Flush 4 speed auto

[Horacehighroller]

I am going to flush 2010 VE V6 4 speed tonight.

Can someone please tell me if the ATF supply line from the transmission to the radiator goes to the passenger side or the drivers side of the radiator.

It will save me disconnecting the wrong one and potentially spraying ATF on my wife's precious paved driveway??

(I intend to disconnect just to the drivers side of the bottom crankshaft pulley where the flexible hoses connect to rigid pipes which go to rediator.)

T.I.A. Peter

 

[greenacc]

Not sure which one it is. I don't like playing with those quick connectors so I service mine by pulling the pan off. That way I can also change the filter. What fluid are you using? Be careful using low viscosity fluid in the 4 speed.

 

[Horacehighroller]

I can now answer my own question - the supply from the transmission is the one on the drivers side.
(I took the car for a 3 km run to get the ATF to 50 degrees, (the hotter hose at the radiator turned out to be the return line??.)
Obviously the coolant was heating the ATF.

I got a touch over 4 litres out by idling the motor in "N" until I heard "spluttering"

I will drop the pan in the morning after everything has dripped down overnight, replace the filter and put it all back together after gently blowing out the lines to/from the radiator to remove the maximum amount of the old fluid.
(Fluid is deep red (nearly black) car has done 192K mainly gentle metro - no towing.)

In answer to your question I have already bought Dex VI so will use that, and if there are issues I will drop the pan again and replace with Dex III. (No flush needed as Dex111 and Dex VI are compatible.)

I had no problem with the quick connector - used a very small flat blade screw driver.

 

[greenacc]

Sounds good, but lots of fluids claim to be dex6 now. Which brand are you using?

 

[VFSV6FORME]

Yeah due to change the auto fluid and filter on our VE. I have done the VR commodore at least 5 times in 25 odd years. So its Dexron 6 for the VE?

 

[greenacc]

Depends which Dexron6. They all claim to be Dexron6 now but some of them make the 4speed slip which really gives me the SheiTs!
The nicest fluid I have used is the Nulon Full Synthetic Multi Vehicle ATF ( In the Gold bottle).
Have tried Penrite LV and it was bad, slipping when changing gear.
Penrite FS is ok and on sale today.
I have been told by an old Auto Transmission specialist that the 4 speed was designed for dexron3 NOT 6, and Holden just changed the spec to try and sell Dex6 because they had the patent on it.

 

[VFSV6FORME]

Talking about the VE auto. When you change the Filter on the Auto on a VE do you still have that stupid issue of getting the steel "O" ring out that is left behind after you remove the old filter. This alone pisses me off when I changed the fluid and filter on a VR Auto Commodore.

 

[greenacc]

Yes you do. It's the same job but with a very slightly different gasket and filter. You can get a proper tool for the seal I hear.

 

[VFSV6FORME]

Yes you do. It's the same job but with a very slightly different gasket and filter. You can get a proper tool for the seal I hear.

Interesting!!!
I use a blunt screw driver so I dont gouge a grove inside on the wall itself. ( hate this as I'm scared of damaging something)
What method do you use to remove the old seal?

 

[greenacc]

Interesting!!!
I use a blunt screw driver so I dont gouge a grove inside on the wall itself. ( hate this as I'm scared of damaging something)
What method do you use to remove the old seal?

I use much the same as you. A small tool of some sort and a hammer to fold the shell inward so I can grab it with pliers and yank it out. I suspect if you do regular services it would not really be necessary to replace the seal every time... Maybe every second instead.