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DIY - V8 L99 Automatic Transmission Fluid Change
V8 L99 Automatic Transmission Fluid Change only.
1) Jack your car up on the Passenger side and put it on a jack-stand(s).
2) Take out the drain-plug and drain the transmission fluid. (About 2 qt)
2a) My method (this method will not require to remove the pan) - Park your car on an incline slope and jack both side up so the head of the car as high as possible (see picture). Unplug the drain-plug and you should get about 3.5 qt out this way. You can also get two ramps to create your incline slope. I got about 3.5 quarts out with this method.
2b) Correct method - require to remove the pan) unscrew the pan nuts and take out the pan to release all the fluid out. Remember to change out the pan gasket.
*Either methods will allow fluid to come out one way or another more or less. You can create your own method if you have a different idea.*
3) Close the drain-plug. Measure the oil fluid level and add the new fluid (DEXRON-VI ATF) using the same measurement. Common sense: 3.5 quarts out, 3.5 quarts in. If you think you need to do the technical measuring while the car idles, koodos to you then.
4) Count three screws down on the passenger side and go straight up. You will see/feel the fill-plug with a rubber cap. Using a small flat-head driver, pop the rubber fill-plug cap out.
5) Using a hand-pump (see picture) fill the new fluid through the open fill-plug. I run the tube from the engine bay to the fill-plug.
6) Close the fill-plug back up with the rubber cap.
7) Smile and pad yourself in the back for saving $250 at the dealer service department.
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Last edited by Goliath; 12-19-2010 at 08:44 PM.
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