Checking Auto Tranny Oil
05-13-09, 05:59 PM
#17
Take the car for a drive... come back to leveled area and put the car in park with engine on. Clean stick and check to see if it is in hot or close to it. Also check the fluid to see if it is burnt...if so, consider changing the fluid agian...and even change the filter too if u must.
05-13-09, 07:14 PM
#19
Take the car for a drive... come back to leveled area and put the car in park with engine on. Clean stick and check to see if it is in hot or close to it. Also check the fluid to see if it is burnt...if so, consider changing the fluid agian...and even change the filter too if u must.
05-13-09, 07:20 PM
#20
Hey it's "Vince" right?
Besides the screen mesh, there are magnets in the bottom of the pan. That's where I saw sludgy gunk that could of had some metal particles in it. It's a pain to drop the pan because of the silicon holding it in place. I'd just flush the tranny and replace it with Amsoil. My e-shift got a lot smoother with the synthetic and the auto shifts were crisper as well.
Also drain out some of your fluid if you are too high when hot. Your tranny will like you for it and you should feel the difference in shifting, etc.
Glen
Besides the screen mesh, there are magnets in the bottom of the pan. That's where I saw sludgy gunk that could of had some metal particles in it. It's a pain to drop the pan because of the silicon holding it in place. I'd just flush the tranny and replace it with Amsoil. My e-shift got a lot smoother with the synthetic and the auto shifts were crisper as well.
Also drain out some of your fluid if you are too high when hot. Your tranny will like you for it and you should feel the difference in shifting, etc.
Glen
05-13-09, 07:24 PM
#21
I guarranty if you put in 2 bottles and let the engine running and then check, it would not even half way between hot and cold level. You would need close to 3 bottles to get it close to the Hot level.
I don't know why, but my first drain I measure that it was about 3qrts and then I put in 3qrtz just because what you take out you should put in, but I realize the manual said 1.9, so I pump out some just to meet the spec. So as of now I still don't know exactly how to check the level. I just put in 2 bottles and forget about checking it.
I don't know why, but my first drain I measure that it was about 3qrts and then I put in 3qrtz just because what you take out you should put in, but I realize the manual said 1.9, so I pump out some just to meet the spec. So as of now I still don't know exactly how to check the level. I just put in 2 bottles and forget about checking it.
After you drained your fluids and filled with 1.9qts. start the engine shift through the gears waiting 3-4 sec between each gear, do that like two to three times then go and check your fluid level it should be at the bottom mark cold. Now drive it around for like 10 mins or so then check again, of course on a flat surface and with the engine running and shifter in park, the fluids should be at the hot mark.
if not add to it depending how low it is from the hot mark. if it's between the hot and cold then add half a qt. if 3/4 then add 1/4 qts. 1/4 then add 3/4 qts.
Hope this helps.
05-13-09, 07:32 PM
#22
the tranny filter isnt really like the oil filter.. instead of some type of synthetic clothe, the tranny filter is just a wire mesh that filters out large metal pieces.. when i had my SC400 i changed it at 150k miles and i didnt see anything in the mesh. but yea u can change the tranny filter if u want.. peace of mind.
05-13-09, 08:34 PM
#24
Hey it's "Vince" right?
Besides the screen mesh, there are magnets in the bottom of the pan. That's where I saw sludgy gunk that could of had some metal particles in it. It's a pain to drop the pan because of the silicon holding it in place. I'd just flush the tranny and replace it with Amsoil. My e-shift got a lot smoother with the synthetic and the auto shifts were crisper as well.
Also drain out some of your fluid if you are too high when hot. Your tranny will like you for it and you should feel the difference in shifting, etc.
Glen
Besides the screen mesh, there are magnets in the bottom of the pan. That's where I saw sludgy gunk that could of had some metal particles in it. It's a pain to drop the pan because of the silicon holding it in place. I'd just flush the tranny and replace it with Amsoil. My e-shift got a lot smoother with the synthetic and the auto shifts were crisper as well.
Also drain out some of your fluid if you are too high when hot. Your tranny will like you for it and you should feel the difference in shifting, etc.
Glen
yup thats me
yea i noticed the magnet collected a lot of metal particles but nothing serious. i found that using a flat head and carefully tapping it inbetween the pan and the tranny helps.. just gotta becarefull not to scratch the surface. I believe others used a wire to cut the gasket? I think i should consider changing mind out just to clean the magnets.. maybe. also i might switch to Amsoil when i run out of T4.
05-14-09, 01:15 AM
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Thanks guys for all your replies this looks like a very good forum (Plenty of replies) the one in the UK isn't very busy takes a long time to get a reply and then perhaps only one in fact a lot of posts go un-answered
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