Trans Flush @ Home?
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Scottydoggs
Killa Bee
ive done that on my brothers truck cause he swapped to synthetic trans fluid.
depending on your miles and the condition of the fluid its best not to flush it. or the tranny could be dead asap, seen it happen many times.
drop the pan, clean it, reuse the gasket. new filter. good time to install a shift kit.
you'll need about 8 qts to refill the tranny. this is the safe thing to do.
but if you like to live on the edge of a trans rebuild. we took the top line off the rad, found a barbed fitting that threaded to the line, (our line i bet you could just push some fat tubing on the line and be fine) then a clear hose off the fitting to a bucket. with the trans full, you start the car and run it till you see bubbles in the clear tube. shut it off, add a few quarts. repeat till new fluid comes out the clear tube.
that would be double the fluid for a flush about 14-16 qts. good time to buy 2 gallon jugs, cheaper that way.
depending on your miles and the condition of the fluid its best not to flush it. or the tranny could be dead asap, seen it happen many times.
drop the pan, clean it, reuse the gasket. new filter. good time to install a shift kit.
you'll need about 8 qts to refill the tranny. this is the safe thing to do.
but if you like to live on the edge of a trans rebuild. we took the top line off the rad, found a barbed fitting that threaded to the line, (our line i bet you could just push some fat tubing on the line and be fine) then a clear hose off the fitting to a bucket. with the trans full, you start the car and run it till you see bubbles in the clear tube. shut it off, add a few quarts. repeat till new fluid comes out the clear tube.
that would be double the fluid for a flush about 14-16 qts. good time to buy 2 gallon jugs, cheaper that way.
brettstoner
New member
I do exactly that with every trans fluid change. After changing the filter pump a quart out through the cooler lines. Turn car off. Add a fresh quart. Restart car. Repeat. Continue until the fluid turns bright red.