Transmission Service

[stepfon]

Anyone did transmission service at 50,000 miles and if you did what % of transmission fluid was your DIC reading at ?

[Spyke]

I didn't do it at 50k miles. I did mine when I was at 50-52% trans fluid life on DIC. It was at approx. 82500 miles. I did it so the dealership would stop calling me for that service!

[stepfon]

I have an 03 with 50,000 miles on it and the DIC says it`s at a 100 % what did they do ? and how much did it cost ?

[Spyke]

a transmission flush around mtl is about 150$ CAN. it never hurt to change it. its up to you! You can do a full transmission service for approx 250$ CAN.

If I were you, I would do it!

for your 100% trans fluid life, their's some 03-04 that its stuck at 100% and some that decrease (like mine) during time, mileage related. It is your money, your car. There is too many stories that say transmission flush or service is not good and for others, no problem related to that.

[Z71]

The CTS trans is not easy to service. Requires special procedure to check and fill. Trans is sealed. Also requires special equipment to flush.

[Spyke]

z71, I did a flush on my friend cts in my garage.. you can do it by your self but you have to be patient. drain til nothing goes out, fill. Start the car, let it run for a bit.. drain..fill..start the car..drain fill.. its long... but doable if you have room in your garage and the patience!

[54inches]

Originally Posted by Spyke

z71, I did a flush on my friend cts in my garage.. you can do it by your self but you have to be patient. drain til nothing goes out, fill. Start the car, let it run for a bit.. drain..fill..start the car..drain fill.. its long... but doable if you have room in your garage and the patience!

No falming, but that does not sound like a good idea to start the car when there is little tranny fluid in it.

How many quarts did you go through, total?

Thanks!

[Spyke]

when you take out the drain plug, there's only half of the fluid that goes out. the rest is still in the Torque Converter. Thats why you have to do multiple flush (if you do it yourself), to take everything out of the old fluid.

When I said to start the car, let it run for a bit... after that I meant to stop the car, drain back, refill, restart, restop, redrain....

Total of 3x4l that took me and now its clean as kool-aid! lol

[54inches]

Thanks, but I know how a tranny works and where all the fluid is, I just wouldn't suggest starting it.

I also understood your process.

ANd is that 3-4 liters or 34 liters or what?

Thanks again.

[Coma]

How many miles is average for a transmission fluid refill/replacement whatever? Seems like it would be a lot, according to my % at 41k miles.

[54inches]

50k is good on almost any auto tranny......

[Spyke]

total approx between 12-13 liter if I remember. not the only 3 or 4 liter that goes out from the pan.

[54inches]

13-14 quarts for Americans.

[stepfon]

Originally Posted by Spyke

total approx between 12-13 liter if I remember. not the only 3 or 4 liter that goes out from the pan.

that way to much Automatic Transmission, 5L40-E Initial Fill..........5.0 quarts[2] = 4.7 liters
Automatic Transmission, Total Fill
5 speed 5L40-E..........9.4 quarts = 8.9 liters

[Spyke]

stepfon... what part of the "If I remember" dont you get...

anyway.. yes, you're right.. no my car doesn't have 13 liters of atf fluid in the transmission... You can overfill it yes, but when you'll check if the level is okay, its gonna go out anyway... then you wait til only some drops fall on the ground and thats it, you're good to go. If you dont have enough, just try to fill it until some drops fall on the ground.

I know that I did use approx 13 liters to do my own service but I never said that I put 13 liters of atf in the transmission. I always refer the proper level in the owners manual. drain fill drain fill drain fill.. I used about 13 liters total. The dealer only sell the atf in gallon so thats why I said approx.