#2005 SATURN AURA FULL#

As my Denali only has 7000 miles on it I haven't changed it yet, but in my last truck, a 2000 Sierra 5.3, it took 14 quarts as i remember to flush it. If your changing to synthetic, you will be 100% synthetic, none of the oil will intermix with this flushing procedure because the fluid follows one path from the filter to the pump, through all the transmission passages, through the converter and then out the cooler line and back to the pan. You've just changed and flushed every drop of old fluid from the transmission, converter and cooler system. Start the truck and warm up, when hot check and fill to line on dipstick.

#2005 SATURN AURA FULL#

I usually watch for the fluid color change rather than the exact number ofĩ) Remove hose, replace fitting with transmissiom line, fill transmission to full line, See the color change in the clear tube, this is when you know you have changed all If the fluid was dirty, or the new fluid is a different color, you will If you really want to be assured that you have 100% change, add just 2 more Will take about 30 seconds and will pump out 3-4 quarts of fluid.ħ) Add 3-4 quarts of new fluid, to the full line on the dipstick, empty the jug (don'tįorget that) and start it up again as before and watch for bubbles, and shut it offĨ) Repeat again, adding 3-4 quarts, empty the jug, start, watch for bubbles and shut Untill you see bubbles or hear a bubbling sound and immediatly shut the truck off. Fluid will start pumping out the tube into the jug. I tape a big nut as a weight on the end of the tube to keep it in the jug, if you have aĦ) Start the truck. Radiator support and out the front of the truck and into a gallon or larger jug. Clear gas line works great, but you can use almost any plastic or vinylĥ) Clamp the tubing onto the fitting you put in the radiator and run the tubing over the You will need about 2 or 3 feet of 3/8 clear plastic It is and odball fitting size on our newer trucks, and some just stick the tubing in the hole and hold it, a little messier but it works. If any at all, because its higher than the transmission.Ĥ) Screw a short fitting into the radiator that you can attach a piece of tubing to. Than 10000 you can skip ahead to #3, although its always safer to change the filterĪnd clean and check the pan for particles or clutch pieces (not a good sign!)Ģ) Add 3 or 4 qts new fluid to bring it to the full mark on dipstick.ģ) Remove the upper transmission line from the radiator, only very little fluid will drip, (If you jump ahead and get the fitting in and pump out the first 3-4 qts before you drop the pan it will be empty and much cleaner to do the filter change) If you have less I used to change the fluid in my race tranny every 20 runs, and this is a great time saver.ġ) If you have over 10000 miles since the filter was last changed, drop the pan, clean itĬompletly, change the filter and bolt back up with a new gasket. I'll pass along a great trick I learned from my drag racing days to change all the tranny fluid in the transmissiom, converter and cooler. Hope you find it useful - I did ! By the way, get the fitting and don't hold it in by hand as mentioned as an option. I found a brass hose barb fitting that went into where the top trans line goes into radiator. This is using the pump in the trans to push out all of the old fluid. This is not a trans flush which is probably what you've heard to avoid. Its unnerving to do it the first time but after I got started it worked like a charm and was easy. Something I read on another board and saved. This technique uses 4 less quarts than a triple pan drain and fill and leaves you with almost 100 % new fluid instead of 87% with a triple pan drain: There is a technical service bulletin on the Amsoil web page (TSB: DT-) and here is another reference on a ATF service.

2005 saturn aura