DIY: Changing Manual Transmission Fluid

[Si_Fan]

Originally Posted by SteveOFG2

best way if to have a lift...or put all 4 corners on jacks stands....cuz u need a level surface to put the 1.7 qt in. one reason the trannys feel like ish as it is, is becuz honda over filled em by 1.3 qt......so u only need to get to quarts and u shud have some left over.

yeah...ill be using the jackstands lol whats the best way to fill it up? (bottle placement etc.)

[SteveOFG2]

best thing to to wen filling is refer the the DIY at the top of the thread....get that big ass surenge, u can find em at any parts store. bout 10 bucks. makes things really easy

[Si_Fan]

Originally Posted by SteveOFG2

best thing to to wen filling is refer the the DIY at the top of the thread....get that big ass surenge, u can find em at any parts store. bout 10 bucks. makes things really easy

iight kool thanx for all the help...looks like it would make it easy

[SteveOFG2]

Originally Posted by Si_Fan

iight kool thanx for all the help...looks like it would make it easy

no problem homie jus keep all of us posted on the fluid change

[Oil Doc]

Originally Posted by Si_Fan

yeah...ill be using the jackstands lol whats the best way to fill it up? (bottle placement etc.)

Purchase eith a pump or Syphon... $10.00 saves a ton of headaches..

Doc

[NASi]

what if you fill the tranny fluid threw the top??????

[Zeuceone]

the top hole is the fill hole.

[NASi]

Originally Posted by Zeuceone

the top hole is the fill hole.

the top where the dip stick is ???

[NASi]

the top where the dip stick is what i ment ...

[NASi]

no dip stick its a fill hole by the header my bad

[SteveOFG2]

yea the fill hold is on ur driver side....if ya gotta Si....and if ur stock intake isnt there....u cud possibly fill the tranny sitting on the ground from the top, ive heard sum people try it that way ...but the proper way which is, get under the car dude, is prolly best

[2point]

Originally Posted by SteveOFG2

yea the fill hold is on ur driver side....if ya gotta Si....and if ur stock intake isnt there....u cud possibly fill the tranny sitting on the ground from the top, ive heard sum people try it that way ...but the proper way which is, get under the car dude, is prolly best

on K20A.org I think there is a thread on how to fill it from the top. There is a sensor that you can un-bolt and fill slowly from there.. . I've never done it that way but I hear it works well.

[SteveOFG2]

Originally Posted by 2point

on K20A.org I think there is a thread on how to fill it from the top. There is a sensor that you can un-bolt and fill slowly from there.. . I've never done it that way but I hear it works well.

idk buddy...i think it can jus fill it from the reg. fill hold from the top if u have a CAI or a short ram and jus pull it off for the fluid exchange....but wit me i try not to pull any senors

[2point]

booya! Remove This Sensor For Easy Tranny Fill??? - K20A.org .:. The K Series Source . Honda / Acura K20a k24a Engine Forum

you can use the VSS sensor or the back-up light sensor. I guess the VSS sensor is easy. I still reccomend taking out the fill hole bolt to tell when you have enough fluid in the tranny though. If you can't get the fill bolt out, just measure out 1.3quarts and filler up!

[Zeuceone]

ok well from that hole you have to remove the fill hole bolt so you know when its full.

[SteveOFG2]

Originally Posted by 2point

booya! Remove This Sensor For Easy Tranny Fill??? - K20A.org .:. The K Series Source . Honda / Acura K20a k24a Engine Forum

you can use the VSS sensor or the back-up light sensor. I guess the VSS sensor is easy. I still reccomend taking out the fill hole bolt to tell when you have enough fluid in the tranny though. If you can't get the fill bolt out, just measure out 1.3quarts and filler up!

have u changed ur's this way???

[2point]

Originally Posted by 2point

on K20A.org I think there is a thread on how to fill it from the top. There is a sensor that you can un-bolt and fill slowly from there.. . I've never done it that way but I hear it works well.

Originally Posted by SteveOFG2

have u changed ur's this way???

Negative, as stated in previous post.

I'm not 100% sure what it takes to take out the VSS but I don't beleive it's tough from the sounds of it and there is no need for any calibration after taking it out. You just have to wiggle the sensor around a little to make sure you get the gears meshed properly and then torque her down. Maybe for thw squimish you do a sanity check before you start the car up. Just put the car down off the jack stands and put the tranny in gear and have one friend roll the car forward and backward while you listen for something lol! Hear nothing, cross fingers and start her up!

[TheFreshTaste]

I want to change mine next week and i want to use royal purple. Is the fluid the same as engine oil because when I am on the royal purple site and I choose manual trans and look down the list for honda MTF it shows Royal Purple Transmission Lubricant Chart
10w-40 synthetic engine oil? I am pretty noob but this seems wrong. (I have an 07' fa5)

[SteveOFG2]

Originally Posted by 2point

Negative, as stated in previous post.

I'm not 100% sure what it takes to take out the VSS but I don't beleive it's tough from the sounds of it and there is no need for any calibration after taking it out. You just have to wiggle the sensor around a little to make sure you get the gears meshed properly and then torque her down. Maybe for thw squimish you do a sanity check before you start the car up. Just put the car down off the jack stands and put the tranny in gear and have one friend roll the car forward and backward while you listen for something lol! Hear nothing, cross fingers and start her up!

but u kno all that seems like extra work instead of jus putting it up on jack stands and doing it the proper way...u see how man steps ya got there...mines is jack up the car, put on stands, drain, fill.....i never said ur method wouldn't work...i jus feel its over kill for sumone who jus doesnt wanna get under the car lol

[thunderdome]

Originally Posted by 2point

on K20A.org I think there is a thread on how to fill it from the top. There is a sensor that you can un-bolt and fill slowly from there.. . I've never done it that way but I hear it works well.

Just changed my mtf last weekend in my si and i used a long clean hose and filled from the top of the wheel well as my buddy held the tube in the fill port for me ... seemed to be a pretty easy process!

I went with Royal Purple Synchromax and it made a considerable difference in smoothness ... Alot of people were having problems powershifting into 2nd as did i and this mtf free'd that up so now i can!