Does my fluid look normal or to dirty?

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[Poll] Does my fluid look normal or to dirty? Pretty dirty more than it should!   0% (0) Normal......   0% (0) medium/ alittle dirty... maybe left over dirt in the tranny.   100% (3) Total Votes : 3 (last vote on : 4/11/2008 9:19:48 AM) (Poll will run till: -- ) Login Message << Older Topic   Newer Topic >>

Does my fluid look normal or to dirty? - 3/26/2008 3:56:44 PM    addiction2bass Posts: 7482 Joined: 6/21/2006 Status: offline Well just changed the tranny fluid again. first time i changed it was ruffly 5-6K miles ago when i droped the motor in the car. my axle seals were leaking alittle so i replaced the seals and just toped off the fluid. and today i just drained the fluid and replaced the stock drain bolt with a magnetic drain plug. and added new fluid. i just put the car kinda level and used a hose to put in the 2 new cans of fluid. didnt quite all go in the tranny since thats how much poured back out of it, and then i caped the fluid. and this is how much old fluid that drained out of it. DOES THIS LOOK NORMAL? dont mind alittle dirt because my cars underbody is pretty dirty so some debri fell into the buckets. _____________________________ Post #: 1

RE: Does my fluid look normal or to dirty? - 3/26/2008 4:34:18 PM    LarsonSi_0091 Posts: 172 Joined: 1/31/2007 Status: online i would say that is medium/alittle dirty. i work at car x and i can say that i have seen ALOT worse in many cars. _____________________________ 1991 Crx Si Mods: d16z6 swap, fully built, T3/T4 .57 trim, 15 psi :) new toys recently bought: Zex 59500, crower valve springs & retainers, blox intake, 66 mm tb, traction bars, and hondata S300 (in reply to addiction2bass) Post #: 2

RE: Does my fluid look normal or to dirty? - 3/26/2008 5:20:26 PM    addiction2bass Posts: 7482 Joined: 6/21/2006 Status: offline ya im just wondering if its more than usual or what not.... im not sure. i dont know what the fluid looked like when i drained the tranny after i pulled it outta the car because i just dumped all the fluid in the same bucket... :( hoping the magnetic drain plug will also grab any debri from the tranny... _____________________________ (in reply to LarsonSi_0091) Post #: 3

RE: Does my fluid look normal or to dirty? - 3/26/2008 6:43:12 PM    LarsonSi_0091 Posts: 172 Joined: 1/31/2007 Status: online Yea i wouldnt say it is too bad because if the fluid you had in there before was really dirty it would make the new fluid look that way also cause im sure it all didnt get drained out. _____________________________ 1991 Crx Si Mods: d16z6 swap, fully built, T3/T4 .57 trim, 15 psi :) new toys recently bought: Zex 59500, crower valve springs & retainers, blox intake, 66 mm tb, traction bars, and hondata S300 (in reply to addiction2bass) Post #: 4

RE: Does my fluid look normal or to dirty? - 3/26/2008 6:45:01 PM    LarsonSi_0091 Posts: 172 Joined: 1/31/2007 Status: online Yea i wouldnt say it is too bad because if the fluid you had in there before was really dirty it would make the new fluid look that way also cause im sure it all didnt get drained out. _____________________________ 1991 Crx Si Mods: d16z6 swap, fully built, T3/T4 .57 trim, 15 psi :) new toys recently bought: Zex 59500, crower valve springs & retainers, blox intake, 66 mm tb, traction bars, and hondata S300 (in reply to addiction2bass) Post #: 5

RE: Does my fluid look normal or to dirty? - 3/26/2008 7:14:27 PM    addiction2bass Posts: 7482 Joined: 6/21/2006 Status: offline well most of the fluid was drained. when i had the drivetrain out of the car. im hoping that its just left over dirt that had settled in the tranny. i have no idea how long the car had been siting! hell i thought it was the original tranny, douche said it was rebuilt with EX gears but when i drive the car hard the gears are really long which i heard that sounded more like DX gears and the tranny is a DX model stamped into it...  basicaly i got lied to. guess one thing ive gotten used to with this EG! only good thing is after i fix a problem i know its good.lol _____________________________ (in reply to LarsonSi_0091) Post #: 6

RE: Does my fluid look normal or to dirty? - 3/27/2008 4:37:54 PM    LarsonSi_0091 Posts: 172 Joined: 1/31/2007 Status: online yea if you change it a couple of times in a short term the fluid will get cleaner..but what a chounch...lol yea atleast you will know whats right then _____________________________ 1991 Crx Si Mods: d16z6 swap, fully built, T3/T4 .57 trim, 15 psi :) new toys recently bought: Zex 59500, crower valve springs & retainers, blox intake, 66 mm tb, traction bars, and hondata S300 (in reply to addiction2bass) Post #: 7

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