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Old 09-05-2008, 07:48 AM
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Ok just wanted to ask how much quarts of oil would my auto v6 transmission take?
 
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Old 09-05-2008, 08:13 AM
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Old 09-05-2008, 09:30 AM
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i dont know but i need to change my cause the car has 95k and i never had chagne it since i got it in 05.
 
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Old 09-05-2008, 02:37 PM
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The 4r70w for the v6 holds 13.9 quarts, 12.8 if its a GT. AODE uses 12.5. I think both of you guys need 13.9, but the OP needs regular Mercon fluid and Redrum needs Mecon V.

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Old 09-05-2008, 02:38 PM
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*How many Quarts?
 
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Old 09-05-2008, 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Steeda97
*How many Quarts?
It bothers me too.
 
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Old 09-05-2008, 08:17 PM
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You will never get that many quarts out when you do a pan drop and filter swap. Your looking at more like 8 or 9 from what I remember. The tranny and converter will still hold a lot of fluid which is totally fine your still replacing most of the fluid.

This would be the time to add a tranny cooler and do the jmod since you will be already looking at the valve body.
 
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j-mod FTW
 
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Old 09-05-2008, 09:29 PM
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Originally Posted by 01FR500
j-mod FTW
I wish he still sold those
 
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Old 09-05-2008, 10:35 PM
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Originally Posted by PColav6
I wish he still sold those
i think he still does but you have to catch him when he has one


ok so i will buy 8 quarts of royal purple then but i will look into the tranny cooler and the j-mod b4 i change the trans oil

and mods can you please change my thread title to "HOW MANY QUARTS" thanx
 
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Old 09-06-2008, 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by spike_africa
You will never get that many quarts out when you do a pan drop and filter swap. Your looking at more like 8 or 9 from what I remember. The tranny and converter will still hold a lot of fluid which is totally fine your still replacing most of the fluid.
I never changed the fluid when I had an auto, but can't you turn the converter to get some more of that fluid out?

Edit: I beleive as the OP you can change the title.
 
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Old 09-06-2008, 01:57 PM
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last time i dropped the pan and changed the transmission fluid and filter i had a large enough bucket under to catch everythin then i marked it when i was getting ready to refill it and dumped the old into another container and filled it up with new fluid to the mark. then you just add whatever you have in the bucket and you will be replacing the exact same amount.
 
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