Guest Anonymous Posted February 27, 2003 Report Posted February 27, 2003 How long do you let your tranny fluid and filter go between changes? Quote
SaberZ Posted February 28, 2003 Report Posted February 28, 2003 I did mine at 30k, and at AC delco's site they say regular changes between 25-35k is good. Lots of people believe the myth of 100, but its not recommended u go that long. Transmissions are probably the strongest and most well built part of a vehicle, and lots of people neglect the vital part of keepign it that way. Regular tranny fluid maintenance. Quote
Brian P Posted February 28, 2003 Report Posted February 28, 2003 I do mine at every 20ishK since I got the car with 86,000 miles and burnt (original?) fluid. 30k is sufficient for a tranny with good looking fluid, just dont let it stay in there until it turns brown... Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted February 28, 2003 Report Posted February 28, 2003 I changed mine in the '89 yesterday. The filter looked original (127,000) but the fluid was still pinkish. It did take care of the slipping though. Quote
Brian P Posted February 28, 2003 Report Posted February 28, 2003 no way in hell that could be the original filter, if the fluid was pink. You should have seen mine at 87k...better yet, look in your toilet after taking a second movement, and you can get an idea of how it looked (minus the clumpiness) Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted February 28, 2003 Report Posted February 28, 2003 I'm serious, the gasket even looked original. Like they were just loosening the pan and draining the fluid then bolting it back up. There was about 1/8" to 1/4" of sludge on the bottom of the pan. It was so thick it wouldn't even mix with the fluid. Quote
Brian P Posted February 28, 2003 Report Posted February 28, 2003 well at least the fluid was changed.....how was the magnet? Quote
TGPilot Posted February 28, 2003 Report Posted February 28, 2003 When you guys say you are changing the tranny fluid and filter...are you just replacing what fluid is in the pan or exchanging the entire volume of tranny fluid? 8) Quote
RedZMonte Posted February 28, 2003 Report Posted February 28, 2003 When you guys say you are changing the tranny fluid and filter...are you just replacing what fluid is in the pan or exchanging the entire volume of tranny fluid? 8) When you drop the pan on the auto's there is a filter right there. just swap the filter, bolt the pan back on and refill the fluid. RedZ Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted February 28, 2003 Report Posted February 28, 2003 When you guys say you are changing the tranny fluid and filter...are you just replacing what fluid is in the pan or exchanging the entire volume of tranny fluid? 8) 6 quarts drained out of mine. Or at least that's what it took to fill it. That's pulling the pan, replacing filter, and refilling like redZ said. Brian, the magnet was about an inch thick, until I cleaned it off. From what I could see of the tranny it looked pretty clean inside. Quote
BlackSunshine Posted March 11, 2003 Report Posted March 11, 2003 SabreZ is a god! He is so right someone should bitch slap him with an award. Everyone forgets about changing tranny fluid, especialy in my country. Though the bodies rot out before the trannys, but they still fail. Companies do need to promote tranny fluid changes like they do with oil changes. Quote
luminator94 Posted March 11, 2003 Report Posted March 11, 2003 I try to change mine about every 30-35k. Yeah, these new cars are freakin' retarted. My mom's Alero doesn't even have a dipstick to check the tranny fluid. I always wonder about GM engineers. ..."Hey, I have an idea! Lets build these cars without tranny dipsticks, so when the tranny starts to slip from loosing tranny fluid, they'll have no way to put any in and their tranny will fail, and they'll have to buy a whole new one!"....bah! Aaron Quote
SaberZ Posted March 11, 2003 Report Posted March 11, 2003 just passing the info i learned and was taught by my buddy at the preakness chevrolet in NJ. Also I find it hard to believe an Alero not having a tranny Dip stick. I mean, even the low end fords aren't caught dead withone. Maybe there is another way to check it? Thats messed up. I guess you would have to stick to the 30k rule an get it changed around there. If its slipping frequent the changes i guess Quote
mfewtrail Posted March 11, 2003 Report Posted March 11, 2003 When you guys say you are changing the tranny fluid and filter...are you just replacing what fluid is in the pan or exchanging the entire volume of tranny fluid? 8) When you drop the pan on the auto's there is a filter right there. just swap the filter, bolt the pan back on and refill the fluid. RedZ Kenny was asking if you change ALL the fluid in the tranny. By just dropping the pan, changing the filter, etc... you are not doing an actual full tranny flush. BTW, what all is involved in fully flushing the tranny? I know that it usually requires around 6qts for a pan change IIRC and the auto's hold hella more than that. :?: Quote
imperialfleet Posted March 12, 2003 Report Posted March 12, 2003 Getting ready for the first change on my 4T65. I've got the filter and 6qts of Redline synthetic. Anyone have some input on the 4T65 capacity when doing a filter change? I'm assuming it's around 4 or 5qts. Just want to make sure I've got enough fluids. Quote
imperialfleet Posted March 13, 2003 Report Posted March 13, 2003 Come on! Somebody has to be able to answer my question.... Quote
SaberZ Posted March 13, 2003 Report Posted March 13, 2003 I put 5 an half quarts of ATF in my car. Our cars (my 01 impala n your monte) should share the same tranny, so it should be the same. Quote
musthavemuzk Posted March 26, 2003 Report Posted March 26, 2003 i am gonna have about a week off from work and i have this nice long list of TO DO's. tranny fluid is one of them. i picked the fluid up a little at a time plan on getting the filter and gasket yet today. as i have noticed some slippage lately on semi-hard to hard acceleration with a warm car. fine when the car is cold though. i changed it when i got my cutty May of 02. about 18k or so on it since then. i figured with all the planned driving this summer i would take care of it now. Monty Quote
imperialfleet Posted May 14, 2003 Report Posted May 14, 2003 BTW, it ended up taking 7.4 quarts. Lucky I bought 8 instead of 6. Quote
89Cutlass Posted May 14, 2003 Report Posted May 14, 2003 I have done mine twice on my cutlass since i got in 2 years ago and prolly have only done 15k just cause it was so dirty when i got it i wanted to make sure all the shit was gone. now it stays perfect and really red in color.. Quote
Slade901 Posted May 14, 2003 Report Posted May 14, 2003 I will change my transmission filter and fluid this weekend. BTW, if you have a friend or someone you know using a 80's or 90's chrysler/dodge/plymouth, car make sure they check the manual because most of these cars only uses ATF+3 and not Dexron III. Most of these chrysler/dodge/plymouth car's trasmission will get screwed up if you use Dexron III. Quote
91GranSport Posted May 16, 2003 Report Posted May 16, 2003 I bought my vehicle with 145,000km and I flushed the entire tranny including the torque converter at about 150,000km. The fluid itself wasn't bad, you can tell the owner before me did a tranny fluid service at least once. However, when I flushed the tranny I didn't drop the pan and replace the filter. I might do that somewhere down the road, perhaps when I reach 200,000km. Personally I would use non-synthetic Dexron and replace the fluid and filter every 60,000km - 80,000km. I would probably go for a complete flush once every 100,000km. How long do you let your tranny fluid and filter go between changes? Quote
91GranSport Posted May 16, 2003 Report Posted May 16, 2003 Ha ha ha! Damn man, that was funny. I nearly choked on my potato chips reading that! no way in hell that could be the original filter, if the fluid was pink. You should have seen mine at 87k...better yet, look in your toilet after taking a second movement, and you can get an idea of how it looked (minus the clumpiness) Quote
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