How much oil in a tranny? ^-^
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How much oil in a tranny? ^-^
Hey ya'll, i was wondering how many quarts i need to buy to replace my tranny oil... kinda a noobie question, but you gotta start somewhere. >_<
i was thinking redline synthetic. any opinions. i had a previous post on this and that's what came out of it.
thanks for your input!
i was thinking redline synthetic. any opinions. i had a previous post on this and that's what came out of it.
thanks for your input!
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how would you do that?
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why is it that some places charge a large amount to do this? Is the experience in flushing out, draining out the transmission fluid that much more complicated that flushing, oil change, draining out the engine oil?
last i saw someone told me it was atleast 100$ to perform this... is it a "do it myself" job? do u have images of where those plugs are located on the tranny? thanks!! =)
last i saw someone told me it was atleast 100$ to perform this... is it a "do it myself" job? do u have images of where those plugs are located on the tranny? thanks!! =)
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Originally Posted by 2RICE4U
take the bottem drain plug out and theres another bolt higher up the tranny, take both out and just use something to put oil into the top bolt. It flush thet tanny, kinda hard to explain lol
It doesn't really flush the transmission. It just runs down the side of the case to the drain hole and out into the drain. Kind of a waste of fluid especially when using expensive synthetic stuff.
Most transmission shops can do a real flush for a nominal fee. Involves circulating a solvent through the transmission. It's also not really required since transmission fluid is in a basically sealed environment and doesn't absorb combustion byproducts.
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very easy to do... just a matter of getting up under your car and draining the oil out, putting the plug/bolt back in and refilling it in the top plug/bolt.
when you refill, would work best if you have like a hand pump but if you dont... use gravity... since you cant lift the bottle up above the tranny refill hole... i use an aquarium gravel cleaner vacuum tube... From the engine bay, run the small side of the tube into the tranny refill hole and have the large end be your "funnel" where you pour in the oil.... if i'm not mistaken, the holes are on the passernger side of the tranny... correct me if i'm wrong... i forgot.
edit: dont forget to pop a hole in the bottle for the air to get out of the bottle for when you pour the oil into the tube if you decide to take this route, will let the oil pour out faster.
when you refill, would work best if you have like a hand pump but if you dont... use gravity... since you cant lift the bottle up above the tranny refill hole... i use an aquarium gravel cleaner vacuum tube... From the engine bay, run the small side of the tube into the tranny refill hole and have the large end be your "funnel" where you pour in the oil.... if i'm not mistaken, the holes are on the passernger side of the tranny... correct me if i'm wrong... i forgot.
edit: dont forget to pop a hole in the bottle for the air to get out of the bottle for when you pour the oil into the tube if you decide to take this route, will let the oil pour out faster.
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omg that is an awesome idea... what about automatic trannys. mine is kinda fucked and well about to die. lol. my pan is coated in a nice layer of fluid. i plan on replacing the tranny with a 5 speed swap tho. later.
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Yeah, I'm with rotarybeat. I changed the fluid in my N/A auto tranny by unbolting the pan, replacing the transmission filter and gasket then adding fluid in through the fluid check funnel under the hood. All the while using a pump to guess where the good level was after finding out that the check rod is wrong. I have no idea how the the tranny fluid level checker is the wrong one. All I know is that after replacing it to the ideal level on the checker I went to test it out and sat in my car as it rolled down the driveway without the gears catching in the tranny, I took some out and now it works fine.....for the most part.
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Originally Posted by Aaron Cake
It doesn't really flush the transmission. It just runs down the side of the case to the drain hole and out into the drain. Kind of a waste of fluid especially when using expensive synthetic stuff.
Most transmission shops can do a real flush for a nominal fee. Involves circulating a solvent through the transmission. It's also not really required since transmission fluid is in a basically sealed environment and doesn't absorb combustion byproducts.
Most transmission shops can do a real flush for a nominal fee. Involves circulating a solvent through the transmission. It's also not really required since transmission fluid is in a basically sealed environment and doesn't absorb combustion byproducts.
thats what i was thinkin. just pooring in oil and letting it drain is a waste. the oil should at leats circulate the tranny so that it can "flush" out the old oil deposits.
theres a tranny oil filter? im guessing for automatics only correct?
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Originally Posted by 2RICE4U
take the bottem drain plug out and theres another bolt higher up the tranny, take both out and just use something to put oil into the top bolt. It flush thet tanny, kinda hard to explain lol
smart asses that dont know what they are talkin about... HAH!!!
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mine took 2.5 quarts, how you really tell is its soposed to be even with the fill hole on the side of the trans.
the drain is a 24mm and the fill hole plug in the side side is square, but you can use a 14mm open ended wrench to get it off
GM syncromesh is the best trans oil to use, soooo smooth
the drain is a 24mm and the fill hole plug in the side side is square, but you can use a 14mm open ended wrench to get it off
GM syncromesh is the best trans oil to use, soooo smooth
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smart asses that dont know what they are talkin about... HAH!!!
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Originally Posted by darksider
how would you do that?
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