marcelft

Ok..I've been reading up, saw the trans fluid change DYI, but not sure what is meant by the 3 x 3, or 1 x 3?

01tl4tl

1x3 = 1 drain and refill with 3 qts
3x3 = 3 sets of drain and refill with 3 qts each time for full fluid changeout
not a great plan on already high miles and never changed fluid-
stick with a 1x3 for safety
use honda atf

marcelft

Ahhh...makes sense now. TY. I just bought the car (99 TL) from a friend. The trans was rebuilt 1.5 years ago by a shop that Acura subs out tranny rebuilds too, so not worried about never replaced fluid. My concern is that I feel a slight hesitating, possible slipping between 1-2. I saw I Hate Cars rave about Redline Type F, thought I'd give it a try. But doing a 3 x 3 with Redline would cost a pretty penny.

acutee

Should try the cheap Type F first, and if it is all, then change it over with Redline.

01tl4tl

note: 3 is actually 3.3-3.4 qts will drain out if fluid warm and you let it drip till done

marcelft

Ok, makes sense to use cheeper fist just in case, but now Im getting confused. When i Google Type F ATF, it says it's for Ford cars? Is that right?

And thanks for the heads up on the amount that drains, would suck if i were to only buy 3 quarts, and not have enough to fill.

01tl4tl

from back in the day: there were two main atfs-
Dextron3 (bad for us) and used by most car makes of the time
and Type F, used in fords --probably under the keep it simple theory for oil change places--F = ford fluid
Its used in many other cars as well- saturns use it~

marcelft

Sweet, I learn something new everyday. I usually have manual cars so automatics are new territory for me. Thanks.