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With the engine idling, transmission in “Park”.. I would just check it for consistency (not runny like water) and color. I’d also dip the tip of your finger in the oil on the dipstick and rub the fluid between your fingers to feel for any particles in the oil. The color should be pinkish (red) …transparent. If it looks brownish/smells burnt or has particles in it I would have it drained and changed. If it looks fine…I would say your good for a while.
I believe I heard it was every 30,000 miles you should have it checked. Don’t quote me on that fact.
are looking to just change as in drain and refill or are looking to do more of a flush? as Fader stated above the best place to start is checking the fluid and paying close attention to the color, smell, consistency, etc. if the oil is dark or smells burnt then its likely it hasn’t been changed in a long time. Flushing a transmission with more than 80,000 miles that has never been changed before can cause problems within your system such as slipping. if your fluid is just slightly off in color and smell than you should be able to get away with draining the fluid and replacing the filter and then refilling.
I was going to just drain and fill. It’s a manual and has no dipstick. I’m worried that it hasn’t been changed before and if I change it, it might start to slip. Is there a way to tell if i should change it or just leave it.
Changing the fluid will not cause the transmission to slip. A simple drain and fill will be fine. I’d go for it, Its alot better then not changing it. Honestly.
I would change it. less likely to have problems with a manual that has been neglected than an automatic.take a look at the magnet on the drain plug.good luck
You’ll be fine changing the fluid. Just make sure that you put the correct amount of the correct fluid back into the transmission. Make sure that you take the fill plug out first, because if you can’t get the fill plug out, you really don’t want to remove the drain plug. Your particular transmission is going to take 4.8 quarts of 75W90 gear oil, according to Nissan. It’s probably going to be tricky to add fluid to this transmission without a pump of some sort, as the fill-plug is on the side of the trans, and room is very limited. Changing the fluid isn’t going to hurt anything though.
I think too many people have been telling so called wise tails on this. If your transmission goes out cause of changing tranny fluid, it would be probably that the person who done it did not get the filter to seal at connection point, or it fell off not long after you did it, or not proper fluid level, and possibly it was already showing signs of failure. I have been hearing this in the last few years and wonder if it is their lucky charm that it ran this long, so do not jinx it!
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I think too many people have been telling so called wise tails on this. If your transmission goes out cause of changing tranny fluid, it would be probably that the person who done it did not get the filter to seal at connection point, or it fell off not long after you did it, or not proper fluid level, and possibly it was already showing signs of failure. I have been hearing this in the last few years and wonder if it is their lucky charm that it ran this long, so do not jinx it!
I think you’re right. This “wives tale” never made any sense to me either, though what someone mentioned earlier about a complete flush rather than a simple drain and fill, might still hold true to this idea. That if you completely flush the system after 80k and it never has been flushed before, might cause problems. I don’t know enough about transmissions to validate that idea but I’m sure someone here does. But what you had said, “it ran this long, so let’s not f*** things up” I think is a very true sentiment that it’s a load of bull for not doing the work, or doing it properly.
make shore that u put the right oil grade in like gl-4 or gl-5 if u put gl-5 in a syncro gear box it eats away the syncros so make shore i researched it it carries gl-4 75w-80 Gear oil
All I know is that Hondas must use only Hondas fluid. Not only that, never flush a Honda Transmission.
Same as Chrysler too,use the ATF+4 fluid in their automatics only.I change the fluid and filter in a Chrysler,I have a case of ATF+4 fluid on hand.Ford is the same way starting in 1998,Mercon V is only used.Don’t ever have a flush done with the machine and I hear horror stories about them.Transmission does not work right after the flush is done.I know a transmission shop that makes money off of flushes and the repair is more than the flush called a valve body cleaning.The lines are above the valve body and filter full of dirt and crud.That dirt and crud ends up in the valve body during the flush.
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