After almost forgetting about the transmission filter I bought a year and a half ago (ran across it last week when doing some lawn tractor maintenance), finally got around to replacing mine (at 290K). Great video, followed it more or less step by step (except for the bubble gum and lego part). Probably more like 3 hours than 3 minutes, but didn't make too much of a mess or draw too much blood and only lost one clamp from one of the air box attachments. The biggest pain was getting the clamps back on the new filter (and finding the right pair of pliers in the first place that were wide enough to take the clamps off and to put them back on again -- luckily/thankfully I had some on hand), as especially the clamp on the right hand side had become more difficult to grab back on to and stay grabbed back on to. But, success in the end. I'll let the dealer do the fluids... Thanks!!!
Being lazy, I changed it without taking air box out or fuse box, spray pinch hose connections with penetrant and 10mm bolt. Lineman's pliers are wide enough to catch the wide pinch clamp's tongs. Move clamps down . With a pair of neelde nose pliers, you can pry the hoses off the filter. Many honda dealers will swear you don't need to change this, which is ridiculous. When you remove the old one, blow through it, (with a catch can or something) and see the difference of resistance needed. The video shown is the correct way, seeing I still managed to bust a knuckle, but for some , time is of the essence!
Was your car slipping first gear before you changed to filter because I changed the fluid and not the filter but it drove okay for a couple days n went back to slipping
My car doesn't have an issue with slipping but the transmission will clunk if it goes from park to reverse on a hill or if you accelerate just right as it's attempting to downshift. Just figured since the car has 380,000 km and I don't have records of it being relaced previously, it was probably time.
The filter that you are speaking of is the one that you showed in your video in the engine bay right? not the 1 incased that you have to drop the tranny bottom out to gain access to?
What exactly did this fix in your car? You mentioned somewhere in the comments that you were having a clunk/jerk when you accelerate when the car is trying to downshift, was the filter the culprit? Apart from changing it as a routine, are there signs that i need to change it?
It didn't exactly fix my in-between gear clunk that I occasionally get but fresh fluid in there always helps. They say that you don't have to replace the filter between 60k and 120k miles so it was definitely time and easy enough to do. Best way to determine if its time is to check the color of the transmission fluid on the dipstick and use your best judgment.
If your civic has a K series engine then yes. Most of the filters are in relatively the same spot across most Honda and Acura models and look similar to the one in my video. You might want to check out Piotr Bilek's video on the honda civic filter replacement as well. Best of luck!
I'm not sure as the brief research I did, didn't come up with anything. Mines an automatic and if I had to guess it should (in theory) be in the same place. But I'm just guessing. Honda forums would be a good place for info. Sorry i cant be of any more help
Not sure if they have both an internal and an external as ive never had the trans apart (and honestly wont do myself) but given there's an external filter id ASSUME its only the external.... I think the 99's had internal ones but i dont know too much about it so, take my advice as just another idiot on the internet lol. Best of luck!
@phxws13 pull the transmission pan off and there's a black rectangular filter. You just pull it off and put a new one on. If you're changing the fluid anyway pulling the pan and changing the filter is worth it
@@pierobernini5964 Thanks I seen two different types filters on Auto Zone and was confused why they were different. This makes perfect sense 1 is internal filter and other is filter next to fan and battery. I’m doing maintenance tomorrow. Highly appreciate it 👍🏽
There is. Watch the video and order the parts off either Amazon or Ebay. I changed it on mine and it made a world of difference. It went from shifting hard feeling like a rubber band shifting through the gears to shifting faster and smoother. Do this and drain and fill the fluid and you should have saved your transmission for a least a few more years depending on its condition. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tWiws7Tr_zI.html
