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Old Mar 25, 2016 | 03:39 PM
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So this morning my car decided to leak green fluid after driving for like 10 minutes, coolant. I waited a little bit then I refilled it with coolant I already had in the car. I drove about 10 miles to my cousins house because there is a friendly neighborhood mechanic that my family deals with. I got to the house and the car was defintely overheating, I would say it reached 90% on the meter. Mechanic came and just looked over it real quick and first thing he noticed was that both fans on the car wasn't working, one that turns on automatically and one for the ac but neither of them did. He filled it with water to see exactly where it was leaking but he needed to test drive so the liquids can heat up and of course the brakes decide to **** up too, leaking brake fluid but he heard a knock that probably caused a hose to break. So right now I have an issue with the coolant and the brakes, not good news at all. But maybe it gives me a reason to get the stock brembo brakes that's supposed to go on the car? Someone tell me something, thank you
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Old Mar 25, 2016 | 06:14 PM
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Just full of good luck... Get yourself some new radiator hoses and a sweet nice BBK that comes with new hoses... Sucks your having so many issues with your new car.. Good luck
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Old Mar 25, 2016 | 07:02 PM
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Maybe you should have the car fully inspected by a real Nissan mechanic and see where you stand.
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Old Mar 26, 2016 | 11:26 AM
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UPDATE
So since previous owner swapped out stock brembos, these brakes that were installed were installed incorrectly?? The brembo calipers are supposed to be on the left side of the rotor but these ones were installed on the right side so they had to put an extension hose to reach the caliper and so it basically wrapped around the coilovers and the tire was hitting the hose the whole time and over time it wore it out and it leaked as you can see in the second picture. And btw to all the trolls and negative commenters, I know what I got when I bought it, and almost all new car owners come across problems and I knew that there would be problems and I accepted that fact. So keep the comments helpful, I would appreciate that thanks guys.

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Old Mar 26, 2016 | 11:42 AM
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That is actually the correct OEM hose, just routed incorrectly. Cheaper to buy some StopTech braided stainless steel/Teflon hoses than replace the OEM, although, again, routing properly is important. There is a thread about how to properly route the StopTech lines.
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Old Mar 26, 2016 | 05:13 PM
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Buy my stainless braided stoptech lines.

But whoever routed that had no idea what they were doing. GL on everything else man. My buddies Z had the same coolant problem in the parking lot of the bank right as the title was signed in his name. He called me freaking out but it was just the lower hose had popped off because it got so hot since the fans weren't turning.
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Old Mar 26, 2016 | 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Conissah
Buy my stainless braided stoptech lines.

But whoever routed that had no idea what they were doing. GL on everything else man. My buddies Z had the same coolant problem in the parking lot of the bank right as the title was signed in his name. He called me freaking out but it was just the lower hose had popped off because it got so hot since the fans weren't turning.
That's exactly what happened, needs new cooling fans, the motor burnt out. And mechanic already fixed the brakes, but how much you want anyways? Lol
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Old Mar 26, 2016 | 06:11 PM
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Looks like the great Nismo suspension was replaced with .....
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That poor Nismo got raped.
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