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How often do you change your tranny fluid? Is it true that this fluid
doesn't need to be changed out as often as the manufacturer suggests?

"ravelation" <ravelation@webtv.net> wrote in message
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> How often do you change your tranny fluid? Is it true that this fluid
> doesn't need to be changed out as often as the manufacturer suggests?
I'd - at the minimum - follow what the owners manual says. At least for the
03/04 models, that would be (IIRC w/o looking at mine) 60k miles for severe
conditions and 110k miles normal conditions. Those are already long
intervals compared to other cars I've owned.

"K5" <K56522@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "ravelation" <ravelation@webtv.net> wrote in message
> news:22695-4016FAD8-363@storefull-3275.bay.webtv.net...
> > How often do you change your tranny fluid? Is it true that this fluid
> > doesn't need to be changed out as often as the manufacturer suggests?
> I'd - at the minimum - follow what the owners manual says. At least for
the
> 03/04 models, that would be (IIRC w/o looking at mine) 60k miles for
severe
> conditions and 110k miles normal conditions. Those are already long
> intervals compared to other cars I've owned.
Forgot to say that this is for the manual 5spd on an Accord.

K56522@yahoo.com (K5) wrote;

>Forgot to say that this is for the manual
>5spd on an Accord.

As I forgot to mention I was looking for auto tranny fluid feedback.
Thanks anyhoo.

"ravelation" <ravelation@webtv.net> wrote in message
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> How often do you change your tranny fluid? Is it true that this fluid
> doesn't need to be changed out as often as the manufacturer suggests?
>

If anything this is an area where many car manufacturers under specify the
change interval.

Generally for modern automatic transmissions I change it out twice as often
as the factory recommendation. Thus if the factory says 60,000 miles, I try
to do 30,000 miles.

Automatic transmissions are very expensive and I've often found fluid which
smelled obviously burnt far sooner than the factory change interval would
suggest.

Also you want to change all of the fluid, not just the few quarts accessible
from the pan. This means either a power flush unit or the DIY equivalent
with a few hoses and careful technique.

John

Auto tranny, change what fluid you can every 15,000 miles
Manual trannys, once a year no matter what.

WebTV still works? How I got started 8 years ago!

"ravelation" <ravelation@webtv.net> wrote in message
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> How often do you change your tranny fluid? Is it true that this fluid
> doesn't need to be changed out as often as the manufacturer suggests?
>

On 1/27/04 5:57 PM, in article
22695-4016FAD8-363@storefull-3275.bay.webtv.net, "ravelation"
<ravelation@webtv.net> wrote:

> How often do you change your tranny fluid? Is it true that this fluid
> doesn't need to be changed out as often as the manufacturer suggests?
>

I always follow the change interval the manufacturer suggests. If your
fluid is still clear and doesn't smell burnt, you are probably OK.

The service schedules on my last couple of Nissans only recommend changing
the fluid if there is anything wrong with it (changes color or smells
burnt).

Honda automatic trans fluid is easy to change yourself. They have drain
plugs and there is no internal filter to mess with. You just drain it and
refill with the prescribed amount. Easier than changing the oil.

This is one of the areas that people (at least in these groups) tend to
obsess over. You will get a lot of responses adamantly insisting that it
needs to be changed significantly more often the the manufacturer's
recommendations. It doesn't. Change it according to the recommended
schedule and immediately if you see or smell any changes in the fluid.

From: mistab0ne@nospam.net (Mista*Bone) wrote:

>WebTV still works? How I got started 8
>years ago!

Yup. Still working, original keyboard and everything (7 years old and
survived a serious Pepsi Syndrome a few years back). I only use it for
my newsgroup participation as it's still slow for surfing, compared to
the cable modem for our 'puter. There's something about the ease of
operation for ngs that's kept me on this "scourge of usenet". LOL.

Has anyone ever gone with a different brand than Honda ATF-Z1. I understand
regular Dex III will cause problems but what about synthetic stuff like
Amsoil? Any thoughts or experiences?


"E. Meyer" <e.meyer0SPAM@ieee.org> wrote in message
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> On 1/27/04 5:57 PM, in article
> 22695-4016FAD8-363@storefull-3275.bay.webtv.net, "ravelation"
> <ravelation@webtv.net> wrote:
>
> > How often do you change your tranny fluid? Is it true that this fluid
> > doesn't need to be changed out as often as the manufacturer suggests?
> >
>
> I always follow the change interval the manufacturer suggests. If your
> fluid is still clear and doesn't smell burnt, you are probably OK.
>
> The service schedules on my last couple of Nissans only recommend changing
> the fluid if there is anything wrong with it (changes color or smells
> burnt).
>
> Honda automatic trans fluid is easy to change yourself. They have drain
> plugs and there is no internal filter to mess with. You just drain it and
> refill with the prescribed amount. Easier than changing the oil.
>
> This is one of the areas that people (at least in these groups) tend to
> obsess over. You will get a lot of responses adamantly insisting that it
> needs to be changed significantly more often the the manufacturer's
> recommendations. It doesn't. Change it according to the recommended
> schedule and immediately if you see or smell any changes in the fluid.
>
>

> This is one of the areas that people (at least in these groups) tend to
> obsess over.

Um, that would be those of us who've had transmissions go bad and
still remember writing out the (really hellaciously large) check.

It's just toooo easy to change this fluid in a Honda yourself, and
cheap.
Just do it.

JM