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In my 98 Honda Civic of 168,000 miles, the last time I changed the fluid
was around 118,000.

Is is appropriate to go to the dealer, or for cost-effective reasons, can
I use the Jiffy Lube-type of place?

you can go any where
just make sure they use OEM HONDA FLUID..
i think it cost about 7bucks a litre from honda
you will need about 3Ls
warlock162 wrote:
> In my 98 Honda Civic of 168,000 miles, the last time I changed the fluid
> was around 118,000.
>
> Is is appropriate to go to the dealer, or for cost-effective reasons, can
> I use the Jiffy Lube-type of place?

"warlock162" <bray@dwsd.org> wrote in message
news:32f2aea373e226158d80f4fdfda97895@localhost.ta lkaboutautos.com...
> In my 98 Honda Civic of 168,000 miles, the last time I changed the
> fluid was around 118,000.
>
> Is is appropriate to go to the dealer, or for cost-effective reasons, can
> I use the Jiffy Lube-type of place?
>

The manual for my wife's CR-V says to have the dealer drain the fluid,
replace with HONDA GENUINE FLUID, drive the car, and repeat a total of three
times.

What does your Owner's Manual say regarding transmission service? If they
don't recommend a flush, and you haven't abused the transmission, then I
doubt that a flush is warranted.

Earle

warlock162 wrote:
>
> In my 98 Honda Civic of 168,000 miles, the last time I changed the fluid
> was around 118,000.
>
> Is is appropriate to go to the dealer, or for cost-effective reasons, can
> I use the Jiffy Lube-type of place?

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'Flush' and Honda 'automatic' should not be used in the same sentence.
You need to drain-n-fill you tranny with Honda Z1. You really could do
it yourself, or buy the Z1 and have 'your' mechanic do it. Since it was
done 50,000 miles ago, you could probably just do it once or twice
(assuming it was done three times at the last service). Check your
invoice, take about 3.5 quarts per drain.

You could have Jiffy lube do it once, and do it again next oil change,
and once again at next oil change . . . . .
'Curly'

In article
<32f2aea373e226158d80f4fdfda97895@localhost.talkab outautos.com>,
"warlock162" <bray@dwsd.org> wrote:

> In my 98 Honda Civic of 168,000 miles, the last time I changed the fluid
> was around 118,000.
>
> Is is appropriate to go to the dealer, or for cost-effective reasons, can
> I use the Jiffy Lube-type of place?

Use the dealer, and have the dealer do only the operations specified by
the factory service manual.

For example, for my Odyssey Honda says to flush the transmission by
doing a series of four drain-fill-drive routines. Period.

You will ruin your transmission by taking it to Jiffy Lube and having
them do a flush.

Question: why do you want a flush? You don't. You simply want a drain
and fill. It's still better off to use a dealer, or to use a local
mechanic you trust. Why? Because you want them to use Honda-brand
tranny fluid from the dealer. Anything else will--you guessed it--cause
problems.

"'Curly Q. Links'" <motsco__@interbaun.com> wrote in message
news:44C4EE42.F9313D18@interbaun.com...
> warlock162 wrote:
> >
> > In my 98 Honda Civic of 168,000 miles, the last time I changed the fluid
> > was around 118,000.
> >
> > Is is appropriate to go to the dealer, or for cost-effective reasons,
can
> > I use the Jiffy Lube-type of place?
>
> -----------------------------------------
>
> 'Flush' and Honda 'automatic' should not be used in the same sentence.
> You need to drain-n-fill you tranny with Honda Z1. You really could do
> it yourself, or buy the Z1 and have 'your' mechanic do it. Since it was
> done 50,000 miles ago, you could probably just do it once or twice
> (assuming it was done three times at the last service). Check your
> invoice, take about 3.5 quarts per drain.
>
> You could have Jiffy lube do it once, and do it again next oil change,
> and once again at next oil change . . . . .
> 'Curly'

With Jiffy Lube, you will have to bring them the proper fluid. What are the
odds against Jiffy Lube using HG fluid, even if they swear up and down that
they will do so?

Earle

On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 10:46:54 -0600, "Earle Horton"
<earle-NOSPAM-horton@msn.com> wrote:

>
>"'Curly Q. Links'" <motsco__@interbaun.com> wrote in message
>news:44C4EE42.F9313D18@interbaun.com...
>> warlock162 wrote:
>> >
>> > In my 98 Honda Civic of 168,000 miles, the last time I changed the fluid
>> > was around 118,000.
>> >
>> > Is is appropriate to go to the dealer, or for cost-effective reasons,
>can
>> > I use the Jiffy Lube-type of place?
>>
>> -----------------------------------------
>>
>> 'Flush' and Honda 'automatic' should not be used in the same sentence.
>> You need to drain-n-fill you tranny with Honda Z1. You really could do
>> it yourself, or buy the Z1 and have 'your' mechanic do it. Since it was
>> done 50,000 miles ago, you could probably just do it once or twice
>> (assuming it was done three times at the last service). Check your
>> invoice, take about 3.5 quarts per drain.
>>
>> You could have Jiffy lube do it once, and do it again next oil change,
>> and once again at next oil change . . . . .
>> 'Curly'
>
>With Jiffy Lube, you will have to bring them the proper fluid. What are the
>odds against Jiffy Lube using HG fluid, even if they swear up and down that
>they will do so?
>
>Earle

If they change it at all.

On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 10:03:25 -0400, "warlock162" <bray@dwsd.org>
wrote:

>In my 98 Honda Civic of 168,000 miles, the last time I changed the fluid
>was around 118,000.
>
>Is is appropriate to go to the dealer, or for cost-effective reasons, can
>I use the Jiffy Lube-type of place?

If you use Jiffy Lube, get the fluid from the Honda dealer and tell
them you want to watch them change it. If they give you any bullshit
about insurance regulations or any other reason why they can't do
this, take the fluid and find an independent mechanic. Better yet,
just start asking around now to find a good independent.

"Gordon McGrew" <gRmEcMgOrVeEw@mindspring.com> wrote
> If you use Jiffy Lube, get the fluid from the Honda dealer
> and tell
> them you want to watch them change it. If they give you
> any bullshit
> about insurance regulations or any other reason why they
> can't do
> this, take the fluid and find an independent mechanic.
> Better yet,
> just start asking around now to find a good independent.

Maybe people should just print out all these articles
reporting on Jiffy Lube not changing fluids when its people
claimed to have done so, and present them to management when
making the request to watch.

It seems like Jiffy Lube should be grateful for any customer
right now.

I wouldn't tust any of thoes fast lube place's with anything but oil,
and even then you have to find a good one. I've had numerous problems
with pricing. They say it's going to cost X amount and it ends up being
X PLUS some other sum of money for some odd reason!

I once had a place tell me I needed a radiator flush and that if I
didn't I could "seriously dammage my engine." I had just had the water
pump replaced AND the radiator flushed about 6 months prior to this.
When I told this to the worker I got a "I've been caught!" Look. She
didn't say anything after that and just ran my card for the oil change.
Was she trying to take advantage of me or what?

It's hard to find a trusted workshop. Just make sure they are using to
spec oils and go from there.


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