2002 honda civic lx 5-speed. 57k miles. need a good place to change it? should i go honda or they overcharge?
2006-12-06 18:54:06 · 9 answers · asked by wtfitsnguyen 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
jiffy lube or anywhere you can change your oil
i just did it there for 100$
2006-12-06 19:00:39 · answer #1 · answered by SWANY 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Granted, a lot of today's automobiles can not be fixed at home, but good grief, you ought to be able to refill your own fluids in your driveway.
If you have not the skills to do the simplist car maintainance will you regularly be ripped off? Yep.
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2006-12-06 19:00:03 · answer #2 · answered by Norton N 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everything in those engine compartments are so crammed and jammed together that you either need to have extremely little hands with long fingers or some special tool..or both.
At least take a look to see if you can see where it goes and where it comes out.
It could be a real piece of cake to do it yourself. HAHAHAHAA
Yep, go to PitStop or JiffyLube or something like that.
If you go to a reg. garage you run the risk of them not doing a darn thing and charging you for it ...and if you go to the dealership you will know that it has been done right(hopefully).
It's up to you
Whatever you figure is the least of all the evils ..go for it.
2006-12-06 19:11:34 · answer #3 · answered by oodlesoanimals 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok. I am a chic and I know the answer to this trick question! A manual transmission does NOT have fluid. It does, however, have gear oil and any shop (ex. JiffyLube) can change this for you. One of these kinds of places will probably be cheaper than the dealership. You really do not need to do this at 57K miles either. Check your manual. It is probably recommended at 100-120K miles.
2006-12-06 19:06:25 · answer #4 · answered by LULU1218 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Transmission fluid is an identical for guide and computerized. get rid of the drain nut and drain the fluid. There must be a filler nut close to the properly of the unit. you should apply a hand pump to pump the fluid in. save checking the point with techniques from putting your finger. even as the fluid is close to the bottom of the filler nut hollow then that must be adequate. you could favor 4 quarts.
2016-11-30 06:14:37 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dealers suck, as a rule. Price them competitively against other garages.
If you fix it yourself, don't drain it until you know where the fill pipe is :)
Lulu, a lot of newer manual transmissions actually take automatic transmission fluid, I'm not sure why. Check first.
P.S. Synthetic oil is gooooooood stuff. Costs 3x as much but works much better, and how often do you change transmission fluid?
2006-12-06 21:34:49 · answer #6 · answered by Wolf Harper 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
dont go to the honda garage,they will charge you too much.go find a shall time mechanic.they will do it just as good for half the price they would want at a honda dealer.
2006-12-07 03:08:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its actually not that hard, but if you find yourself wanting to get it done somewhere else, midas is a great place to do it. even walmart has their own line of automotive section now (lol, i know eh?).
just go to your local automotive place and ask how much it would cost.
as for getting it done with the dealer..it depends. some dealers actually charge little, bu usually they over charge. i would look elsewhere instead of the dealer. but it never hurts to get a complete price estimate. (always specify yuo want to know the TOTAL price estimate. and don't let them get vague on you. this applies to ALL automotive places.)
2006-12-06 19:03:34 · answer #8 · answered by kibikudou 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
any work shop or good friend
2006-12-06 22:06:47 · answer #9 · answered by Dane'o 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋