Hi, I took my car to have the transmission oil change. Before the color of the transmission fluid was a light brown. Now after being changed, it has the same color. I really thought I was going to see a big difference in colors. What happened? Am I missing something? What kind of red should the oil be? If is new shouldn't it be red? My is brown. My car is a Hyundai Elantra gt 2003.. if that has anything to do with it. Anyway, hope someone can help me. Thanks
2007-10-28 06:36:19 · 5 answers · asked by Beto 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
No way!! I only got a fluid/filter change. That must be the reason why the color hasn't change at all. I took that approach because it was way cheaper. Anyway, has anything change after the new fluid was added? Or do I still have a risk of messing up my car's transmission? What should I do? What happens if I leave it like it is now? Thanks for all guys.
2007-10-28 13:30:07 · update #1
If you didn't get it flushed with a machine, that would explain it. Just a drain and fill gets less than half the fluid out hence the color not changing. I suggest getting it flushed with a machine where that gets 99 percent of the old fluid out, usually costs around 100 bucks for this good luck.
2007-10-28 06:39:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
first off nothing may be wrong. If you can find me a "newer" car that maintains that nice pink color for very long My jaw will hit the ground. So I bet that you did not just drive home and check the fluid. If you checked it after like a month it would be a brownish red. ( but should not have a burnt smell or taste)
maybe you are confused and was charged for a change and not a flush
Did they add one of those silly additives to seal the tranny leaks?
where you having a problem so they added a clutch conditioner?
I am not sure about an Elantra but I have seen other small auto trannies take as much as 10 gallons to 20 (36-72 liters)or more to get the crap out of them. an example of that is a flood car (probably no this case)
Personally I have never ever seen a filter and flush all by itself correct a transmission problem without dumping some sort of goop into the darn thing.
As we all know...... Goop may help for a time but after the clutches are burnt or the seals are leaking....... its all down hill
2007-10-28 14:17:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The fluid should be a reddish color. If all the other people did was to drain the fluid from the pan and then refilled it, they left all of the old oil in the torque converter.
A lot of places have flush machines, where they unhook the oil lines to the oil cooler in the radiator and hook the machine in its place. As the old oil is pumped out, the new oil is pushed in. You can visually see when the new oil starts coming out. Then you know you have gotten a good fluid change.
good luck
2007-10-28 13:50:57 · answer #3 · answered by Fordman 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is a difference between a fluid/filter change and a flush. A flush could take as much as 20L of fluid to remove all contaminates. A change could be as little as 4L.
2007-10-28 13:41:53 · answer #4 · answered by Lab 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
your garage is either giving out used fluids or they didn't bother to properly flush the tranny and there is still dirt in there.
It's also possible you need a new tranny filter.
Either way, automatic tranny fluid should be clear and rosy red
2007-10-28 13:46:26 · answer #5 · answered by psycho 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋