thambi23

....my transmission in my 98 accord is slipping already i have a appt with the honda deal march 7th to see if i can replace it.. but in the mean time when i went there before they said it was because i needed a transmission flush.....so now all my gears were eaten up by the old oil...do you think i should do a transmission flush now or what.....

thambi23

so does any one have any suggestions if i should do it or what....

tpot90

Because of our weak trannys, flushes arent recommended because flushing eats away the weak gears even quicker. How many miles does your accord have?

Derek128

do multiple drain/fills to flush most of my ATF out

thambi23

yeah as of now they told me i needed to change my transmission fluid and i never did..i just did it like 3 days ago... and now my maintenance required light went off but still the check engne light is on. what flushes do you recommend?

thambi23

i have 107k on my car now...every 30k they told me to do a transmission flush which costs 124$ here in boston but its prob the same price a most places so if any one knows about whut drains and flushes to do let me know thanks

YeuEmMaiMai

trans slipping and fluid level is normal and OK color = REPLACE TRANSMISSION WITH HONDA REMAN UNIT

Derek128

Honda clarifies that an AT flush is 3X drain/fill

AT flush machines = killing ur tranny
read this pdf file
it tells ur how to do drains & fills
http://www.in.honda.com/Rjanis...0.PDF

f22b2guy

I've had issues with my 97 because the fluid was not replaced and I didn't realize that it was not.

I've done 2 transmission oil changes in 3 months and the transmission is much better.

If you have an automatic it's very easy to do.
At least on the 97 accord you can see the bolt by removing the passenger side tire.

You just remove the drain plug and fill into the dipstick.

You will also need a breaker bar for this as the torque is probably really high on the bolt.
Hope that helps.

SOHCMAN

Being ignorant of Honda auto tranny issues, I was wondering what exactly eats away the gears during a flush??? Isnt it just tranny fluid being forced in and out during a flush with a machine or is it a cleaning solution or what?

dont mean to hijack, just an honest question...

sohc

TheMuffinMan

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dont mean to hijack, just an honest question...

sohc</TD></TR></TABLE>

Supposedly it frees up clogged up crap and throws it back up into the tranny (like caked on metal flakes/etc).

So it can be better to just leave things be and not worry about loosening that stuff up after a certain point.

Derek128

wt I heard is auto tranny drives by pressure
& using machine flush will clean up all the clogged up crap
its gd for a brand new tranny(brand new shouldn't have these crap anyways)
but in used tranny, these clogged up crap "help" to hold up the pressure
and all of a sudden u flush these crap out
& the pressure got messed up

its like
slowly building up a dam in river is "ok"
suddenly remove the dam in river may flood the area around it

thambi23

my friends dad said that he can rebuild it for me for 800$ with 12 months warranty is that good

GoQkRaCeR

800 is a steal!

thambi23

yeah i was gonna do that.........but i dont know yet

Derek128

800 is a gd price
but how about pulling it out & putting it back?