I just got a 98 3.0 cl about a month ago and I was wondering how often I should change the transmission fluid??? Any advice would help....

 

ummm how about whenever the users manual maintance book says to!! heheh im such an ass...lol


No actually, i was wonderin the same thing...i havnt checked the book yet but im due for the 105K soon where they do the timing belt and all that and i was wonderin if that would be a good time to flush out the tranny too....

 

The guy who rebuilt mine told me to do it every 15k.

 

i try to do it every 3-5 months but when i do i use dusbusters triple flush

 

this year i only did it twice, the last time was last month

 

whoa were suppose to do it twice a year? how much does a shop usually charge?

 

I do mine about every 10,000.

Acura says to do it every 30.


I basically do it every other oil change.

 

i do mine 2x a year.

 

I've stuck to a every-20K-mile schedule. However, I'm going to drop to every 15K miles for 2004.



The freakin' owner's manual says to change it at 90K miles!

http://images1.fotki.com/v13/photos/...service-vi.jpg

 

That chart can't be right. Just checked the maintenance schedule on acura owners page and it says 30k.

But I change mine every 10k-15k. Better safe then sorry.

 

That what I thought too - 90K. Do you have the other page that isn't for "Normal" driving conditions?

 

twice a year is good enough, once a year is nice

 

I've had my car for 3,000 miles I think - you guys think I should go ahead and have the fluid changed? I have ZERO idea when, if ever it was done. It's still a nice pink color.

 

thanks for the responses guys!
2 to 3 times a year sounds good to me?
I can get it done for 35$ at a honda/acura dealership
I live in New England where the weather is f*cked up
I HATE the winter, all it does is f*ck youre car up

 

Even the "Official" 1997-1998 Acura 3.0CL Service Manual states that the 1st time the tranny fluid should be changed is at 90K miles under normal driving conditions!!!!

However, they recommend changing the ATF every 30K miles for "severe" conditions.



proaudio22: I would change it now. You never know how many miles are on the old AFT. Plus, it gives you a "baseline" from which to change it from now on.



blako_the_great: $35.00!!!! That's cheap! You can't even buy the total amount of Honda AFT needed for a complete ATF change from the dealer for $35.00!!!!

However, if they're just doing a drain (about 3 quarts), then that's different. You need almost 8 quarts for a flush (complete change). I don't recommend just a drain, but a complete flush every 10K to 20K miles.

 

whats the stats on a manual trans? And is there a different way of going about draining it, then flushing it? I know about ATF but not about my own manual trans.

 

i would think it would be the same but i dont think so, cause the auto trannys are rough but then again it depend on how you drive, i would base it on the way you drive and how often you should change it, i would say at least once a year and if you like dust, once every month jk man i changed mine twice in the past 6 so.... but it loves the new fluid

 

Honda quotes the same change intervals on the manual tranny.

 

when u guys change the fluid do you notice any differences after when you drive it?

 

I don't.

 

i cannot believe that u can have it flushed for $35. I live in New england too,and the stealership quoted me for $250.

 

or every 3 engine oil changes.

 

i have a 98 3.0 - i change mine every two years.....It all depends on how much you drive a year though.

I'm not saying two years or 30k is best, but that about average for me right now.....i'd like ot do it more often though.

Are you guys who are changing it often just drain and refill, or actually "flushing" the system?

 

Drain and fill, not flush, for $35 you can get 4-5 quarts of tranny fluid, a new drain plug and gasket, I've done it, speaking of which, I'm on my way to honda

 

id say if youre doing it yourself, drain it. if you want to flush it. have somebody do that know what they are doing.

 

It's not really a good idea to flush honda trannies anyway, that's why they have drain plugs

 

Where is the drain plugs? Pics? I'm looking to do this soon...

 

It's the only drain plug on the bottom of the tranny, it's a 17mm i believe, I know the fill plug is 17 mm

 

After I got my tranny fluid drained/filled I have no 'shift shock' in any of the gears past 1st gear. It shifts pretty hard when the car is cold in first gear, but in all the other gears the only way you can tell its shifted is the rpm drop. When it warms up, 1st gear shifts really nice too.

 

I would recommend changing the tranny fluid every 10k. At the shop i work at we still have this old ass 92 Camry that has nearly 300k miles and still shift and runs strong