I have my wifes pontiac vibe up in the air right now. I drained all the fluid from my transmission pan and took my filter off It was kind of hard to take off I had to apply pressure to it and I moved it in numerous directions, It finally poppped off. I can't see any damage on the wires or the cylnaoids(I think thats what they are) Is it always hard to take off a tranny filter or did I break something. I only drained the pan, Is their more to it. Do i have to drain the transfer case as well to get a complete flush? The fluid was really bad kind of a deep purple. Will I be mixing good fluid with bad fluid if I dont drain the transfer case? Or did I already drain everything from the pan and I should bolt the new filter back on, replace the gasket, and assemble everything back together again. I'm just gonna leave my car up in the air in my garage til I'm 100% sure that I changed all my oil
Transmission filter was hard to take off. Hope I didn't break anything?
if the old filter looks like the new filter without missing parts(ie o-ring seal) then you should be okay.
Besides not much you can do anyway until you put it back together and drive it.
Transmission filter was hard to take off. Hope I didn't break anything?
Filter should not be hard to remove. but if you have it off and the new one installed I assume all is OK. However to drain all the oil you have to drain the oil in the torque converter as well, but this is usually not done at home as it requires pressure flushing equipment.
auto transmission servicing and repair is a specialist job, if you don't have the experience leave well alone
