i was tryin to change my own oil for the first time and i drained the wrong part i don;t know what i drained but i need to put it back in but i don;t know where to pour it in ...near the front left suspension ...here;s some pics... its a 2000 honda prelude non sh









Modified by ArgGuy at 4:15 PM 6/3/2004

 

You drained your ratchet? wow those pictures confuse me... i feel upside down.

what year is your car?, driver side suspension is kind of near the oil drain bolt. if you took off the driver's wheel, the bolt is facing the rear of the car, slightly angled down... below and to the left (driver side) of the oil filter. i can't tell you what you drained, though.

 

2000 honda prelude non SH...it;s in the front left side bottom...

 

Looks like youve drained the transmission fluid, the pictureof the suspension of from the front right hand side, so where you drained oil from was the driveshaft directly above it?

 

i think your right do you know where to pour the transmission fliud back into the car...it;s right beneath the car battery...it has it;s own little dip stick...


Modified by ArgGuy at 4:30 PM 6/3/2004

 

Id be surprised if it does haveits own little dipstick. Stay away from the battery you dont want to drain any other fluids from your car! =P

Where the drain plug is for the transmission that your drained, there is a little filler bolt that you remove that is inside the front right wheel well a bit higher than the centre of the driveshaft 'cup'.

This is the only fill point that should be used, its at a mounted vertically at a particular height so that if you overfill it the excess will just drain out. Is your car a manual? if it is then you eed to buy some manual transmission fluid, might as well change that since youve drained it. Aslo have you bought an oil filter? if you havent then you must go buy one, theres no point in changing your oil without changing the filter!.

Heres a pic of the two drain locations.

 

is there any way that i can call you...if your not busi right now...cauz i can;t exactly...drive anywhere...do you have a aim s.n.

 

And that's quick and professional.
If your car is an automatic, you will have a dipstick, and you can fill through the dipstick hole with a funnel. Otherwise - listen to the wise brit.

 

Im in England so bit far for you to call. My msn is supercharged_prelude@hotmail.com

 

i was jus about to do that but wasn;t sure that it was okie...aite...thanks for your help...

 

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If your car is an automatic, you will have a dipstick, and you can fill through the dipstick hole with a funnel. Otherwise - listen to the wise brit.</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

too funny... lol

 

it is under-behind the block. the bolt is an obvious different color.

 

what side of the car does the bolt face? You will know for sure then

 

Lol, how could you get the transmission fluid drain mixed up with the oil pan drain?? Its kinda hard to mix those up

 

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he didn't know what the oil pan looked like

 

Its just another classic HT moment.

 

Give the guy some credit, at least he is trying to do it himself. We were all there at one point or another, its just that most people dont have the ***** to post up and admit they made a mistake and ask for help.

 

Is it me, or does his driver's side halfshaft look really greasy?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Doctor Who &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Is it me, or does his driver's side halfshaft look really greasy?</TD></TR></TABLE>

besides the fact the boot is slid down the cv axle?

 

It was a torn up inner boot and the outer DOJ (double offset joint) was ceased, DOJ cannot be rebuilt s had to obtain a new one.
That driveshaft was stripped down for parts and then I rebuilt one and slung that in. You'll also notice theres no steering knuckles, the cradle in the car is sealed with rist proofing and thers old cradle bits in the background.

see Why here... https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=712816

 

and its my passenger side axle btw. Its a JDM machine.