hey .....i have a 04 tl with 125k on it...i wanted to do a tranny flush and new filter.....is this vsomething that i can do or do i have to bring it to a shop??....is there a special tranny fluid used?....any input would be greatly appreciated...thank you

 

i forgot to mention that its a 6 speed manual....

 

No filter in a manual transmission setup. It's a drain and fill proceedure. It take gear oil not transmission fluid.

 

thanks man....do you recomend a certain type of gear oil for our cars?.....ur car is very nice looking n clean......

 

Acura sells a special Manual Transmission Fluid(MTF). I would use that. It takes less than 3 quarts. But it is a simple drain and fill.

 

Thank you, and yes exactly what Bag said. Acura upgraded their MT gear oil which IMO it's better than the GM syncromesh gear oil. Ive had the old Acura MT fluid, then went to GM syncromesh and finally back to the new Acura fluid and must say the new stuff is better.

 

sounds good guys...thank you again.....

 

we can do this ourselves, for AT you have to do it 3 time which is the 3x3 method. drain/fill drive it around block going thru all gears and doing that 3 times. for MT you only need to do it once and you are all set. gl

 

Just a simple drain and fill. Nothing to flush.

 

Sorry to bring this back from the dead. But I figure its better than starting a whole new thread. But was wondering why everyone recommends the 3x3 method with ATs. Most places/cars have a machine that flushes the entire system and torque converter with ATF then fill it back up again. I will be using RedLine Fluid if I go this route.

 

The word "flush" means a couple different things around here.

If it's a true power flush where a machine forces fluid through the system, supposedly it can hurt this particular trans.

If it's pulling a cooler line and firing the engine up to pump the fluid out, I highly recommend this way. Old fluid does not mix with new fluid so it take far less fluid and you get near 100% new. Sometimes this is called a flush also.

 

1. Acura recommends not using the machines.
2. Acura directs the 3 x 3 procedure in their January 2008 service news.
3. No machine can guarantee complete fluid exchange throughout the system.

Go to the link below, follow the instructions and read the January 2008 Acura Service News:

https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-2004-2008-93/acura-servicenews-bulletins-588838/

 

The nice thing is the cooler line method is extremely close to 100%.

You do a drain and fill of the sump. You now have 99.99% new fluid in the sump. You pull a cooler line and fire it up. The fluid in the torque convertor is pumped in one direction out of the cooler line while the fresh fluid in the sump is coming in the other end. If you watch the fluid coming out of the cooler line, it goes from nasty brown to bright red in half a second. There's no gradual transition because the fluid does not mix. It's 99.9% new fluid and it only takes 8-9 quarts.