Tranny Fluid

[wildfan17]

My friend and I are working on a festiva and the car has no manual so I was wondering how much tranny fluid goes into a 1991 festiva 5spd? thanks

[Ghost]

pull the speedo sensor out and fill it up till it runs out. it should be just under 3 quarts.

[wybnrml]

Welcome.:wave: It holds 2.6 qts. Most use Mercon ATF.

[MTec007]

i dont agree with that.

the speedo gear has a marking on one side of it, if you look closely. fill it to the top of that marking. dont just fill it till its full.

[Ghost]

i dont agree with that.

the speedo gear has a marking on one side of it, if you look closely. fill it to the top of that marking. dont just fill it till its full.

you may be right. thats just how everyone told me to fill it when i asked lol.

[MTec007]

i'd think you'd end up blowing a seal, too much pressure... like with oil

[Ghost]

i'd think you'd end up blowing a seal, too much pressure... like with oil

good to know. ill measure next time.

[Festiva_tunner]

Welcome.:wave: It holds 2.6 qts. Most use Mercon ATF.

Our original (Dex 2) is discontinued use Mercron 3 ATF

i dont agree with that.

the speedo gear has a marking on one side of it, if you look closely. fill it to the top of that marking. dont just fill it till its full.

Correct pull the speedo gear and fill to the full mark on the side of it

i'd think you'd end up blowing a seal, too much pressure... like with oil

Too much oil = burnt transmission due to over heating

[festyxfi]

Personally I would rather run slightly LESS fluid in a trans than too much. AS long was the gears are pulling oil from the bottom and disty'ing all around the case (it would have to be VERY low not to) nothing is being harmed. Too much oil on the other hand does build up pressure and blow seals.

Back when I was dumb (like yesterday ) My dad welded up a cracked oil pan on my old Honda civic. He wasn't home when I fetched it, didn't realize he replaced the oil, so I added approx. 4 more quarts...the engine was toast by the weekend.

Now THAT'S dumb, but I was only a kid...

FX

[MONSOON]

Thats all Im saying.

[91blufestiva]

Hey guys, thanks for all your help, we went with the 2.6 quarts.

and monsoon, when he came back to the car i asked him what he found out, and he's like, i asked the festiva guys and they didn't get back to me fast enough and i figured you were waitin for me.. and i was like, Joe, you could've just searched it. hahaha

[Ghost]

5 minutes wasnt fast enough? lol

[Festiva_tunner]

5 minutes wasnt fast enough? lol

Patience is a virtue and obviously not one of his lol

[91blufestiva]

lol, he's quite new and doesn't really know how things work around here yet lol.