Nissan Maxima: How much comes out the drain plug?

E. Meyer wrote: 
About 4qts

I typically get a little over 4 quarts. Depending on whether fluid is cold
or hot. Buy 5 to be safe


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E. Meyer wrote: 

You can change it *all* without opening the trans with nothing more than
4' of 5/16" tubing. But you didn't want to know that, right?

On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 19:52:13 -0400, Jim <com> wrote:
 

Hey... maybe *we* would :-)

I know how to do it by disconnecting the return line from the
cooler... messy, but it works.

FWIW... draining the pan every 15-20 K miles or so and refilling that
4 quarts keeps fluid fresh and that's what is important... and it's
easy enough to do it with every engine oil change if you wanted.

BuddyWh

BuddyWh wrote:
 

You disconnect the pressure line (the one with the banjo fitting on the
trans side) slip the 5/16" hose over it and stick it into a gallon
container, start engine, wait for bottle to fill (a minute or two), shut
off engine, put 4 quarts of new fluid in the trans, repeat until the
fluid coming out is clean. Not messy at all. I just can't see the sense
of pouring 4 qts of clean fluid into 6 dirty ones. Besides, it's quicker
and easier than dropping the pan and since it has a screen and not a
filter, it's not necessary to change it (I have changed a bunch though
and they are always pretty clean).

-jim

a little over four quarts. With that old of a car it would be wise only
to drain the pan and refill the four quarts as the transmission is old
and if you did a flush it would cause the transmission to slip.

E. Meyer wrote:
 

On 7/7/04 9:32 AM, in article net, "JimV"
<com> wrote:
 

Thanks. It is kind of surprising that the amount is not listed in the book.
On my Hondas/Acuras, they tell you exactly how much will come out for a
drain and fill.

Thanks.

On 7/7/04 6:22 PM, in article UA%Gc.41255$%_6.7544@attbi_s01, "Roger"
<com> wrote: