I had the power flush done and my guy said the fluid looked like mud
coming out of the transmission. It sure does shift much better now but
still has a little slipping and a slight delay going into gear. I am
thinking that the new fluid needs to circulate and get further into the
transmission. The car had been sitting since September so I am sure it
isnt used to running right now. I will be nice to it though just to
make sure. I am going to have it rebuilt in a few months after I save
up some money (costs around $1800).

'Curly Q. Links' wrote:
> John Wiltfong Jr wrote:
> >
> > John Wiltfong Jr wrote:
> > > The fluid level is at the max mark on the stick...the color is a nice
> > > cherry red....like it just came out of the bottle...and it smells like
> > > transmission fluid. It doesnt appear to be burnt or even smell like it
> > > is burnt.
> >
> > I just took the car to my local garage and they are going to do a flush
> > and refill the tranny with the Honda ATF recommended. I dont know what
> > kind of fluid is in there now and from what my mechanic has said, the
> > wrong fluid could cause the indications I have. At least we will have
> > the correct fluid in there and have a good starting point.
>
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>
> You might want to do a google search for the word flush and honda. I've
> read it a dozen times: be careful that they don't 'FLUSH' a Honda
> tranny. Just drain-n-fill it. Honda realizes that there's at least a
> 50:50 chance that some bone-head will hook it up backwards and
> back-flush the contents of the internal filter into the whole rest of
> the tranny (and possibly other reasons). That's why they say do't do it.
> Some of the real experts around here will confirm.
>
> 'Curly'