SO I HAVE A 90 DX AND WITH AN 88 Si TRANNY AND IM NOT SURE HOW MANY QUARTS OF OIL I NEED TO FILL IT UP , DOES ANYONE KNOW ? THANKS

 

Why so caps lock?!

 

Untill it spills out from the fill plug at ground level.
two quarts or so.

 

?????

 

i put 2 quarts through the top , theres some kind of sensor on the top of the tranny, i just wanna make sure i added enough , thanks

 

i think that sensor is your speed sensor(vss) correct me if i'm wrong. 2.3 quarts for ya tranny

 

it is 2 quarts for a fluid change, and 2.3 if the trans was taken out and rebuilt.

I will never figure out why people use the VSS hole.. its a giant PITA compared with the normal fill hole. if you make sure your car is jacked up level, the fluid barely runs out the filler hole. if you have the front of the car a tiny bit lower than the rear, it doesnt even leak. If you buy like 2 feet of 1/2 in inner diameter rubber hose and a small funnel, you don't have to mess around with the vss.

good luck.

 

x2. The fill hole is there for a reason. I use a syringe pump with a 12" length of flexible hose on the end for manual transmissions. Just pour the fluid into the syringe and pump it by hand into the trans until it starts to dribble back out of the fill hole. Super easy. Works great for rear differential fluid changes on CR-Vs, Pilots, S2000, and Acura RL as well.

D-series transmissions generally take around 2 quarts. B-series transmissions take a little more than 2.

 

Pretty sure the D series is 1.8, so 2 quarts should spill out just barely. At least mine did, and I just pulled the tranny twice...

 

What I do that takes a little more time is I remove the front wheels and then jack the car back down with the rotors almost touching the ground. It gives you all the room you need and zero spilling out at two quarts.

 

I think you are mistaken as to what people to use to fill it - I've never heard of anyone using the VSS hole. Seems like a ton of work.

Now what I have seen used, is the reverse switch hole. In some situations it's very convenient to use.

 

Ive heard of both, but never understood either of them. The reverse switch does make more sense than vss, but both are more involved than a 17mm box end and a rubber hose..

I guess the reverse sensor would be more clean because there is 0 chance of trans oil running out and its the easiest of the 2 to take out..

 

well according to my book of technical specifications that we use here to see how much fluid the transmissions we work on holds it says 1.9 quarts. but the safest and easiest is by far the fill plug. but i have put fluid through the VSS on mine.

 

i have to do mine from the VSS cause the asshat who had the car before me fully stripped the fill bolt out and i didnt get a chance to replace it when i had the tranny out over the weekend. My rear shift shaft seal is leaking so i fill up just past the gears that are noticeable when i pull the VSS. hope to have that fixed here soon...

 

thanks for all the help guys , i was just making sure but i belive it was the reverse switch i filled it through , thanks again !!!

 

I fill mine up through the reverse switch, it takes like 10 minutes.