Jli8990

I went to Acura parts store and they sold me 4 quarts for a tranny fluid drain and replace.. However, every forum article I've come across states to use 3 quarts. Any advice, guys?

Bruce Banner

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2.3

nvasion

i thoguht it was 3.. everytime i do drain and fill its 3 liters

Taleof2TL'S

acura calls for 3.1

Acura-OC

Between 3 and 4 depending on the temperature of oil and how vehicle is raised.

con5tant

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Did it not occur to you to use the search function?

https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-2004-2008-93/rr-journals-atf-drain-refill-3g-garage-c-012-a-556044/
or
https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-2004-2008-93/%2A-6-spd-tranny-fluid-change-%2A-3g-garage-c-013-a-558814/

TheChamp531

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Entirely depends on how much ATF fluid is drained out. It can vary.

phreakv

this guy.

OP - you didn't specify auto or manual so that's going to be your difference but the two threads from con5tant's post will guide you depending on which tranny you have.

AcuraTL-X

I usually do about 3.5 after fully draining out the existing transmission fluid. I only use Honda ATF, and do not try to mess around with anything else. So, it really depends, but anything over 3.1- and less than 4 should do it.

kthai417

like some of the comments above, depend on how much is drained out. i have drain my a numerous time, i never went over 3 quarts :-/. usually about 2.75 quarts. it measure to the 2nd dot on the dipstick

9177741977

I do 3.75 too little bit over

hybrid0175

I just did mine a couple of weeks ago and 4 quarts came out the first change. About 3.5 came out the second change. So I was only able to do 2X since I only got 9 quarts - after reading 3X3 method. I will do my third when it's time for an oil change.

nvasion

3 everytime i do my change..

Tonywp75

Did my a couple weeks ago, almost got 4 quarts out. The previous times is was around 3-3.5. I believe it was due to me driving the car the hour before and the ATF was still a warm.

2003AcuraCLS-6

Yeah, I'm sorry I didn't realize that I'm trying to find out the capacity of transmission fluid for an Acura RL, so when I was searching that's what came up and I assumed that it was for the RL...

LP700-4

Unrelated question, when doing an driveshaft/axle replacement is ATF going to come out for sure? Would it be better to drain it beforehand before removing axle?

Bruce Banner

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AT more than MT?

https://acurazine.com/forums/third-g...rflows-739369/

haulinazhonda

If you are going to flush the entire transmission to get out all of the old tranny fluid, it take almost 12 qrts of fluid. You guys that are pulling the drain plug and and putting 3 or 4 qrts in are just mixing 3 to 4 clean fluid qrts of clean fluid with 8 qrts of dirty fluid. Just putting it out their for those that don't know the real deal.

thoiboi

https://acurazine.com/forums/third-g...f-pics-745892/


3x3 will get close to ~90% of the old fluid out.

corrado85

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let me ask a better question

on a type-s, if you replace radiator plus drain transmission fluid, how much should I consider re-filling (quarts)?

Keep in mind, there is some fluid in old radiator which I dont know how many quarts

thoiboi

Not thst much in the radiator. Just do your change and then pour until you reach the proper dot on the dip stick

GreenSpades

Is this a trick question? When I drained and filled my radiator I used about 1 gallon. JUST the radiator, not the entire system.

If anybody reading this thread gets confused as to why one person said 2.3L for the transmission that is because that is the amount for a refill on the manual transmission models.

FPSee

the amount you take out should be close to what you put back in.

haulinazhonda

when the transmissions are as picky as they are to viscosity why would you be happy with almost 90% good fluid when the 10% will change the properties of the almost 90% enough that you lose drive time on that fluid. Honda fluid is extremely expensive. So why not pay and extra 40 to 60 bucks and have the them do the flush for you. Then 99% of the old comes out. Not almost 90% not to mention that the 3x3 method only replaces 9 qrts. A j35 automatic transmission hold's 12 qrts. So that is 3 qrts of trash fluid mixed with 9 good qrts. Doesn't make sense to me to waste that kind of money on fluid.

Plus their is an easy diy way to do the same job at home. Just YouTube diy transmission flush. Several videos on how to do it.

Adan Ramirez

Well, let me tell you something, there is an specific code that comes in with the check engine light if you do not change the transmission fluid at the recommended time, after i bought my TL, that light came in, i change the 4 qrts of oil and the light disappeared completely,
my question is, how will 4 qrts change will be a wast of money and time by mixing it with old oil? Obviously not, and read a little bit, Honda does not recommend flushing the Oil of their transmission...

Silver 3.5

So How many quarts does a manual transmission take?
and how many quarts does an auto transmission take?

srg818

MT 2.2 Qts
AT 3.3 Qts

Chad05TL

I agree. It is a little over 3 quarts based on my personal experience. Plus i was talking to the parts counter person at Luke Riley Honda and I mentioned doing a three quart "drain and fill" and he interrupted me and said 3.2 I think or 3. something ... I don't remember. But it was over 3 quarts. It is a little bit tricky because it's so hard to read the dipstick. And it is really important not to run low on fluid because on the base model, it does not have a transmission cooler and the fluid is the only thing that it gets cooling from. So yeah I'm glad I found this post because everyone always calls it a 3 quart drain and fill but it's actually a little more