DIY: Transmission Oil Change

SINISTER · 02-26-2017, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by jliu

2014 with 11k miles. Did the oil/filter change today and decided to change out the tranny fluid with Redline MT85, and the rear differential fluid with Redline 75w90 gear oil.

Fairly uneventful. The tranny oil was super clean and it took a bit more than 3 quarts before fluid started to spill out of the fill hole. The differential fluid was black and had some slush debris around the magnetic drain plug.

Initial drive appeared the shifting was a bit smoother, but not much.

I just did the exact changes myself today...super easy but a bit time consuming getting the car level etc. I found also that it took just a bit over 3 quarts for the trans. before fluid started to spill out but the service manual clearly shows 3 quarts. So it must have been at the perfect level before I did a couple of extra pumps of fluid....rather be a just a dab over then under...

TreeSemdyZee · 02-26-2017, 08:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SINISTER

I just did the exact changes myself today...super easy but a bit time consuming getting the car level etc. I found also that it took just a bit over 3 quarts before fluid started to spill out with the trans. but the service manual clearly shows 3 quarts. So it must have been perfect before I did a couple of extra pumps of fluid....

Same here on mine last week.

corrigat · 05-20-2017, 02:26 PM

Just did my first transmission and diff fluid changes thanks to your write-up. It was a little tricky getting the drain plug off the diff because the tools I had were bulky, but overall super easy and saved me a bunch of money. Used MT-85 up front and royal purple in the back. Drives like new!

05-20-2017, 02:26 PM	#3 (permalink)
corrigat Base Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: California Posts: 9 Drives: '14 370z Manual Rep Power: 11	Thanks for the write-up Just did my first transmission and diff fluid changes thanks to your write-up. It was a little tricky getting the drain plug off the diff because the tools I had were bulky, but overall super easy and saved me a bunch of money. Used MT-85 up front and royal purple in the back. Drives like new!

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