Has anyone changed the CVT fluid on a Honda Civic (particularly in the ninth generation 2012-2015)? The process for checking the fluid level seems more "involved" than other automatics because they stopped putting dipsticks on them.
They also stopped printing service manuals.
So that means to check the fluid I have to open a level check bolt (like on a manual transmission, dribbles excess fluid out). Problem is this is dependent on temperature since the fluid expands as it heats up. I have no idea what temperature they want it checked at.
I'm wondering if it's good enough to just take their specification (the manual specifically says how much fluid is needed at change) and just dump that in there blindly and not mess with having the car perfectly level and checking the level through the bolt. I mean if they say I need X amount of quarts for the CVT fluid change, can't I just put that in there without checking the level?
Part of the process also says to shift through the gears, then refill, but if I use the correct spec for fluid amount in the manual why bother? FWIW they also used to say to do this refill thing for their AT's and I used to just put the proper amount of fluid into the AT's and never bother to check again after cycling. I used to just assume that if I put in the right amount, it would be fine after I did the shifting and I wouldn't need to check again.
They also stopped printing service manuals.
So that means to check the fluid I have to open a level check bolt (like on a manual transmission, dribbles excess fluid out). Problem is this is dependent on temperature since the fluid expands as it heats up. I have no idea what temperature they want it checked at.
I'm wondering if it's good enough to just take their specification (the manual specifically says how much fluid is needed at change) and just dump that in there blindly and not mess with having the car perfectly level and checking the level through the bolt. I mean if they say I need X amount of quarts for the CVT fluid change, can't I just put that in there without checking the level?
Part of the process also says to shift through the gears, then refill, but if I use the correct spec for fluid amount in the manual why bother? FWIW they also used to say to do this refill thing for their AT's and I used to just put the proper amount of fluid into the AT's and never bother to check again after cycling. I used to just assume that if I put in the right amount, it would be fine after I did the shifting and I wouldn't need to check again.