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Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 11:04 am 
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Is there a drain plug on the torque converter for an EL auto. The C4 in my old ZJ Fairlane had one and made it so much easier to drain the 5lts of fluid.
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Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 11:47 am 
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no drain plug on the BTR autos or converter

 

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Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 11:56 am 
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I gathered that would be the answer! Its just that when S1 went in the trans and it being in limp mode the fluid got slightly burnt. I drained the auto when i changed the soleniod but didnt do the torque converter, so basically only replaced about 40% of the fluid. Guess ill just have to pay for it to be fully flushed. Thanks for the reply FPV.
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Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 2:44 pm 
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Some auto specialists have fitted drain plugs to the pans.

 

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Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 3:26 pm 
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No point just draining the pan as there will be about 5ltrs still in the torque converter. You have to drop the pan anyways to change the filter when servicing the trans.
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Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 5:50 pm 
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joolz wrote:
No point just draining the pan as there will be about 5ltrs still in the torque converter. You have to drop the pan anyways to change the filter when servicing the trans.


True, I guess its just a easier/cleaner way to get the oil out before removing the pan. Besides a standard service is not a full oil change anyway.

 

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Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 10:52 am 
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joolz wrote:
I gathered that would be the answer! Its just that when S1 went in the trans and it being in limp mode the fluid got slightly burnt. I drained the auto when i changed the soleniod but didnt do the torque converter, so basically only replaced about 40% of the fluid. Guess ill just have to pay for it to be fully flushed. Thanks for the reply FPV.



why dont you do it your self.

it's pretty easy to do. all you need is
20L drum of 95le fluid
a 20l drum pump.
some hose the same size as your cooler lines
some thing to catch the fluid in.

take your cooler lines off the rad and put some hose on each one.
run both hoses to a container get someone to start the car noet which one is the return line and attach the pump to it.
run the car while pumping in new fluid.
once the fluid coming out is clean get your helper to go through the gears to clean out the valve body properly.
refit cooler lines
check level.
done
drink beer
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Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 1:46 pm 
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drink beer


Bahahah, best step ever :p
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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 7:32 pm 
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Ok WHAT FLUID DO I USE FOR THE EL AUTO???? ASAP :?:
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Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 1:53 pm 
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castrol tq95

most oil companies have oil recomendations on there website.
www.penrite.com.au
www.penzoil.com.au
www.castrol.com.au
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Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 8:51 pm 
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tickford_6 wrote:
joolz wrote:
I gathered that would be the answer! Its just that when S1 went in the trans and it being in limp mode the fluid got slightly burnt. I drained the auto when i changed the soleniod but didnt do the torque converter, so basically only replaced about 40% of the fluid. Guess ill just have to pay for it to be fully flushed. Thanks for the reply FPV.



why dont you do it your self.

it's pretty easy to do. all you need is
20L drum of 95le fluid
a 20l drum pump.
some hose the same size as your cooler lines
some thing to catch the fluid in.

take your cooler lines off the rad and put some hose on each one.
run both hoses to a container get someone to start the car noet which one is the return line and attach the pump to it.
run the car while pumping in new fluid.
once the fluid coming out is clean get your helper to go through the gears to clean out the valve body properly.
refit cooler lines
check level.
done
drink beer
Is this a full flush ? Does this work ?
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You'd need to pump it in pretty quickly to keep up with it ... otherwise the BTR will dry out and die a horrible death.

The actual flushing equipment to do it is not cheap ... only specialised transmission places will have them (as the flush pumps are bloody expensive) ... and you will go through a lot of the transmission fluid as well.

Can also use 95LE fluid as well as the Castrol TQ95 ... I use Gulf Western trans fluid as it is the one my mechanic stocks in the large drums.

 

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