Im going to have to flush out my transmission (again) and I was wondering how many quarts it holds. I took it to work (valvoline) to drain it and fill it but I found out that they have some stupid thing that says you cant work on your own car at the shop even if you are paying for it and are an employee. I was like WTF. I would have done it myself at home but it was going to be a lot easier to do it there. I let them go on and do it but I told them that it can ONLY take GL-4. well I found out the other day that they put GL-5 in it .

this time Im just going to do it at home and Im going to order some of the red line transmission fluid. but how many quarts does it take? its got the VLSD (have yet to see one that does not) I want to order a quart or 2 more just to have.

Thanks for your help.



ooh and BTW if you can do it yourself DO IT. dont take it to a shop (even if you work there)

 

ugpm boi!!

 

I just had my tranny oil replaced, they used four quarts.

 

Its actually 4 and change, so I bought 5 and had about ~2/3 a qt leftover. Of course, it all depends on how fully you drain the old fluid. I like to pour some new fluid in right after draining to "push" any old fluid out that can't drain on its own.

 

what Mizeree said


except I would be hesitant to flush it with synthetics, kinda pricey

 

Hey thanks! thats awesome. is that the whole FSM?

yeah Im going to flush some through just because I want to make sure that I get all of the GL-5 out and any shavings that are in it out also.

 

yep whole thing.

did you call the rod shop?

 

no not yet I havent had a day off in over a week. I dont have to go in today till noon so I was going to try and call them today.

 

ok so I finally ordered 5 quarts of the red line MT-90 GL-4. as soon as I get it I am going to be draning out all of the GL-5 that was put in and putting the new GL-4 in.

what I was wanting to do was have the old GL-5 sent off and tested and see if there is any shavings in it or anything like that. if this turns out to really mess my transmission up they will be buying me a new one! I want to have everything documented. how do I go about getting the old fluid tested? where do I take it?

 

where did u order the redline mt-90 from?? I need some..

 

Maximaboi, try www.blackstone-labs.com, they do all sorts of engine oil analysis, I emailed them about gear oil, I'll post if there's anything to report.


aminus------ I'm sure it won't take long. Tho if you wait less than a month Amsoil is bringing back theirs.

Mr Gone, personally I don't think spending (mabye) the 3$ to flush with a half quart is really pricy for the good it may do. Just my .02

Personally, I'm flushing then dropping 4qt Amsoil Gl-4 minyana!! Goodbye notchy shifts!!!

 

http://www.myoilshop.com/AutoPrds.html thats where I got if from. I ordered 5 quarts and it was like $41.00. hopefully this will help the shifting.

thanks CyMax! I would think that they could do gear oil if they do engine oil but you never know. I will also contact them and ask. thanks for the help!