Originally Posted by Mr Hyde
You are 100% correct!!!
If your tranny has never had it changed, and you are at 100k +, Do NOT change it. Tranny fluid has alot of cleaners in it, and at this point, those cleaners are all used up. Adding new fluid in there could cause the worn clutch packs to literally break down, and gum up/clog your tranny, so if it hasnt been changed up to now, DONT do it.
ATF either needs to be changed routinely, or not at all. Most say dont push it past 40k.
All Honda A/T's do NOT take the same ATF amount for a partial fluid change!!!!!!!!!!!!!!My 96 Accord only took 2.5 qts, your car is the same engine, and takes the same amount. Your owners manual will say the same thing, and for the many ATF changes I did, 2.5 qts was exactly what it took. Use Honda ATF, nothing else. Try online dealers for cheaper prices, but with shipping, your local dealer may still be the best bet.
Guys there is alot of misinformation in this post, if you dont know an answer, dont make it up!!!!!!!! If its your opinion, or what you think is the answer, say so. Dont present those opinions, or thoughts as facts.
You are partly correct and partly wrong in your judgement call. I responded to a person as if the fluid has been changed before. If he has 125k miles on his car, the chance that it has had its ATF changed before is likely wouldn't you say? Alot of people here also just bought the car, this means also that they wouldn't know if the ATF has been changed so he would have to make up a decision and the best IMO is to change it. There's more of a chance that it HAS been changed than HASN'T been changed.
I do admit I have never heard of your reason to not change the ATF before. I do respect your knowledge in this.
On another note you say that one shouln't post an answer if we don't KNOW the answer. What is knowing and what isn't? 10 people could tell me to change my oil every 10k miles and I might see that as fact and pass that off as fact to a person in question about how often to change their oil. You understand my point?
Are you saying for us NOT to post any answers to a factual question if we haven't read it in an auto repair manual? Alot of what we all know here at HAN is from people like you and other people. Some people are very legitimate and some people are full of it. You can never truly KNOW something is the truth unless you read it.