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I figured it was more fun to take the whole transmission out and get the oil out that way.
Well, the Honda forums swear by the stuff. Our TSX has been a wonderful car. I have serviced the trans about every 25K to 30K. So easy.Why would you add the red Lubegard jk ??
Just curious.
I got a 06 Acura TL now...
So I'm curious what you are running in yours.
@bbhero the TSX was driven about 50 miles; it feels really good. If you have any question of the service history on your TL, service it. I would give the Lubegard a try. 6 or 7 ounces. Good luck.
$8 per quart is a good price at today's prices. I think I paid closer to $50 for the 5 qt jug on Amazon. Good luck and please post your results.Thank you very much for the answer jk.
My brother in law Frank has done a lot of work on this Acura TL. .
Replaced the transmission at 206,000 miles himself.
Replaced rear brake pads very recently... Changed coils on all 6 cylinders very recently too.
He has used Acura Honda DW-1 fluid in this reman transmission.
Air conditioning is great.... High 30s from the vent and outside temp was hot for this time of the year upper 80s..
That's a huge deal for me because I have multiple sclerosis which heat is a bad deal for me.
The car runs really well and has good power. The transmission does act very goofy at times... Especially under hard acceleration from different speeds.
But generally it runs very well and shifts quite good.
I will likely use the Idemitsu type H + in the car. AutoZone has it for $7.69 a quart now.... I'm wondering if they are getting rid of it. It was $12.99 just two weeks ago. And I'm likely to run the Lubegard red too. They definitely make a legit really good product.
The fluid was very black and burnt when I dropped the pan and changed the filter 2 years ago. The pan didn’t have anything in it that concerned me and the magnet didn’t look too bad. The plan was to do a few drain and fills over a few days following the initial pan drop to cycle some fresh fluid into it. We got busy and it doesn’t get driven much anymore so no drain and fills were done after the pan drop. A pan drop gets less than 1/2 of the fluid out of the transmission and the fluid color/smell didn’t change very much with the initial change of about 5.5 quarts. This truck has done a lot of heavy towing in its 12 years with us, much of which was with a 25 foot dual wheel tandem axle gooseneck that weighs over 7,000 lbs empty and more than 20,000 lbs loaded. My 2017 Duramax has taken the place of the 2004 for the heavy hauling.@BlakeB
If I read you post correctly, 2 years and just over 3K miles and the ATF is black like that? Something seems like it is very wrong for that to happen.