How to Fill Transmission Fluid?
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Re: How to Fill Transmission Fluid? (Understeer)
for a manual tranes there are 2 screws on the trannie a lower screw and a higher screw. the lower screw is the drain and the high screw is the fill. u have to use this really long funnel that goes into the fill and goes all the way on top of the engine bay. u fill the trannie fluid untill it starts coming out then u put the screw in.
its very important to use trannie fluid and not normal motor oil. lots of ppl just use normall motor oil and it ***** up the trannie.
for a auto trannie there should be a dip stick and u fill it untill the dip stick says its full. theres no dip stick for a maunal trannie.
i useing neo synthetic manual trannie oil in my car it works great and its very smooth although it is kind of expensive
its very important to use trannie fluid and not normal motor oil. lots of ppl just use normall motor oil and it ***** up the trannie.
for a auto trannie there should be a dip stick and u fill it untill the dip stick says its full. theres no dip stick for a maunal trannie.
i useing neo synthetic manual trannie oil in my car it works great and its very smooth although it is kind of expensive
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Re: How to Fill Transmission Fluid? (Understeer)
hm...honda MTF? open the drain plug, drain it, close the drain plug, open the fill plug, fill till it spills, close the drain plug.
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Re: How to Fill Transmission Fluid? (SSBP DC2)
to fill the tranny, I used a hand pump kinda like the ones they have for soap bottles. It came with a hose and screwed onto the MTF bottle. It took a while to pump though , but at least it wasn't messy
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Re: How to Fill Transmission Fluid? (Pat)
thats the hard way. easy way is to drain from the drain plug. fill by removing the speed sensor one 10mm bolt and remove whole speed sensor and fill its that easy. honda mtf always. i think around 3.5 quarts of honda mtf.
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Re: How to Fill Transmission Fluid? (GSRfoedoe)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by GSRfoedoe »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">thats the hard way. easy way is to drain from the drain plug. fill by removing the speed sensor one 10mm bolt and remove whole speed sensor and fill its that easy. honda mtf always. i think around 3.5 quarts of honda mtf.</TD></TR></TABLE>
great advise!!
great advise!!
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Re: How to Fill Transmission Fluid? (GSRfoedoe)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by GSRfoedoe »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">thats the hard way. easy way is to drain from the drain plug. fill by removing the speed sensor one 10mm bolt and remove whole speed sensor and fill its that easy. honda mtf always. i think around 3.5 quarts of honda mtf.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Except it's 2.3 quarts.
Except it's 2.3 quarts.
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Re: How to Fill Transmission Fluid? (Volcom)
I just used a long *** hose and a funnel. Then, I just held it up and stood next to the car a poured. Much easier than taking out the speed sensor.
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Re: How to Fill Transmission Fluid? (VTEC-DA)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by VTEC-DA »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I just used a long *** hose and a funnel. Then, I just held it up and stood next to the car a poured. Much easier than taking out the speed sensor.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Agreed... buy a 2' piece of clear PVC hose and slip it onto the end of a funnel. Snake the hose down from up-top in the engine bay into the fill hole. Pour the oil into the funnel and it goes into the tranny, 2.3L or so should do it.
Agreed... buy a 2' piece of clear PVC hose and slip it onto the end of a funnel. Snake the hose down from up-top in the engine bay into the fill hole. Pour the oil into the funnel and it goes into the tranny, 2.3L or so should do it.
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Re: How to Fill Transmission Fluid? (stumpyf4)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by stumpyf4 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
Agreed... buy a 2' piece of clear PVC hose and slip it onto the end of a funnel. Snake the hose down from up-top in the engine bay into the fill hole. Pour the oil into the funnel and it goes into the tranny, 2.3L or so should do it. </TD></TR></TABLE>
thats what i did to fill my tranny.
Agreed... buy a 2' piece of clear PVC hose and slip it onto the end of a funnel. Snake the hose down from up-top in the engine bay into the fill hole. Pour the oil into the funnel and it goes into the tranny, 2.3L or so should do it. </TD></TR></TABLE>
thats what i did to fill my tranny.
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Re: How to Fill Transmission Fluid? (Volcom)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Volcom »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
Except it's 2.3 quarts. </TD></TR></TABLE>
2.3L, its a honda, they go by liters not quarts...
stupid standard system...makes no sense at all
Except it's 2.3 quarts. </TD></TR></TABLE>
2.3L, its a honda, they go by liters not quarts...
stupid standard system...makes no sense at all
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Re: How to Fill Transmission Fluid? (SSBP DC2)
funny, I just did that mess today. The vent plug can fill the tranny too... only the hole is about 1/4" wide and tends to slobber a bit... but easy.
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Re: How to Fill Transmission Fluid? (GSRfoedoe)
hey , can we see pics of this filling by removing the speed sensor , ive heard it before in a few diff places , but i can i see a pic of what i need to talk out with a 10 mill socket
**(thats the hard way. easy way is to drain from the drain plug. fill by removing the speed sensor one 10mm bolt and remove whole speed sensor and fill its that easy. honda mtf always. i think around 3.5 quarts of honda mtf.)**
**(thats the hard way. easy way is to drain from the drain plug. fill by removing the speed sensor one 10mm bolt and remove whole speed sensor and fill its that easy. honda mtf always. i think around 3.5 quarts of honda mtf.)**
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Re: How to Fill Transmission Fluid? (jason bouchard)
referr back to B18C5-EH2 tread on tranny fluid replacement for pics. its very detailed and easy to follow.
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Re: How to Fill Transmission Fluid? (GSRfoedoe)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by GSRfoedoe »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">referr back to B18C5-EH2 tread on tranny fluid replacement for pics. its very detailed and easy to follow. </TD></TR></TABLE>
can you retreive that thread for us? I tried searching for that user in integra.. didnt come up with anything. also is it necessary to use a torque wrench, because I dont have one.
can you retreive that thread for us? I tried searching for that user in integra.. didnt come up with anything. also is it necessary to use a torque wrench, because I dont have one.
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Re: How to Fill Transmission Fluid? (GSRfoedoe)
by filling the tranny thru the speed sensor....how do you know when its full. because you can never really empty the tranny completely. is it bad to over fill?????
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Re: How to Fill Transmission Fluid? (jdm4door)
you still leave the fill hole open, so you can see it spill out. Or, if you know how much oil your car takes, you can just use that amount. I think B18C5-EH2's car took 2.5 quarts every time he did it.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jdm4door »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">by filling the tranny thru the speed sensor....how do you know when its full. because you can never really empty the tranny completely. is it bad to over fill?????</TD></TR></TABLE>
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jdm4door »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">by filling the tranny thru the speed sensor....how do you know when its full. because you can never really empty the tranny completely. is it bad to over fill?????</TD></TR></TABLE>
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wow the CORRECT WAY is this,
put a shop towel around your CV boot. open the FILL plug FIRST. you don't want a tranny with no fluid should somehting happen. open the drian plug and drain the tranny. it come sout fast. new washer on drain plug, torque to 29ft/lbs, take a funnel wiht a flex tube. i got one for like $4 at pepboys and the tube is removable. stick the tube in the hole and slowly pour honda MTF in until it leaks out the fill hole. make sure it's at the bottom of the fill hole. then wipe up excess, new washer on the fill plug and torque it to 33ft/lbs. wipe up and clean any fluid off the CV boot wiht a rubber safe cleaner if you happened to get some on there. drive around. your tranny will smoke slightly until the exccess fluid burns off.
and FYI it's 2.2L at oil change and 2.3L at overhaul. if you wanna argue with this procedure, call HELMS Inc.
put a shop towel around your CV boot. open the FILL plug FIRST. you don't want a tranny with no fluid should somehting happen. open the drian plug and drain the tranny. it come sout fast. new washer on drain plug, torque to 29ft/lbs, take a funnel wiht a flex tube. i got one for like $4 at pepboys and the tube is removable. stick the tube in the hole and slowly pour honda MTF in until it leaks out the fill hole. make sure it's at the bottom of the fill hole. then wipe up excess, new washer on the fill plug and torque it to 33ft/lbs. wipe up and clean any fluid off the CV boot wiht a rubber safe cleaner if you happened to get some on there. drive around. your tranny will smoke slightly until the exccess fluid burns off.
and FYI it's 2.2L at oil change and 2.3L at overhaul. if you wanna argue with this procedure, call HELMS Inc.
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Re: How to Fill Transmission Fluid? (jdm4door)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jdm4door »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">by filling the tranny thru the speed sensor....how do you know when its full. because you can never really empty the tranny completely. is it bad to over fill?????</TD></TR></TABLE>
Excess fluid will most like leak out of the axle seal. Don't overfill!!
Excess fluid will most like leak out of the axle seal. Don't overfill!!
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Re: How to Fill Transmission Fluid? (UCBGSR)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by UCBGSR »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
2.3L, its a honda, they go by liters not quarts...
stupid standard system...makes no sense at all</TD></TR></TABLE>
everyone in the world except USA use liters and meters.
2.3L, its a honda, they go by liters not quarts...
stupid standard system...makes no sense at all</TD></TR></TABLE>
everyone in the world except USA use liters and meters.