manual transmission fluid change

Depends on the transmission. Example would be a '94 Saturn Coupe you have to change the tranny fluid at the 9600km mark and then not again until the

200,000km mark. On an '88 Z24 you never have to change it. Your owners manual will tell you what you need to know:

Steve

"danielr" typed until their fingers bled, and came up with:

On the S- series, you change it at 6k miles, and then basically leave it alone. You'll end up changing it when you do an axle or the clutch.

As far as getting low, if it does, you've to problems that need to be addressed.

The early years of the S series mfgr manual called for an early change at approx 10,000 km and further changes at ???100,000 km???? intervals. The later years (with the same manual trans) did not call for these changes. I can only speculate as to why the reduction in oil change recommendations.

I found that with both of my cars that the oil from the first change had a very silver metallic sheen and appeared to contain a large amount of very fine metallic material which I concluded came from the break-in wear. This caused me to shorten the second change interval and to continue to change the fluid regularly afterward. The trans only takes about

I cnaged mine and first of all let me say it is very easy.. no filter just open the drain plug then refill. My manual ran smoother that it ever had after the change. My car had 140k on it and I don't think it was ever changed. Now since tranny fluid is so cheap I replace it every

3rd oil change or every 9l miles.

You change your oil every 30 miles, gees.

Daniel...

I believe they recommend to change the fluid after 60k miles.....or every 60k miles. Your owners manual should have a little blurb about it near the end of the book.

alex

Alright I work for an oil changing place plus I do car work on the side. All the books I have looked at recomend that you change you fluid in the trans at every 30,000 miles it is very simple to do.But the first thing to do is make sure u have a trans dipstick or right on top of the trans there is a little red cap that u open to fill the trans. then there is a drain plug on the passanger side of the trans pull that drain plug and catch the fluid in some kind of measuring cup that way you know about how much fluid u need to put back into the trans.If wu have the red cap and no dipstick it is very important that u catch all the fluid that comes out that is the only way you will know how much fluid u will have to put in. well I hope this helped good luck

"punxyguy" typed until their fingers bled, and came up with:

that is the only way you will

Or you could check the owners manual, and find out that the S series manual trannies take 2.6 quarts.

Hi Fellows; Thank you very much to all of you for your replies, which I am just reading now. The reason I posted the question was because I could not find any recommendation in the owner's manual, although I found at the end the capacities and specifications. It states 2.6 quarts (2.5 liters) for the manual. So, yesterday I took the car to the dealer where they did the job. Worrisome enough, as I was going to archive the bill now, I find it indicates they filled 1 LITER . (?). I don't know if it's a typo, a regular item in their invoice/billing form or what, but tomorrow early morning (its 8.00 PM here in Toronto, Canada now), I will check the dipstick to verify if everything is OK. Will keep you posted .

hi feloows;

well as expected, it was only a "clerical formality". the form says 1 liter, but the person who did the job filled the 2.5 (perhaps even a little bit more). nevertheless, when i checked the dipstick, I found it has marked "2.5 liters maximum", what solves the problem of knowing how much to refill.

best regards to you all.

DR.