Originally Posted by
bloodspatteranalyst
Hmm I drained and refilled while the tranny was still pretty hot. I only gave it 15 min.After all, I took it to the lift rental place I last went to and didn't have time to sit around. I let it drain for a few min but as soon as it started dripping instead of streaming, I closed the system.
That's probably why it only took 4.5 qts.
Where did you read that it's bad to do a drain and fill with D4? Should I flush all over again with a different fluid?
I think you misread my reply. Flush isn't recommended, Just drain and refill again with Redline D4 ATF.
And should I be concerned about the temps? Perhaps I would have gotten a different reading if I used a digital thermometer and stuck the sensors into the fluid, instead of aiming an infrared therm gun at the pan...
They recommend testing the fluid rather than the pan temp but I would imagine it's pretty close. It's possible my Tsat was bad when I did my ATF change and not your's. Reason being is the Tsat is suppose to remain closed upon start up. If mine was stuck open it wouldn't heat up as fast.
I'm really hoping my trans t-stat isn't bad because that doesn't look like something I can accomplish myself.
EDIT: also my expansion tank was replaced less than a year ago because it exploded during a pressure test.