Left_coast*9 Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Car is 2003 N/A Subaru Baja, 5 spd manual tranny. I want to service the transmission myself to save $....of course all I would do is drain and fill. Is it worth my $$ to pay my local subaru pros to service my transmission? Will they do anything different, like flush it or ?? Vehicle has about 88K, I'm third owner at least, no idea if transmission has been serviced before, it shifts, operates perfectly, i.e. no bad symptoms, etc. Thanks for any input! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setright Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 No, it's not worth getting someone else to do it! There's a drain plug and you fill via the dipstick, easy peasy. Wrap the exhaust pipe in silver foil before draining, that way your car won't reek of cat urine if you spill trans oil on the exhaust! For filling, get a foot length of hose that'll slip snugly into the dip stick hole and attach a funnel on the other end at user friendly height. Fill three quarts and let it sit level overnight before topping up. It won't take the full capacity listed in the manual since some of the old oil will not drain out. Flush is not needed. (And I strongly recommend Valvoline Synpower 75W-90) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 what he said. Never flush a car chemically. You can run fresh liquids through it, but never a chemical flush. The manual is just a drain and fill you can do yourself. nipper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subaru_for_LIfe Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 what he said. Never flush a car chemically. You can run fresh liquids through it, but never a chemical flush. The manual is just a drain and fill you can do yourself. nipper Hi nipper, does that apply to automatics as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Hi nipper, does that apply to automatics as well? yes. Soobies love fresh tranny fluid, they will reward you well, but no chemical flush. Its a good way to kill something really fast. Soobies never need them, except for the ocasional fuel treatment. nipper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerFahrer Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Don't hold me to this, but I believe a ATF flushing machine just keeps running clean ATF into the system and pulling the old ATF out, and I believe the machine considers its job complete when it starts getting fresh ATF coming out of the system. By system, I mean the entire transmission assembly, the torque convertor, and the tranny cooler. Just a drain-and-fill won't change the ATF in the torque convertor and the tranny cooler. If someone that knows can correct me, please do so. But if I were a shop, that's how I would do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Don't hold me to this, but I believe a ATF flushing machine just keeps running clean ATF into the system and pulling the old ATF out, and I believe the machine considers its job complete when it starts getting fresh ATF coming out of the system. By system, I mean the entire transmission assembly, the torque convertor, and the tranny cooler. Just a drain-and-fill won't change the ATF in the torque convertor and the tranny cooler. If someone that knows can correct me, please do so. But if I were a shop, that's how I would do it. Your right.Drain and fill works but you have to do it three times. nipper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subaru_for_LIfe Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Cool...beans I'll pick up a few gallons of the ATF this weekend, thanks nipper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlsimpso Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Heating up the gear oil in a pot of boiling water helps it flow on the refill. The water helps to keep it from getting too hot and melting the bottle. Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggywerewolf Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 Heating up the gear oil in a pot of boiling water helps it flow on the refill. The water helps to keep it from getting too hot and melting the bottle. Rob And using a copper bottom pot to boot.....only the best for the Subaru I see.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left_coast*9 Posted June 22, 2006 Author Share Posted June 22, 2006 great stuff, thanks everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left_coast*9 Posted June 22, 2006 Author Share Posted June 22, 2006 Ok cool, so WHICH tranny fluid should go into my '03 baja non-turbo? :-\ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumby Boy Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 We use castrol multi trax. and we only drain and fill even with autos unless theres a problem then we do a power flush (auto only) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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