Do the 92-95 automatic transmissions have some type of changable fluid filter?

Also, my transmission has been acting really special lately, as drectibed in this post. I'm going to driving the car longer distances and alot more really soon and thought I should change the fluid now, but I had planned to change it again before september. Is there a cheaper alternative to Honda ATF that I can put into it that can help with the described problems and possibly help clean it out?
When I change the fluid again I will definatly put in Honda ATF.

Thanks

 

I never seen a filter for Honda Auto trans. Ive seen them on trucks and such.

Use Honda ATF itll be cheaper then the other stuff. And also for your problem with bogging try a tune up.

 

Thanks Luserkid.

Can I get some other opinions too or what?

 

When you change the auto tranny fluid, does that not automatically include the fluid in the Torque converter too???

If not how can it be changed?

 

I usually have good aftermarket fluids to recommend as an alternative to Honda stuff, but for flushing and filling automatic transmissions I advise using only genuine Honda ATF-Z1.

 

Honda ATF is the way to go. THere is a filter, but it's inside the trans- only should change when rebuilding the trans.

To fully clean out the trans, do a "triple flush"- what we do on warranty cars before swapping new trannies in.

Drain the fluid, refill and run with wheels off the ground in drive for 5 minutes or so, and repeat 3 times. This should get most of the contaminants out of the trans

 

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To fully clean out the trans, do a "triple flush"- what we do on warranty cars before swapping new trannies in.

Drain the fluid, refill and run with wheels off the ground in drive for 5 minutes or so, and repeat 3 times. This should get most of the contaminants out of the trans</TD></TR></TABLE>
I was once told to run the engine with the car jacked up or on stands isn't safe.
Especially if start pushing the gas pedal too .. hmm


Do you just put it into D4 and go at it or do you manually shift?

 

No clue huh guys?

 

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Save yourself the trouble and just take it to the dealer for the flush. I would do only the regular service (I mean, it's a honda after all), I'd hate to think how much that triple-flush would cost sans warranty. With fluids, it'll cost you about 100 (the regular service). It's what I've done, no problems, I still have the factory auto and it's got 185k on the speedo. Not to mention, you probably don't have one of those huge fluid vacuums to rapidly change out the fluid with no fear of having that torque converter short on fluid just laying around in your garage like the dealer does.

If you're concerned with keeping it in good condition, you might want to consider a trans cooler. Not too sure how worth it it would be, I haven't researched it, but if fleet cars (i.e., Crown Vics) have them, it must work to some degree. That should cost you under 100 also and you can do it yourself.

 

Yea they have filters but you have to take the tranny apart to get to it so the only thing you can do is a flush and fill .

 

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If you're concerned with keeping it in good condition, you might want to consider a trans cooler. Not too sure how worth it it would be, I haven't researched it, but if fleet cars (i.e., Crown Vics) have them, it must work to some degree. That should cost you under 100 also and you can do it yourself.

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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Dlpz87 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Save yourself the trouble and just take it to the dealer for the flush. I would do only the regular service (I mean, it's a honda after all), I'd hate to think how much that triple-flush would cost sans warranty. With fluids, it'll cost you about 100 (the regular service). It's what I've done, no problems, I still have the factory auto and it's got 185k on the speedo. Not to mention, you probably don't have one of those huge fluid vacuums to rapidly change out the fluid with no fear of having that torque converter short on fluid just laying around in your garage like the dealer does.

If you're concerned with keeping it in good condition, you might want to consider a trans cooler. Not too sure how worth it it would be, I haven't researched it, but if fleet cars (i.e., Crown Vics) have them, it must work to some degree. That should cost you under 100 also and you can do it yourself.

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You mean one of those Transmission fluid coolers? Hmm.. Welp I got nearly 160K on mines, would it do any good at this point (lol) ? I'll look into it tho!

I might take it to the dealer for the flush too. I just hope I can trust they'll do it right. I mean I know it's the dealer and the idea is they do it the best way it can be done but you know some dealers like to be shitty to their customers. So much so I'd want to sit in and watch them do it. Hmm...

So does this service change out the fluid in the torque converter too?

What happens when someon changes the fluid by hand, is the torque converter just with the original fluid or what?

 

I honestly don't know how worth it the trans cooler would be, but if you're traveling long distances, it couldn't hurt. Not to mention, if it extends the life of your tranny for a year or so, that's a year you don't have to pay to have a new one installed.

Yes, the dealer basically sucks out all the old fluid and continually pumps in new fluid until they can see just new fluid coming out. This is all done with a huge, clear vacuum, so yea, you could sit there and watch them do it, nothing special, it would be a really hard thing to mess up. I can only imagine that it clears out the torque converter too, due to the amount of old fluid that comes out. Feel free to ask them (the dealer) though, they would know the best out of anyone.

By hand it's basically a more time consuming thing then having the dealer do it. Because you're just waiting to see when new fluid comes out and you don't exactly have a fancy device to suck it out at high speeds (a regular street hooker might do). Also, I don't know how sure you can be if the torque converter is completely drained or not if doing it by hand. Someone else here would most likely know.

 

the majority of AT failures is from overheating...with the hot weather coming up, I'm sure I'll see more AT problems, among other issues.

You have a factory AT cooler in your radiator, but it's not very big. You can pick up a decent one off Summit for 50 bucks or so....

 

where is the cooler at then? All I see in the front of the car is the engine radiator and the A/C Condensor radiator

 

inside the rad....like I said, it's not very big. You will see the cooler lines from the trans to the rad

 

With the draining trans fluid out of torque converters. I've spent 20mins trying to get all of it out of a Maserati one, I gave up cause there is so much fluid and the converter has all those fins and channels that some fluid is going to remain in there. Just a digression lol.

Look on your radiator for 2 lines coming out the bottom. those are the in and out for the tranny cooler, that is contained with in the radiator, atleast from what i could tell when I got my replacement rad which only came in auto trim lol.

 

Well, it's nice to know I have a transmission cooler! Never knew that! I thought only higher-end and more sporty models of cars had them.

Well anyway... yeah I guess I'll look into getting the transmission professionally flushed and filled with Honda Genuine asap. When I DO do it, It'll be followed by some service to the engine too. New oil, and filter.

I think my engine is burning oil tho. Keep having to put oil into the engine and if I rev hard (not moving ofcourse in park or neutral) I get lots of smoke out the tail pipe.

Oh yeah, and Thank you for all of your help so far guys. I really appreciate it!