone.
Since it's just brake fluid and a similar procedure is used to change it out, do I just change it at the same time as the brake fluid?
I've already changed my brake fluid once (fall 2012), but I did it according to the "severe" conditions schedule (15 months or 15K miles, whichever is first: always months for me) since I'd driven many miles on dusty, steep, mountain roads in extreme heat during that interval.
My unchanged clutch fluid is about the same color (slightly darkened yellowish) as the brake fluid that I changed out last fall, so, while it's very unlikely to be anywhere close to a damaging condition at this point, my gut says it should probably be changed.
What do other manual driving Outback owners who do their own maintenance think?
Andrew
Every time I do periodic maintenance on my 2011 2.5i 6MT, I get this nagging question in the back of my mind.
What is the clutch fluid change interval?
It's not in the maintenance booklet or the service manual, so it didn't get added to the maintenance minder software I use on my phone.
Since it's just brake fluid and a similar procedure is used to change it out, do I just change it at the same time as the brake fluid?
I've already changed my brake fluid once (fall 2012), but I did it according to the "severe" conditions schedule (15 months or 15K miles, whichever is first: always months for me) since I'd driven many miles on dusty, steep, mountain roads in extreme heat during that interval.
My unchanged clutch fluid is about the same color (slightly darkened yellowish) as the brake fluid that I changed out last fall, so, while it's very unlikely to be anywhere close to a damaging condition at this point, my gut says it should probably be changed.
What do other manual driving Outback owners who do their own maintenance think?
Andrew