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I also checked the cabin air filter. After I open the black cover, does it looks like I am missing a white cover for the filter? I had 430 before and I remember there is also a white cover to close the box.
You got it right. You just need to pull that thing out. BUT WARNING!!! YOU NEED TO HAVE YOUR HVAC system set to "recirc", or you risk breaking the mechanism. Also make sure that you have the arrows facing in the right direction of flow. The arrows are stamped on the filter.
You got it right. You just need to pull that thing out. BUT WARNING!!! YOU NEED TO HAVE YOUR HVAC system set to "recirc", or you risk breaking the mechanism. Also make sure that you have the arrows facing in the right direction of flow. The arrows are stamped on the filter.
so I do miss a white cover? I open it when the engine is off. Can't set to recirculated
so I do miss a white cover? I open it when the engine is off. Can't set to recirculated
No... you're not missing a white cover. What you see is what ya get.
As for recirc....you need to start your car (or just turn on the acc mode), and make sure the HVAC is set to recirc. Then turn the car off and have at 'er.
My previous owners 60k receipt is too complicated to determine the cost because so many upsells are mixed in. They charged to flush with 10 qts ATF and a can of $40 tranny cleaner. Funny when I pulled the pan at 80k the fluid was black. There is no way they did anything more than a drain and fill of 3 qts if even that. If you don't do it yourself or know and trust the mechanic your odds are 50/50. Makes you want to just go without at least you aren't paying for nothing that way.
My previous owners 60k receipt is too complicated to determine the cost because so many upsells are mixed in. They charged to flush with 10 qts ATF and a can of $40 tranny cleaner. Funny when I pulled the pan at 80k the fluid was black. There is no way they did anything more than a drain and fill of 3 qts if even that. If you don't do it yourself or know and trust the mechanic your odds are 50/50. Makes you want to just go without at least you aren't paying for nothing that way.
The only way I'd trust a dealer - or anyone else - doing a tranny service on these cars is if I was standing right next to them. I mean right next to them...not 30 yards away...not watching from a window in the waiting room with binoculars. Right there.
It's too easy to screw people on this service...you can't pull a dipstick to check the fluid (and see if it was changed, or even filled to capacity), and the fluid level check procedure is too time consuming to trust a flat rate tech to do. A flat rate tech is going to let this thing idle in his bay, with a hose on it, put a scan tool on it, go to tranny temp, put it in the air, pull the drain plug, look for a "light stream", and add more fluid if it needs it? So he's then going to let the car down, shut it off, unscrew the pain in the rear plug on the side, add more fluid, start the car, check tranny temp, pull the drain plug, look for a light stream and then repeat again if necessary? Lol. No.
The only way I could see them doing this thing somewhat accurately is if they purposely overfill it by half a quart, start it up, aim a digital thermometer on the drain plug and pull out the plug when it's close to specs...and let the extra fluid out until it flows in a "light stream". Either that or these guys have figured out how quickly it takes for this transmission to reach operating temperature - and believe me there's people on the internet that have tried to guesstimate.
I have worked with some of the biggest hacks in the world at dealers - and that's not saying they're all bad, because some are very good - but I don't know many experienced flat rate techs that wouldn't cut corners on this job. I once knew a guy who wouldn't even perform an oil change correctly. He'd drain two quarts, fill it, and spray off the oil filter with brake clean.
How do I know they filled 9.1 quarts engine oil? Last time I pull the very long engine stick out., I see more oil staying between 2 marks at the end of the stick
12-15-14, 03:58 PM
