Looking for link to the formula.....

[katsdad]

that calculates number of drain and refills needed to reach a certain percentage of new fluid. Can't find it in my favorites.

May help with the discussion below too.

Thanks in advance

 

[Saturn_Fan]

I cannot find that calculator either, and I, like you, remember seeing it one time.

FWIW, on my vehicles, I do a drain and refill x3 and I feel comfortable doing that, although I know it is not 100%. It is still close enough for me. Any more than that, and I think doing this is a big waste of fluid and you might as well go hook up to a T-tec at that point.

Lastly, when I owned a 2006 Saturn VUE, the Honda and Saturn dealer (tranny on these is a Honda AT and is not recommended to be flushed as Honda thinks it could cause problems), they told me that the standard procedure is to do a 3x drain and fill and it would get you to what they consider a full ATF fluid change. BOTH dealers told me this and if I didn't do this myself, would've charged well over a 100 bucks which is crazy.

 

[katsdad]

Hopefully someone who has this will open up the topic and let us know. I have used it in the past for several things. Now changing out my power steering with the new Amsoil stuff. Get 8 ounces out at a time and the unit holds 37 from what I gather.

I own a 2005 Accord 6EX and a 1999 Accura CL 3.0.

 

[Saturn_Fan]

Disregard my post. I thought in your post you were trying to figure out ATF drain and refill, not power steering fluid. Nevermind.

 

[katsdad]

Thanks for replying...the formula is good for many applications. I just needed it now for my power steering and I knew it would be of interest to the posters in the tread below.

 

[Steve S]

Have you ever owned an aquarium? no matter how many partial changes there always is dirty water left over, do a flush.

 

[katsdad]

Thanks Steve....just looking for the formula for my information.

You have been around awhile...you should have this somewhere.

 

[VK56VD]

Originally Posted By: katsdad
that calculates number of drain and refills needed to reach a certain percentage of new fluid. Can't find it in my favorites.

May help with the discussion below too.

Thanks in advance


PM me your e-mail address and I'll send you the Excel file or try this: http://members.aol.com/xzleezx2/Turbochem/Tranny4Bobistheoilguy.xls

 

[katsdad]

Got it...thanks for your help.