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Old Nov 20, 2007 | 07:06 PM
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Has Anyone Change Their Own Tranny Fluid? Stupid Question, Of Course You Did, Thats Why I Need Your Help. What I Need To Do.thanks Alot
Old Nov 20, 2007 | 07:53 PM
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PM me with your email address and I will send you instructions w/pics in Microsoft word format
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if its a M6 you can DIY but an A4 needs to be power flushed by machine to get all the old fluid out. your sig doesn't show your trani type.
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Originally Posted by 99 vett babycar
if its a M6 you can DIY but an A4 needs to be power flushed by machine to get all the old fluid out. your sig doesn't show your trani type.


I do all of my own work but I'll still let a shop with the proper equipment flush the fluid in an automatic transmission.
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search the forum, there is a DIY for the automatic.
It involves removing the hose at the transmission oil cooler.... to get all the old transmission oil out
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search the forum, there is a DIY for the automatic.
It involves removing the hose at the transmission oil cooler.... to get all the old transmission oil out
I have often wondered why local shops won't flush the trans fluid in C-5's the stealer wants an arm.
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I have often wondered why local shops won't flush the trans fluid in C-5's the stealer wants an arm.
I had one done recently for $149, which is a bargain considering whats involved

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i heard that if it sometimes too dirty that you shoukldnt change it?!?

can someone ellaborate that one?

thanks everyone, im not one of them but just want to know why
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Old Nov 21, 2007 | 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by lp2k
i heard that if it sometimes too dirty that you shoukldnt change it?!?

can someone ellaborate that one?

thanks everyone, im not one of them but just want to know why
Old wives tale perpetuated by people that don’t know what the hell they’re talking about. Of course if there is excess metal and friction material in the fluid a rebuild may not be far in the future.
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I brought my own fluid to my dealer. while I stood under the car and watched they flshed it completely( I believe I had to bring 3 quarts more than the trani's capacity in order to "prime" the machine). They chared me $65 plus tax.
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Originally Posted by timemender
Old wives tale perpetuated by people that don’t know what the hell they’re talking about. Of course if there is excess metal and friction material in the fluid a rebuild may not be far in the future.


A complete flush for a DYIer takes 3 gallons, and you can safely pump out 1 gal at a time (don't let the pump suck ANY air!) at the cooler line connection & use a fluid pump to pump a gal back into the pan via the return line. You do need to people to do this, one to watch & direct the cooler feed into a gal jug & the other person to shut it off just as it gets near full. Then pump a gal back into the trans via the cooler return line. If you only start it for the few seconds to get the gal out at a time (any more & the pump will suck air & get damaged) each cycle, the new fuild & the old fluid don't mix hardley at all & by the time youve put 3 gal through you have completely changed the A4 fluid. I would personally recomend that you bring it to a good shop that can do it w/a flush machine to make sure you make no mistakes.
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