Transmission fluid type problems

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Originally Posted by Frosty

For my wife's CR-V, Honda recommends doing a drain and fill on the tranny, run the car through the gears, do another drain and fill and then repeat the process one more time (three drain and fills in total). The theory is that most of the old fluid ends up getting flushed and the little bit that's left isn't a problem. It's a pain to do, and seems wasteful, but you don't have to do it very often. It's also easy to do at home, though the filler tube is a bit of a bitch to get to.

It must have a drain plug on the pan, correct?

Most cars don't, or didn't, and the way to drain the fluid is to remove the pan. That procedure would suck without a drain plug.

That sounds like a pretty good procedure actually, kind of a manual flush and a good compromise between the other two alternatives.