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Old 09-14-2008, 08:51 PM
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check my tranny fluid and its pretty dark. tranny flush? i was wondering if u take it to the shop to do it or a DIY thing. if it a DIY wat kind of tranny fluid and how many qurts. any advice well be helpful. Thanks
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i had mine done a few weeks ago, took it to honda 70 bucks.
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Originally Posted by duCksterz
check my tranny fluid and its pretty dark. tranny flush? i was wondering if u take it to the shop to do it or a DIY thing. if it a DIY wat kind of tranny fluid and how many qurts. any advice well be helpful. Thanks
honda atf only and how long since the last change and milage on car?
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had my oil change like a month ago. not really sure wen the last time it had a tranny flush. had my baby for a yr and 2 months so im tryin to keep my fluid change up to date
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dont do a flush. Its against what honda says and it probably will mess up your tranny. Just do 3 fluid changes. It takes about 10 qts or so and will take out about 98 percent of the fluid. Do one, drive and make sure it goes through all the gears, neutral and reverse, change fluid and repeat 2 more times.
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Originally Posted by aznboi2424
dont do a flush. Its against what honda says and it probably will mess up your tranny. Just do 3 fluid changes. It takes about 10 qts or so and will take out about 98 percent of the fluid. Do one, drive and make sure it goes through all the gears, neutral and reverse, change fluid and repeat 2 more times.
That seems stupidly wasteful.
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what about 6 speeds? I think i need to do mine... how hard is it?
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Originally Posted by TheWeez
That seems stupidly wasteful.
agreed.
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Originally Posted by swoleCL
agreed.
that is actually what honda/acura recommends drain and fill 3x with drive time between each fill
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6-speeds are easy, there's a filling bolt, a level drain and the regular drain plug. Pull all (3), I think the top one is just a 3/8" square ratchet size (had to use extension pieces) and let it drain. Put in the bottom one and then fill it till it starts to drip out of the middle bolt. This is how you know how full it is. Once it slows to a drip, put the other bolts back in and your done. I did it with my oil change and took an extra 15 minutes.
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there's a filling bolt, a level drain and the regular drain plug. Pull all (3), I think the top one is just a 3/8" square ratchet size (had to use extension pieces) and let it drain. Put in the bottom one and then fill it till it starts to drip out of the middle bolt. This is how you know how full it is. Once it slows to a drip, put the other bolts back in and your done. I did it with my oil change and took an extra 15 minutes.

i got a auto so would i do the same thing or different? ima try to go to HONDA and see how much they charge me but if it pricey then i might DIY
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I'm doing mine a little differently, 3 quarts at a time, once a week for 4 weeks. Thats because I probably wont get enough time in a day to do the whole thing at once. and doing it 4 times just to go an xtra mile.
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Originally Posted by TheWeez
That seems stupidly wasteful.
how does it seem wasteful for your tranny to have new fluid. If it was a normal tranny then a 20k change interval would be fine. But a 3x drain/flush i would do for 20k for these glass trannies. but thats just me.
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tranny update = flushed mine about 500 miles ago, before it would bang hard in vtec between 2/3, now it shifts pretty damn smooth.... flush is worth it.
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