On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 07:43:24 -0700, jim beam
<spamvortex@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>nick@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>> On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:12:04 -0700, jim beam
>> <spamvortex@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>> techjohnny@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>>>> Hello, Group:
>>>>
>>>> Need to change my transmission fluid (been almost 100K), the shop
>>>> charges $100 for a transmission flush, so could I do it myself my
much
>>>> cheaper, and is the hassle worth it to save the money/
>>>>
>>>> I own a 98 4cyc EX Honda Accord, and I've never changed my
>>>> transmission fluid myself.
>>>>
>>>> --TJ
>>>
>>> do NOT allow them to flush. seriously. just drain and fill, like it
>>> says in the honda workshop manual. easy to do yourself. do it two or
>>> three times, leave a week or so between each time.
>>
>> And this is long overdue so either do it yourself or pay $300 and do
>> it 3 times by the dealer, otherwise you can kiss you transmission
>> goodbye.
>
>i think that's a little over-doing it nick. friends of mine drove an
>accord 360k miles, automatic, never changed the atf. if anything, the
>fact that they didn't probably helped compared with garages that insist
>on flu****ng with non-honda fluid which /is/ known to be a problem.
>
>should he change? sure. will it fall apart tomorrow if he doesn't?
>absolutely not. and the transmission on my friend's accord was still
>doing strong when they got rid of it.
>
>
>>
>> I'm a little more cautious and change the washer each time I do a
>> drain an fill...runs me an additional 1.50 for each one.
>>
>>
>>
I don't know but I don't want to chance killing my transmission if I
can prevent it with $20 of fluid every 30k miles. BMW says that you
never need to change the fluid, and I've heard of failures around
60-80k miles on some of them.
I usually only do one drain and fill every 30k miles instead of what
some others do which is a drain and fill every 3 times. Also you may
want to have a look at the driveaccord forum as people have been doing
drain and fills in their Gen 7 Accords and Gen 8 Civics at 15k miles
as there were some issues with the ****fting of 3rd gear. Some have
said that it has resolved the problem but only to appear again after
another 15k miles.
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