To change or to flush transmission?

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To change or to flush transmission?

Postby tommymonza » Tue Apr 19, 2016 6:42 am

I read on here that one gentleman talks about just draining the 4 quarts of fluid in the pan and refilling , over flushing the system.

Is there any special reason you can get away with just a change like this on a pathfinder.

Also going to do a complete fluid change.

How much fluid does the transfer case hold?

And how much for the front and back differentials?


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Postby disallow » Tue Apr 19, 2016 7:13 am

I've never flushed my transmission, only drain and fill, sometimes more than once.

270k kms and counting. I'd vote for drain and fill!

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Postby tommymonza » Tue Apr 19, 2016 7:32 am

disallow wrote:I've never flushed my transmission, only drain and fill, sometimes more than once.

270k kms and counting. I'd vote for drain and fill!
And you pull a large trailer too I see . You have the bypass with a separate aftermarket cooler?, or are you just running with the bypass with the factory cooler.

How much does the differentials and transfer case hold ?

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Postby disallow » Tue Apr 19, 2016 7:48 am

I just recently replaced my rad and hooked up the oil cooler again.

Prior to that I was running straight bypass with no additional cooling, and with no issues.

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