I have 30,000 miles on my tranny. Is it a good time to flush out the old fluid and put new fluid in? How much for Honda MTF anyway

 

I have flushed 4 times in 27,000 miles.

Honda MTF

$4-$5 a qt.

Will

[price]


[Modified by Willard, 1:34 PM 2/28/2002]

 

30k miles, you are due for an MTF change at "severe" driving conditions per owner's manual.

 

I'm sure Mike K will say every 3,000 miles Fawker



[Modified by AssPenny, 10:57 AM 2/28/2002]

 

I'm changing mine at 15k.

 

how many quarts?

 

3 will do you (it holds 2 and change)

-jeff, who just changed his last weekend

 

Hey, I changed mine last weekend too! What a coincidence. For peace of mind, change tranny fluid at every other oil change.....

 

Jesus - do you guys not have any other hobbies?

 

sure!
there's oil changes, brake flushes, swapping street & track pads, swapping street & track rotors...

 

haha, funny one.

 

and change the wipers too for good measure.

 

The local dealership recomended that I change it at 15,000 miles, and I would agree with them...I also do a valve adjustment at 15,000 miles, oil every3-4000, all depends upon how clean it looks when I check the oil.
Austin

 

thanx guys. I couldnt find my owners manual. I changed the fluid and now have some nice smooth shifting. Also when i did a search onthis topic, someone was filling the tranny by removing the VSS and filing it by there. Is this also an acceptable way if doing it?


[Modified by Rattlesn8ke, 1:51 AM 3/1/2002]

 

30,000 miles and flushed tranny twice with Honda MTF


thomas

 

thats what i was planning

 

thanks for the answer

 

i believe it holds 2.3 quarts

there is a little hole on the side though, so if you start to fill it too high, it comes out the hole

i just switch to Synchromesh and its much smoother than the oem honda fluid

 

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Lolz same here. I have a custom tool to do it too, its called a long funnel, with a long tube, with a spark plug wire thingy thats been cut so itll all reach down into the hole and I dont even have to jack the car rofl.

 

I have changed mine twice in 12k miles!!!!!! I know there was no need to do it but i was heading on a 1000 mile road trip a few weeks back and just decided to do it to be on the safe side.

 

Gravity&gt; thats what i was planning

You had a good reason for bringing a 3 1/2 year old thread back to life?

 

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You waited 3 years for the answer??????????????

 

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It's a good thing to have. You can buy a replacement here. The recommended maintenance schedule also appears in the service manual, which is essential if you work on your own car. You can buy the service manual from the same site.

The manuals recommend that the transmission fluid is changed every 90K miles or 6 years, whichever comes first, under "normal conditions", and every 30K miles or 2 years under "severe conditions", which are defined as follows:

- Driving less than 5 miles per trip (or less than 10 miles in freezing temperatures)
- Driving in extremely hot (over 90 degrees F) temperatures
- Extensive idling or long periods of stop and go driving
- Trailer towing, driving with a car-top carrier, or driving in mountainous terrain
- Driving on muddy, dusty, or de-iced roads

(But the manual says that if the car is driven only occasionally under these conditions, follow the normal maintenance recommendations.)

 

I just did mine recently and it took ~2.4 quarts. I do it every 15k along with the fuel filter, air filter.

 

yea 15K is the usual increment
im going to start doing at 10K from now on
because when i changed mine after honda day
it was black