[CL9] Changing Automatic Transmission Fluid

**Fredoops** · 15-07-2012 11:26 PM

Originally Posted by andyn

Hey guys gotta question...I changed he ATF in my cousins 05 euro and it was its first change (man that bolt was hard to get off) and added the new dw-1...couple of day later I checked it for him and it was more brown on the dipstick...but when I wiped it on he paper towel the red tinge is still there...I'm sorta concerned...shud I do another drain and refill?

When was the last time the fluid was changed?

if you do a 1x fill, thats only 33% of the entire fluid, effectively you're not changing all that much.. and it turning brown? it's probably the new synthetic fluid doing it's job: cleaning.

a full replacement is like 4x fills, but people usually do 3x drain fills....

thats why you should do a drain fill every 2nd service to spread out the costs

**andyn** · 16-07-2012 07:27 PM

erm... i think the last time was 05 xD but yea.. im on placement for the week and i told him that id change it again... i was scared that i screwed up the change ty fredoops

**Softcox** · 23-07-2012 07:22 PM

Anyone actually tried the Nulon full-synth fluid?

**euro90** · 27-08-2012 11:14 PM

Hey guys. I know this is an old thread but i still use it everytime to help me change my ATF lol. Anyways, my drain plug is starting to lose its square shape, where you insert the 3/8 wrench. does anyone know where i can get another one and how much they cost? Thanks in advance

**Fredoops** · 27-08-2012 11:27 PM

Originally Posted by euro90

Hey guys. I know this is an old thread but i still use it everytime to help me change my ATF lol. Anyways, my drain plug is starting to lose its square shape, where you insert the 3/8 wrench. does anyone know where i can get another one and how much they cost? Thanks in advance

honda dealer. I got mine off ebay tho.

**ChaosMaster** · 28-08-2012 04:22 PM

Hey Fred, does Castrol make any decent ATF? Not really getting Bob the Oil guy, last I checked, I got confused.

**Fredoops** · 28-08-2012 07:38 PM

Originally Posted by ChaosMaster

Hey Fred, does Castrol make any decent ATF? Not really getting Bob the Oil guy, last I checked, I got confused.

Castrol in oz has an ATF-z1 equivalent fluid..... It's crap. So don't bother.

**ChaosMaster** · 29-08-2012 09:11 AM

Originally Posted by Fredoops

Castrol in oz has an ATF-z1 equivalent fluid..... It's crap. So don't bother.

Lolz, I figured. But CBF going all the way to Honda, especially since the car ain't a honda. Hmmm, would be looking at a DW1 equiv anyway. Too bad SCA only seems to stock ATF in Castrol.