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Refilling a 4EAT
Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 2:28 am
by isotopeman
I just emptied my 4EAT to change the fluid. It would only take about a quart while refilling. I know more came out - about a gallon and a half. I ran it in neutral to see if it would cycle some fluid through. No luck. I put it in reverse, and it won't move either. Is there a trick to getting fluid back into the transmission? I searched under various keywords to no avail.
Thanks,
-Tom
Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 3:27 am
by isotopeman
So far the best suggestion is to put it back into the same hole it came out of...which would mean turning the car on it's side quite a bit. I don't like that suggestion. Anybody?
Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 3:51 am
by THAWA
what? why does it only take a quart? You may have to pour slowly as there's not enough room for all the fluid to travel down the dipstick tube and push air out at the same time. It should hold almost 9 quarts fully empty. That is with the torque converter emptied as well. If all you drained was the pan then start with like 3-3.5 and add as needed.
Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 4:42 am
by isotopeman
I'm stumped as well. With the drain plug out, it still doesn't flow down, and we've poked down the dipstick tube trying to break any bubble that might be keeping the fluid from flowing down the dipstick tube. ...so how far can a wagon be tipped without falling over?
Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 7:25 am
by All_talk
Your not putting it in the front diff are you? (bet you're not the first if you are).
Dip stick for the front diff is one the passenger side, ATF on the drivers by the starter.
Gary
Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 7:36 am
by THAWA
even so, the front diff can still hold more than 1 qt
Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 6:35 pm
by IronMonkeyL255
Not if it hasn't been emptied.......
Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 7:07 pm
by AWD_addict
Hope you've got more than just the 17mm wrench/socket lying around. If you need to drain the diff it takes a 21mm. Or maybe 19mm, I forget.
Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 10:09 pm
by isotopeman
Holy smokes!
No wonder it wouldn't go. I have all the tools I need, (if only I had the experience with auto transmissions to go with them
)
...I guess that means I should drain the diff soon.
Posted: Sun May 08, 2005 5:58 pm
by All_talk
Yeah, but you were gonna change that diff fluid soon anyway.
Gary
Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 7:42 am
by isotopeman
Gee, I'm pretty embarrassed about that.
Yeah the differential fluid needed to be changed - it reeked!
It shifts much better now, and doesn't bog the engine down when I come to a stop.
Thanks!
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 8:36 am
by slowjoe
wow i cant believe i just did that same thing. i must have read this post like 10 times. and laughed at the guy too.
i thought, i dont even know where the differential dipstick is, so i wont be making that mistake for sure. and yeah. i didnt even know that the transmission fluid dipstick was on the other side. i shoulda read all the posts more carefully. haha. so now to get some gear oil....