Re: Auto Transmission Service

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"Michel Drainville" <MDrainville@domain.elided> wrote:
> > ...SNIP
> > filter. To flush all of the fluid out of the system (cooler lines
> > and all) requires hardware only a dealer can justify owning.
>
>
> A partial flush doesn't do any good, well, not a lot. Good oil mixed
> with old oil= old oil.

Actually, it equals 50% old/new oil.
Admittedly not as good as 100% new juice, but obviously better than 100%
old gunk ;-)

> *** To do a full oil change at home, including the torque converter,
> follow this: ***
> First, figure how many liter of oil your tranny requires and buy some
> extra.
> Then, flush the pan and roughly measure how many liters were in the pan.
> Remove the pan, clean inside, change filter or clean strainer,
reassemble.
> Pour new oil in the filler tube.

Michel,
Lifetime trannies do not have filler tubes ;-(
The simplest way to get new fluid in there is to pre-fill the TC/tranny
pans with clean oil before bolting them back up. A bit cumbersome, but IMHO
better than running the TC dry (there is only one oil fill hole on the
tranny pan).

alex f

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