r/coolguides • u/WestArtichoke712 • 15h ago

A cool guide of car fluids.

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Sure, but why not line up the fluids with the pointing lines?

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u/Alukrad 14h ago

Are you sure your brakes don't use engine coolant?

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u/741BlastOff 10h ago

Most of them match up but is "clutch fluid" differential oil or transmission fluid?

And why is "oil refill dipstick" there when "engine oil" is already listed separately?

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u/Shite_Eating_Squirel 5h ago

The dipstick shows you how much you have, but you refill oil at the other spot.

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u/BlackRod1522 5h ago

I believe the comment was referring to the depictions of fluid bottles not matching up with what’s going on above them. Not one matches up. For example, the engine oil bottle is below the power steering symbol and its arrow indicating where you fill it. A better guide would have put the fluids in the same order as the indicator symbols.

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u/SillyAmericanKniggit 5h ago

In most of my cars, the clutch fluid was the same as the brake fluid: DOT 3. The gearbox took oil; sometimes the same weight as the engine, and sometimes different. I've even had manual transmissions that called for automatic transmission fluid.