04-06 RA Trans Fluid Change - Helper Pics
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04-06 RA Trans Fluid Change - Helper Pics
Hey everyone-
It was Christmas in May at my house, and I got around to changing my tranny fluid this afternoon. I'd looked for the threads outlining the directions, and the one posted at Evo Motorsports is great:
http://www.evomoto.com/tech_info.php?tech_id=26
However, I thought I'd throw up a few pics I took while doing it, maybe help a fellow RA owner out. Use these pictures in conjunction with the directions at the Evo Moto link.
I love this sight as I pull in my driveway...the top box was from Buschur Racing and had 3 qts of BG Synchroshift II.
The fill plug is located on the front side of the transmission and is labelled "Oil". Here, I have the bolt out and some hose I used to fill 'er up:
from above:
The drain plug is on the driver side of the transmission, more toward the back of the car. The pictures on the Evo Moto link above show a magnetic drain plug...from the factory, ours are not magnetic. The 24mm bolt has a rather shallow head. Here's two pics of the drain hole:
closer...
This truly is an easy thing to do. Just be careful; when that drain plug comes off, the old tranny fluid shoots outta there, so get your catch pan ready. After I was all done (including the obligatory I-just-worked-on-my-car cigarette), the BG Synchroshift II felt great...I should have done this 10,000 miles ago
Hope this helps!
It was Christmas in May at my house, and I got around to changing my tranny fluid this afternoon. I'd looked for the threads outlining the directions, and the one posted at Evo Motorsports is great:
http://www.evomoto.com/tech_info.php?tech_id=26
However, I thought I'd throw up a few pics I took while doing it, maybe help a fellow RA owner out. Use these pictures in conjunction with the directions at the Evo Moto link.
I love this sight as I pull in my driveway...the top box was from Buschur Racing and had 3 qts of BG Synchroshift II.
The fill plug is located on the front side of the transmission and is labelled "Oil". Here, I have the bolt out and some hose I used to fill 'er up:
from above:
The drain plug is on the driver side of the transmission, more toward the back of the car. The pictures on the Evo Moto link above show a magnetic drain plug...from the factory, ours are not magnetic. The 24mm bolt has a rather shallow head. Here's two pics of the drain hole:
closer...
This truly is an easy thing to do. Just be careful; when that drain plug comes off, the old tranny fluid shoots outta there, so get your catch pan ready. After I was all done (including the obligatory I-just-worked-on-my-car cigarette), the BG Synchroshift II felt great...I should have done this 10,000 miles ago
Hope this helps!
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It's an optical illusion, I swear...
BTW, Otter, could you change the main thread title? It of course should read "Trans Fluid"...note to self, don't start threads between the hours of 12am and 4am
BTW, Otter, could you change the main thread title? It of course should read "Trans Fluid"...note to self, don't start threads between the hours of 12am and 4am
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Just to make sure we're all on the same page, this is for a manual transmission, not an automatic, right? Also, any difference between fluid amounts and types between the manual transmissions in different years and series? ('02-'09, and ES, RA, Evo for instance)
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a few questions here:
how do you know its at the correct level when its full? i heard its bad to overfill the trans fluid
is the car on jacks or on the ground? when filling it up i mean.
thanks
how do you know its at the correct level when its full? i heard its bad to overfill the trans fluid
is the car on jacks or on the ground? when filling it up i mean.
thanks
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from service manual;
"Fill with gear oil API classification GL-4 SAE 75W - 85W or 75W - 90 until the level comes to the lower portion of filler plug hole. " (about 2.3 quarts)
doesnt matter if its on jacks, as long as it is level and not at an angle.
i know the aforementioned amounts and specs are good for all 04-06 RA's, if it is the same for the es, then it will be the same for the 02-07 models, granted im not sure, but I would bet the evo's i gonna be different.
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Haven't heard of anyone using Eneos oil in our trans. That stuff is fairly new/uncommon in the US (I had never even seen it before until last month.) People generally go with OEM, BG, Redline, Amsoil, or GM Synchromesh. In theory, any GL-4 oil should be fine, but our trans tends to feel finicky. I've used OEM, BG, and Amsoil. I prefer BG of those 3.
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i cant believe they dont carry BG Synchroshift II at any of the part stores i went to today, was looking forwards to changing out the tranny fluid this weekend too =[, oh well, i just ordered 3 quarts and ill be doing it later on, i guess thats what you get for living in a little s**t town surrounded by nothing but dairy farms, and the AF base.
-yea i was just venting lol.
-Flip
-yea i was just venting lol.
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