I was planning on draining the old tranny fluid soon and was wondering how much is needed to refill? The Contour is an ATX. I'm not planning on a full flush, just draining what I can of the old fluid. My Chilton manual says the capacity is 20.6 pints which is 10.3 quarts. Is this correct?
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How much fluid?
- Thread starter Paul99SE
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yes that sounds correct. just make sure you check the level and make sure its full.
however with a drain and fill you might not use that much. but the p/s using the same fluid as the atx so you could use any extra to change that.
however with a drain and fill you might not use that much. but the p/s using the same fluid as the atx so you could use any extra to change that.
zorrex
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Drain and refill is about 3.9 quarts, IIRC. The TOTAL amount of fluid in the system ranges from something like 9.5 - 10.5 quarts depending on the year. There were lots of small changes. I'm hoping you consulted a Haynes/Chilton/Ford manual for your value?
Scorpion8
Hard-core CEG'er
I was wondering that, as a previous post said 4 quarts "drain and fill" but the Owner's Manual lists the tranny capacity as 10.6 quarts. I was hoping I didn't buy too little!
I use about a gallon at a time, all of it will not come out. The converter stays pretty much full, no way to drain that without taking trans apart. You drain gallon, replace and drive for a week and then do it again. A third time later if you want to change it all. I use any type of power steering fluid I have around for the PS pump, it all seems to work well.
zorrex
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You can drain the 3.9 quarts all at once. In between each drain + refill just take a quick lap around the block and it should be fine. Then just do it again.
So I ran some quick math...
Drain + Refill.......Old Fluid (qts)....New Fluid (qts)
1...........................6.4....................3.9
2............................4......................6.3
3...........................2.5.....................7.8
4..........................1.55...................8.75
The number of quarts indicates the number of quarts of fluid left of each AFTER that particular drain + refill is done.
*DISCLAIMER* This only applies to a 10.3qt capacity ATX. Values may change slightly for other capacities.
So I ran some quick math...
Drain + Refill.......Old Fluid (qts)....New Fluid (qts)
1...........................6.4....................3.9
2............................4......................6.3
3...........................2.5.....................7.8
4..........................1.55...................8.75
The number of quarts indicates the number of quarts of fluid left of each AFTER that particular drain + refill is done.
*DISCLAIMER* This only applies to a 10.3qt capacity ATX. Values may change slightly for other capacities.
zorrex
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Ok I'm still a little unclear. If I just let the tranny drain out it will drain about 4 or 10 quarts?
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Did you not read my post? I clearly lay out the exact (to the nearest .05qt) number of quarts of new and old fluid assuming you drain out 3.9 quarts and refill with 3.9 quarts.