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Probably because the graph makes an initial number figure which may not reflect your specific case. Amsoil's website says your transmission (assuming your CX-5) holds somewhere between 3.7 to 5.1qt (3.5 to 4.9L) with a total capacity of 8.2qt (7.7L). With that in mind, your spreadsheet data...

Hi lads. I've been keen on using this thing but I felt this could be translated to Google Sheets. Here you go: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16gqWY6xCtc0FcVqpEsKhG5G-e-ewVH-7BElkfA2qKCw/edit?usp=sharing How do you use it? Sign in to your Google account (throwaway works fine), copy the...

Appreciate the input. I reckon maybe instead of an air filter, he had a leaking fuel injector? I know that can contribute to that, same with excessively short trips too often. Both will clog up the DPF and kick it into regen a lot. I'm not sure which exact vehicle it was, but he did say it...

Hi chaps. Was talking with a customer today, we were talking about diesels and stuff. He said a current vehicle of his, equipped with the Mercedes Bluetec platform, had some kind of aftermarket type air filter installed at some dealer. Apparently this modified the pressure drop in the intake...

They will often tell you the "initial fill", this is basically the amount you need to drain and refill the pan. The other larger figure is pretty close to the total capacity of the system, torque converter, pan, cooler, lines, valve body assembly etc. Most people do 3-4 drain pan and refill if...

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Originally Posted by SubieRubyRoo Why did you subtract 58 in the equation? Normal conversion from C to F is A*9/5+32, and you shouldn't need the parentheses around A & 9 because order of operations takes precedence, and will still give you the same result. The reason is ... I don't know. The...

Hey guys, I have a Bluetooth to OBDII adapter to use with OBD Fusion on my iPhone. I need to check CVT trans temps on 2014+ Subaru TR580/TR690 transmissions. For research I poked around the internet and dug out data from the ScanGauge category for transmission. Example: Code NAME...

Hi folks, Got a little bit of a debate at work going on now. People tell me that you don't have to shift the gears to check the level on an automatic transmission. Yet I know every single AT procedure for level check from the manufacturer or other well qualified source says to check the...

I work on Hertz and other fleet vehicles regularly. Hertz does the following work with us: Tire rotations, oil changes and nothing else. Cheapest oil possible. Expect a former lease/rental car to be in bad shape. Maintenance from their end is business losses.

I remember Signal Oil ads... Does your Whistler programmes have a preamble to the next episode? "Next week... *ding dih ding* Your car broke down on a back road around the city...a distant car approaches, and you eye it carefully...Help perhaps? You stare at it as it passes by...There is no...

Originally Posted by CT8 What fluid does it use? The transfer case on the wifes new F350 used LV atf and 75W-85 in the rear diff and 80W-90 in the front/ cardinal is correct, it is SAE 75W-140. From my experience of doing these, since I have never seen a drain plug and probably only seen a...

Originally Posted by bdcardinal The one in my mom's 2014 Fusion has both drain and fill plugs so I will be doing that at the next oil change when it gets to 35k. That is pretty cool. I have never seen a drain plug on a PTU (the older Escapes had them) on any PTU that has rolled in here. We...

I'm typically changing them from 30k - 90k mi mark. Pretty wide range to be honest. I do take a special moment each time to talk to the customer about why this is important, and while I am able to impress the importance and severity of this issue, I usually don't win:) All that I see from...

Hi guys. I have done a few fluid services on the Power Transfer Unit gearboxes found on the Frd Explorer, Edge and other related models that use the same PTU. Every time, the fluid is black, pitch black. We know that previously, Ford only recommends a fluid service every 160k km (100k mi) only...

If I think about it, it's actually not to hard to figure out the oil weight is not correct. Let's say 0W oil at 20 deg C has a viscosity of 40 cSt, and maintains an idle oil pressure of 2.8 bar. (Making up numbers here. Conversational purposes only.) When you pump that through the engine, and...

Hi guys, I heard some rumors at work that some vehicles can tell if the wrong oil is added after an oil change... And then they shut down the engine or something to that matter, popping up some message to that matter... Anybody know anything about this?

Done. All I could trace down for each model was the Automatic transfercases took AutoTrak II (presumably with the 246 model, no idea if any other model numbers were used) and the ones with selectable or manual transfer cases specified the 88861800 fluid. I can't deduce anything from the New...

Our "Slightly Advanced" OBD II scan tool can't fetch transmission temperature. Also some like the '11 Tundra require some funny procedure to put it into transmission check mode etc. Any other voices?

Hi, I may as well make the question short and simple. A number of transmissions these days which are not equipped with dipsticks have special check or fill ports which are only accurate at specific temperature ranges. Is it considered acceptable to use an infrared thermometer on the...