Also look at their shelves for Royal Purple
! If they put 8 quarts of ATF in the tranny alone then you have got BIG problems! It is best to do these things yourself if at all possible. The tranny level plug is inverted and in a recess higher up in the pan. With the tranny at full operating temperature [drive the car for a while] stop the car, leave the engine in park and RUNNING, get under the car and remove the big level plug [big bolt in the upper pan recess] and you should have a light spray or drip - if fluid gushes out then they overfilled it. BTW all of this is documented in the Tone manual online.
Tranny does not hold 8 quarts
Look in the specs page in the manual it says the tranny holds 4 liters and the transfer case holds 4. The atf change procedure is also documented on this site, try searching under atf
Flushing is different from capacity
Unless you have a high mileage/never changed fluid or suspect tranny it's a waste of money
Re: Flushing is different from capacity
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Originally posted by visconte
Unless you have a high mileage/never changed fluid or suspect tranny it's a waste of money
Not true ! This is my second change. I can not believe the difference ! First time I exchanged (flushed) with regular ATF. The ride was quiter. Now it became not only quiter but also softer shifting. It seems that quality of fluid also has something to do with shifting points. I've noticed gears are changing differently at different speeds and different loads. If this stuff would be a bit cheaper I will also go with Royal Purple engine oil.
Actually tranny capacity 8.6 liters
and transfer case 1.9 liters
in capacity, not quarts it takes to flush.
Re: Actually tranny capacity 8.6 liters
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Originally posted by visconte
and transfer case 1.9 liters
in capacity, not quarts it takes to flush.
I thought I stated this above? 9 qts (or 9.1 if you wanna get technical). Sure, you can just drain the 4 qts and replace as I did, or you can flush it and get ALL of the old stuff out and replace.
It's up to you.