trany flush woes

[Francesco Rizzo]

wow.. nothing.. maybe like a a lil drizzle or like it was spitting a few drops.. nothing significant though.. I called and explained how I checked it. The guy told me to bring it in but I do not want to drive it.. too risky to drive about 10 miles?

[Ldub]

Follow the instructions...find out what's in there, get a pump that fits a quart bottle at the auto parts store where you get the ATF & fill it up.

Then print out the instructions & bring em' with you, so your so called "mechanic" knows how to check fluid level.

It's the whole give a man a fish, teach a man to fish thing...

[LittleBeast]

Sounds like the exact thing that happened to me..... Do some searchs or just know that you need to get this taken care of or save up $4K for the rebuild

[Francesco Rizzo]

I guess forget the delaership, I'm gonna go buys some vexron vi and thorw a quart or 2 in there. I read all over the interent that it's backwards compat since the dexron iii is going no longer going to be produced. I will double check with the usermanual, but just wanted to say thanks for the input.

[nfpgasmask]

I guess forget the delaership, I'm gonna go buys some vexron vi and thorw a quart or 2 in there. I read all over the interent that it's backwards compat since the dexron iii is going no longer going to be produced. I will double check with the usermanual, but just wanted to say thanks for the input.

Yeah, the pump method Ldub was talking about works, but it can get really messy and frustrating. If you have a helper, the funnel method works like a charm. If you go to Wal*mart look near the trans fluid, you should find a funnel thing that has a lid and a tube attached. Buy that, plus some extra clear tubing from Home Depot (I think 3/4" is the size, iirc) and cut about 4 feet of that, and connect it to the funnel. You need a helper, but this way you can syphon the fluid right up through the fill port with little mess and no dreaded up-side-down, inverted, under the running, hot VX hand pumping.

Bart

[Ldub]

Not sure what pumping apparatus you're familiar with Bart, but with the one I use, the qt. sits upright on the ground, the hose friction fits into the fill/check hole & you pump it until the juice back flows into the hose...done.
I usually find working with a helper to be more frustrating.

[nfpgasmask]

Not sure what pumping apparatus you're familiar with Bart, but with the one I use, the qt. sits upright on the ground, the hose friction fits into the fill/check hole & you pump it until the juice back flows into the hose...done.
I usually find working with a helper to be more frustrating.

Well, then you found a better pump than I did. The one I found, basically fits onto a quart jug, but the threads aren't quite right and it doesn't create a good enough seal. You can still pump a good amount of fluid up into the tranny, but a lot spills out from underneath the cap, since it doesn't thread right. I'd like to know what type you have, because it does make doing it yourself a little easier. Luckily for me (and CrnCnn) we did our tranzies together in one day. In this case, the help was good

Bart