[diesel_mercedes] Re: how do you say quick? backflushing

 

Gezz sure sounds wasteful. Max
--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, Alan Millar <grunthos503@...> wrote:
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> I think it really varies from one make to the next.  I have a 2005 Honda Odyssey van, which has a transmission drain plug (but not a filter!!).  Despite having a drain plug, there are so many nooks and crannies in the A/T that draining it out by the plug only empties a little over half of the fluid. 
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> The official Honda procedure is to drain and fill, run it a little, and repeat three times.  So at the end you have 7/8ths new fluid (or 15/16ths new fluid; I forget if you do three or four drains/refills).  Seems like an odd design to me, but that's what is in the factory manual.
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