greenieofdubbo

hi,

im about to do another serive on my EF. so i thought i should check the auto too.

i checked, its full, and brownish colour, should i change it?

how would i go about it, is there a sump plug, or do i remove the pan?

is there a special fluid for it?

Cheers
Greenie

psycho chicken

Gotta drop the pan. Loosen the bolts first, let it drain with the pan on, then come back and remove the pan totally. Messy otherwise.

Dextron 3 will do the trick, forgot how much you need.

Aussiblue

Unless you wish to stuff up your auto trans NOT Dextron II but TQ 95

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Mic

You should also get a new filter for it :-)

greenieofdubbo

i see, how oftern should it be changed?

the car has 120,000 on it now.

can someone confirm that fluid?

rawlinna

20,000 km's is a good interval to change trans fluid.
I'll confirm that fluid.. DON'T use dextron 3, the TQ 95 is the correct spec.

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greenieofdubbo

ok thanks for that.

also i have another problem, thought i would post it here instead of creating a new thread.

i blow a fuse, so i took the one outta the air bag, till i went to the shop to get a new one, the one i blew wouldnt let the car start without it.

i replaced the airbag fuse, now the "airbag" light on the dash still flashes, any ideas?

b-juggles

dextron 3 spec is for manual trans from memory. i think total capacity is 19-20L of fluid if you suck oil out of the torque converter. removing the pan and draining that will will only drop a few litres (whatevers in the trans sump.)

b-juggles

oh as for the airbag deal, disconnect battery for a bit and reset the computer and that should do it - it probab has in memory that a fuse has blown and needs to be reset.

greenieofdubbo

is changing what comes outta the pan good enough how could i suck the rest out?