I replaced the different fluid yesterday, everything went smooth, i let the fluid drain 40-45 minutes, a drop would fall every 30 seconds or so.

i think it was the original fluid it had a lot of shavings practically black, i bought the car with 17k now im at 24k, from honda.

it didn't take the whole liter of just under, did i not let it drain enough? i filled til it would drain out, i would wait and refill and still it would pour out slowly.

The car was leveled,

 

Diff capacity is 900ml, so less than 1 qt. You can overfill it slightly if you leave the driver's side jacked up (with a jack stand) so that the fill hole is a bit higher.

Congrats on the DIY attempt. As you can see that fluid gets pretty nasty so be sure and change it early. I go by the
"severe" schedule which states every 15k miles.

-Hockey

 

i just didn't have the 23mm wrench laying around, next is the tranny, probably has the original oil also,

 

I just looked in the OM and the total change is about 3/4ths quart. It sounds about right.
At your next change warm it up a little by driving beforhand which should allow for max removal of the old fluid.

 

i drove for 5-10 minutes before hand. thanks for the tip though

 

Hockey Posted on Oct 2 2006, 06:44 PM

A little extra doesn't hurt.

SilverDC2 AP1 Posted on Oct 2 2006, 06:39 PM
Replaced it with what?
In your climate the recommended SAE 90 / GL-5 would be perfect

 

hockey what diff fluid do you use? I used the mobil 1 gear lube 75-90 I believe do you have any experience with that stuff?

 

I replaced it with, mobil 1 gear lube 75-90, i wanted to put redline fluid, but all the placed were out of 75-90,

 

i replaced mine last Saturday with Mobil 1 75W 90 (almost entire bottle)following xviper's DIY
https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=99995

thanks xviper!

and all went well. I noticed the car handling has changed. the rear grips more (is it just me thinking this?) and accelerates better. any thougths about this?

 

It feel a little smoother, less "clunk" i dunno. its probably in my head.