Am I playing with fire?

[stevebg]

Originally Posted by al dm

:-) I also did my final one yesterday - and just did the level set this morning.

I used the Car Scanner app to see when the ATF temp got to 50C, then crawled underneath the car with it sat on the drive.

It's pretty damn tight to get under there when the car isn't on ramps, but I managed it with a bit of squirming around.

Opened the level plug, with the engine running and very little fluid came out. Maybe 100ml or so. So I am quite pleased with that, it means I was very accurate with replacing exactly what came out.

Shroud back on and we are finally done with the ATF refresh.

I ended up doing 5 cycles with approx 3.5 litres each - so around 17.5 litres of fresh fluid in total. The fluid is much nicer looking and smelling now. It even has a tinge of red to it.

I might add one cycle of drain/replace from the top of the engine every time I service the car, which wont be until the spring now.

Happy Days!

Is it possible to do this from the top ( fill plug ) on a 2009 ?