Transmission Oil Change

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Transmission Oil Change

Postby falcondrgn » Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:02 pm

Hello everyone,

How often does everyone change their transmission fluid here? Im planning to change mines every 30k miles with a simple drain and fill only since I read from a few places that flushes are bad for the tranny.


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Postby cruzstyle » Sun Oct 18, 2009 11:57 pm

i think that is the recommended interval and yes what you have read is most likely true IMO

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Postby falcondrgn » Mon Oct 19, 2009 12:01 am

cruzstyle wrote:i think that is the recommended interval and yes what you have read is most likely true IMO

Great, thanks for your quick reply!

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Postby slavabon » Wed Feb 10, 2010 5:03 pm

Does anyone know how many quarts of ATF I should expect to replace during simple drain and fill. it looks like the tranny takes more than 10 qts of fluid, but during drain and fill not nearly everything will come out. Measuring what has been drained is my solution to figure out hown much needs to go back in, but how much I can expect to come out? I want to make sure I buy enough of this Matic J ATF stuff before I even get there. Guys, let me know if you have done this already.
Thanks!

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Postby 08Datsun » Wed Feb 10, 2010 6:03 pm

4 Quarts even for me. BTW, Matic J has been replaced by Matic S.

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Postby johnathanromero » Sat Feb 13, 2010 8:21 am

If you do the recommended service changes at Nissan they flush the entire transmission with new fluids, as long as you dont go 50 or 60k between services its not bad for the trans.

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Postby GOTGOO » Sun Feb 14, 2010 12:34 am

slavabon wrote:Does anyone know how many quarts of ATF I should expect to replace during simple drain and fill.
If you do a drain and fill you need to drain it into a measurable container. That way you can put the exact same amount back in.


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