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comnavguy
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Aug 22, 2010, 5:32 PM
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What is the procedure for changing the fluid and filter on this Civic is ? It looks as if there is a drain plug on the side with a recessed hexagonal hole taking about a 12 to 14 hex wrench to remove.
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Aug 22, 2010, 6:38 PM
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Take note of this
Recommended Automatic Transmission Fluid: Genuine Honda Premium Formula Automatic Transmission Fluid
Don't put Dexron in there
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Dang me! I should'a said it was an automatic.
I have a Chilton (next to useless) and it looks as it there is not a filter in this trans. However, I wonder if there is a way to get the fluid out of the torque converter. The way the procedure explains it, it's only diluted.
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Aug 23, 2010, 5:01 PM
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I didn't note that this is an autotranny.
Is that plug at the end of the tranny the drain plug? I just read the Chilton, and it looks as if there is no way to drain the torque converters
Is there any little trick that I can use to get MOST of the juice outa the TC?
And what is it with using ONLY Honda fluid?
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Aug 23, 2010, 5:33 PM
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Draining fluid is pretty much useless. You only get about 1/3 of the capacity. Your much better off just using an exchange machine. That way it all gets changed.
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Aug 24, 2010, 5:29 AM
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It makes sense to me that if changing the tranny fluid is a good idea, doing only 1/3 is a bad idea. At one time, some Targets had a car shop which used a flush machine and they did the jobs for $49.
Having dropped a couple of pans and cleaned the "getter" magnets, I wonder how a flush machine can get all that metal out of the pans and off the magnets? You'd have to have a flush with the power of a fire hose to do that job.
I know the fluid is more critical than I once thought. I was once a proud owner of one of the thousands of Ford products - Gran Marquis, Crown Vics, Town Cars - which had the "wrong" fluid from the factory (dozens of tech service bulletins, no recalls) causing the tranny to downshift on SLIGHT accelleration at highway speeds.
It just seems strange that there is no good way to completely drain the tranny and TC on this Civic.
Thanks for the help, guys.
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Aug 24, 2010, 5:35 AM
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Your not going to find any $49 dollar flushes now, especially since the fluid alone retails for $5 or $6 a qt and you use about 10 qts. and you have at least 1/2 hour labor to do the job.
The whole idea about flushing is to do it before all that metal appears in the pan. Once that happens, it's really too late for anything.
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