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Manual transmission oil change3/2/2024 When looking up how too’s on the internet you can get very confused very quickly. Hopefully i gave you some food for thought and maybe this how to below can help you start changing your trans fluid more frequently. Proper maintenance in frequent intervals, and your car will treat you good by holding up to the abuse you put it through. I am always saying that if you are going to expect 110% out of your car, then you owe it to your car to treat it well. Honestly I don’t ever change them but for the sake of this write up I did. You can replace your crush washers for the drain and fill bolts if you like. there is no filter to change, and no gaskets to replace. The work can literally be done in less than 30 mins, once you have done it a few times. For a total of 16.29 you can change you trans fluid ( if you have a D series ) if you have a B,H,K series you will need 3 quarts ( actually between 2.5 and 2.8 quarts ) but still its pennies and will improve the life expectancy of you transmission. Today I walked into Honda and bought 2 quarts of trans fluid costing 7.49 each. Or even prolong how good your transmission shifts by more frequently changing the fluid. It’s not that I’m saying modern transmissions won’t last long if you don’t change the fluid, but rather I’m trying to open your eyes to seeing the amount of wear and tear you can save. Now I know I’m being a bit pedantic, and I know that you know people that have had cars for 200k with out a single trans fluid change. This will cause more heat and more friction, and cause premature wear on synchros and bearings. We all know that heat is the killer of transmission, heat cause the oil viscosity to break down and now the trans fluid will not lube the trans as well. Why would you neglect your transmission when the actual cost is nothing, and the labor is almost easier than an oil change. Ok I’m sure you get where I am going with all this. Now think about how many times those bearings in there spin around on a road trip of 400-500 miles, how much friction and heat builds up through out day to day use, not to mention spirited driving. now do it all over again at least 40-50 times a day, how many times have your synchros had to help align the next gear ring as you slide the shift selector to the next gear. Now really think about how much you use the transmission… 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, red light, neutral. It’s also crazy to think that if you do the trans fluid change yourself its cheaper than doing an oil change. How crazy it is that you would do that many oil changes before you did even ONE trans fluid change. By that time even the worst of car owners have done 9 oil changes, the average owner will have done 18, the good car owner would have done it 30 times, and I would have done it 90 times. Even by Honda’s official standards you have already done the coolant twice and the brake fluid once before they “recommend” you change the trans fluid at the 90k service. This is probably one of the most overlooked fluid changes out there, I mean really how often do you ever, or hear of people changing it.
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