MTF level (!!!!URGENT!!!!)

FijiSan · 05-18-2008, 12:36 PM

how can I tell when the MTF is full enough?? i've got both the drain and filler bolts off, and i have a plastic tubing to run from the top of the engine to the filler hole, but how can I tell when it's full?? sorry if this a stupid question

**Yodums** · 05-18-2008, 12:39 PM

Make sure the car is on a leveled surface. The moment the fluid starts overflowing out of the fill hole, then it's full. That should be about 1.8 quarts of MTF.

07Nighthawkbp · 05-18-2008, 12:40 PM

close the drain hole and start filling it up till you see fluid spill out of the fill hole thats when you know its full

FijiSan · 05-18-2008, 12:41 PM

thanks for the prompt responses guys, sorry for the nomenclatural mistake on the thread, but i figured it'd be easiest...so basically, let it drain, put the drain bolt back on, fill it up until the fluid runs out of the fill hole??

**Yodums** · 05-18-2008, 12:47 PM

Yeah, that's it.

FijiSan · 05-18-2008, 12:49 PM

sweet, i'll let everybody know how it goes when i finish, which'll be in about 5 minutes

FijiSan · 05-18-2008, 01:01 PM

OK new problem.....DIY's are a PITA....it doesn't feel like the Qt of fluid is being emptied, what should i do?

distrbd · 05-18-2008, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by FijiSan

OK new problem.....DIY's are a PITA....it doesn't feel like the Qt of fluid is being emptied, what should i do?

Pull the tube out a little bit at a time so the end of it is not bellow the fluid level,let gravity do the rest,the best tool for this job is a siphon pump like this one:
SIPHON PUMP KIT Transfer Gasoline, Water and Other - (eBay.ca item 130223247859 end time 19-May-08 20:21:03 EDT)

FijiSan · 05-18-2008, 03:54 PM

got it worked out, it took a while, i think i'm gonna invest in one of those pumps for the next one, the only thing that took a while was the actual settling of the fluid itself....it's night and day with the shifts now, it's like butter

***Ruthless909*** · 05-18-2008, 03:59 PM

This pump works better!

Pelican Parts.com - Sta-Lube Fluid Oil Pump

***Demisedgabe*** · 05-18-2008, 04:01 PM

what fluid did u just put? and what did u have before?

FijiSan · 05-18-2008, 04:02 PM

royal purple, and it was just the honda factory fluid...i use RP oil too, but i think with the next change i'm gonna go AMsoil all the way, is that many fluid changes bad for the motor?

05-18-2008, 12:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
FijiSan Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Age: 20 Posts: 1,238 justin iTrader: 2 / 100%	MTF level (!!!!URGENT!!!!) how can I tell when the MTF is full enough?? i've got both the drain and filler bolts off, and i have a plastic tubing to run from the top of the engine to the filler hole, but how can I tell when it's full?? sorry if this a stupid question

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Yodums Scrodums Join Date: May 2006 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 8,317 HIRO - ಠ_ಠ iTrader: 9 / 100%	Make sure the car is on a leveled surface. The moment the fluid starts overflowing out of the fill hole, then it's full. That should be about 1.8 quarts of MTF. __________________ 2007 Taffeta White Civic Si Coupe

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Yodums Scrodums Join Date: May 2006 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 8,317 HIRO - ಠ_ಠ iTrader: 9 / 100%	Yeah, that's it. __________________ 2007 Taffeta White Civic Si Coupe

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05-18-2008, 12:40 PM	#3 (permalink)
07Nighthawkbp Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Germantown, MD Age: 25 Posts: 441 Nate iTrader: 1 / 100%	close the drain hole and start filling it up till you see fluid spill out of the fill hole thats when you know its full

05-18-2008, 12:41 PM	#4 (permalink)
FijiSan Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Age: 20 Posts: 1,238 justin iTrader: 2 / 100%	thanks for the prompt responses guys, sorry for the nomenclatural mistake on the thread, but i figured it'd be easiest...so basically, let it drain, put the drain bolt back on, fill it up until the fluid runs out of the fill hole??

05-18-2008, 12:49 PM	#6 (permalink)
FijiSan Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Age: 20 Posts: 1,238 justin iTrader: 2 / 100%	sweet, i'll let everybody know how it goes when i finish, which'll be in about 5 minutes

05-18-2008, 01:01 PM	#7 (permalink)
FijiSan Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Age: 20 Posts: 1,238 justin iTrader: 2 / 100%	OK new problem.....DIY's are a PITA....it doesn't feel like the Qt of fluid is being emptied, what should i do?

05-18-2008, 03:54 PM	#9 (permalink)
FijiSan Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Age: 20 Posts: 1,238 justin iTrader: 2 / 100%	got it worked out, it took a while, i think i'm gonna invest in one of those pumps for the next one, the only thing that took a while was the actual settling of the fluid itself....it's night and day with the shifts now, it's like butter

05-18-2008, 03:59 PM	#10 (permalink)
*Ruthless909* Ahhh! Domokun! Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: +Evil Empire+ So.Cal (951) Age: 23 Posts: 7,900 4dr WhOrE!!! iTrader: 2 / 100%	This pump works better! Pelican Parts.com - Sta-Lube Fluid Oil Pump

05-18-2008, 04:02 PM	#12 (permalink)
FijiSan Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Age: 20 Posts: 1,238 justin iTrader: 2 / 100%	royal purple, and it was just the honda factory fluid...i use RP oil too, but i think with the next change i'm gonna go AMsoil all the way, is that many fluid changes bad for the motor?

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