i bought all the equipment needed to change my transmission fluid. but the guy in autozone told me that i only needed 4quarts of transmission fluid..then i got home and my dad told me that i needed more fluid.so i'm a little confuse. how much fliud do i need. my truck is a 1996 dodge ram 1500 auto transmission. and also it has 107,000 miles and i have never changed the transmission fluid before.Changing transmission fluid?
If you are just doing a pan drop on that to change the fluid and filter, you will need only 4 or 5. Put in 3 quarts and let the truck run to operating temperature. When the fluid is hot, check the dipstick. Don't overfill the fluid, but you have to check it when it is hot because it expands. It should be below the 'add' line with 3 quarts in it. Add another quart, and check it again. At this point it should be on the low side between 'add' and 'full'. You are safe at this point but you can add about a 1/2 quart more if you want to be on the upper end of that safe zone.Changing transmission fluid?
If you only drop the pan and change the tranny filter, 4 should be fine. If you wanted to %26quot;flush%26quot; the whole transmission, then you`d need much more fluid.Changing transmission fluid?
The guy at autozone either knows exactly how much oil you need or he was guessing. Yes, most cars take about 4 quarts. But I would buy 8 just to make sure. Trucks take more oil.
1After changing your filter add the 4 quarts.
2Start your truck and check the fluid. If low add another quart while the engine is running.
3Keep following step 2 until your fluid is up to either the low mark on the dip stick or the full mark.
4 If its at the low mark add half quart at a time until full.
5If it's at the full mark your done.
I say add half quart because Transmission dip sticks are funny. They are sensitive to fluid volume. In an engine one quart takes you from the low mark to the full mark on 99% of engines. Not on Transmissions. Good luck.
