Where is all the auto transmission fluid????
Submitted: Tuesday, Jul 11, 2006 at 18:47
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gompy
Hi there,
I thought I replace the auto tranny fluid from my GU Patrol. the Nissan manual and the
Gregory's state that the capacity is 12 litres, however, when I drained the sump only 4 litres came out!
It is not that you can do anything wrong, the manual just said remove the drain plug, so what is going on.
Any ideas??
Reply By: Exploder - Tuesday, Jul 11, 2006 at 19:25
Tuesday, Jul 11, 2006 at 19:25
Yeah those toque converters are thirsty buggers
Another way that I have used is to just disconnect one of the Transmission Cooler lines and start the car up and as the old fluid is pumped out, simply poor the new stuff in thro the Dipstick tube at the same rate, it is possible you will need to stop the engine to play catch up it gets too far ahead of you.
Or alternatively, pump 1 litre out, turn the engine off and poor one litre back in and repeat 12 times, there will be a bit of dilution but it will get the job done.
I take it since you had gone to the trouble of dropping the pan and hopefully not spiling the oil all over the driveway LOL, you are going to be replacing the transmission filter as
well??
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Follow Up By: gompy - Tuesday, Jul 11, 2006 at 22:22
Tuesday, Jul 11, 2006 at 22:22
No, I did'nt remove the pan just the drain plug, funny that the
Gregory's manual never mentioned draining the torque converter.
BTW I did disconnect the top cooler hose and did start the engine momentarely but no oil came out!
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Follow Up By: Exploder - Wednesday, Jul 12, 2006 at 18:36
Wednesday, Jul 12, 2006 at 18:36
Oh a Drain plug on an Auto!! WOW I have never seen one of those before, lucky you
“I did disconnect the top cooler hose and did start the engine momentarely but no oil came out!”
Was this before or after you drained 4 Litres out of the pan? , If after that would be why, if not it takes a few seconds to get flowing, Sorry should of written a better explanation
Anyway you probably would have just drained the T/C by now
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Gregory’s probably does not mention it as a full fluid change on an auto isn’t common, it’s normally just a Pan drop and filter change= 4 Litres and generally a mess from where you dropped the pan and the oil spilt everywhere LOL,
That’s also why when you ask for 12 litres of ATF the guy at the parts counter looks at you funny.
Cheers.
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