Pootie Tang
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Just an update. I flushed the transmission fluid yesterday in my backyard. It was a piece of cake. Here are my notes:
1. Very easy. Easy access to the transmission cooler return hose. Disconnect from engine/trans (needle nose pliers), connect to 3/8" clear tubing (about 6' using a barbed hose connector) and run it into a clear empty bottle that can hold at least 4 quarts. Put the bottle where you can see it from the drivers seat. Start the car, and watch the dark fluid pump out and into your bottle. Once it starts to sputter (about 3 quarts), shut off engine and put in three quarts of new (from the top, dipstick tube, long funnel is good). During one or two of the pump outs, move the trans selector through the positions and hold it each for a few seconds. Keep this up (pump out and refill) until new fluid pumps out into your bottle. Top off remaining fluid. You're done.
2. The transmission pumps out about 3 quarts before it sputters.
3. Marking the sides of the bottle at the quart levels is helpful.
4. I recommend at least 15 quarts. I used 10 quarts and it still wasn't all new fluid coming out (mixed) by the time I ran out and had to stop (it was a Sunday and I couldn't get anymore). I am going to do this again soon and try to get the fluid a little clearer (though it looked much better once I had finished).
5. Very easy, took me only hour, hour and a half. When I do it again, 45 mins tops.
6. This method get nearly all of the old fluid out. It pumps out the torque converter, cooler, valve body etc.
1. Very easy. Easy access to the transmission cooler return hose. Disconnect from engine/trans (needle nose pliers), connect to 3/8" clear tubing (about 6' using a barbed hose connector) and run it into a clear empty bottle that can hold at least 4 quarts. Put the bottle where you can see it from the drivers seat. Start the car, and watch the dark fluid pump out and into your bottle. Once it starts to sputter (about 3 quarts), shut off engine and put in three quarts of new (from the top, dipstick tube, long funnel is good). During one or two of the pump outs, move the trans selector through the positions and hold it each for a few seconds. Keep this up (pump out and refill) until new fluid pumps out into your bottle. Top off remaining fluid. You're done.
2. The transmission pumps out about 3 quarts before it sputters.
3. Marking the sides of the bottle at the quart levels is helpful.
4. I recommend at least 15 quarts. I used 10 quarts and it still wasn't all new fluid coming out (mixed) by the time I ran out and had to stop (it was a Sunday and I couldn't get anymore). I am going to do this again soon and try to get the fluid a little clearer (though it looked much better once I had finished).
5. Very easy, took me only hour, hour and a half. When I do it again, 45 mins tops.
6. This method get nearly all of the old fluid out. It pumps out the torque converter, cooler, valve body etc.
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