change filter on 02+ accord???

[Schmoe]

Just read this over on driveaccord.com, supposedly there is a way to change out your transmission filter on the Accord 5AT's. I know about dropping the drain nut and then filling up with 3 quarts of ATFZ1, but the filter? News to me. Anybody know anything short of dropping the whole transmission?

 

[clutchless]

I just ran a Magnefine 3/8 inline filter on our 2001 Accord V6. Then the factory filter (did not know they actually had one) will never have to be changed.

 

[Schmoe]

Inline filter? Where? Is there a trans. cooler on those models?

 

[Ray H]

What "factory filter"? There's only an internal mesh screen. Unless the new generation Hondamatics have undegone a profound morph, there's no pan, either. In other words, no way to clean the screen short of removing and breaking open the split transmission case. (Yeah - try that as routine maintenance some Saturday afternoon on your driveway . . .)

 

[Schmoe]

That's what I thought. But on that forum, one member said it's possible to do that without dropping the trans and that many people did not know about. Yeah, right.

 

[passcord]

Yes, there is a element type filter on Accord v6 and canister on i4.
I think Honda started to put it from 2004. Change of it is kind of similar to engine oil filter change with element type filter. Look item # 7 for V6 or #4 for i4. in System/Component chose "AT oil level gauge-ATF pipe".
http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com...=KA5AT&catcgry5=AT++++++OIL+LEVEL+GAUGE-ATF+P

[ November 01, 2005, 11:10 PM: Message edited by: passcord ]