interesting method, nice way to fill.
btw, what a dumb head designed it without a dip stick (in late 90s, some automakers including BMW didn’t think fluid exchange for ATF is unnecessary, therefore they made one with out fill hole)
You are very welcome, and yes, you have to keep the vehicle running during this procedure. You have to be fairly quick, however, the fluid temperature needs to be in the 90-130F range so it will take it a little while to get hot.
Your videos on Isuzu Rodeo are so helpful. Thanks a lot. One quick question, do you need to keep the truck running while doing this operation? I’m worried of the pan getting too hot?
Is your transmission considered “sealed”? I have been trying to figure out how to change my tranny fluid on my Rodeo and my transmission is sealed. Thanks for the video!
It was my monitor. I simply couldn’t see the video correctly. It looked like you had an extra area to add fluid. Mine looks like this. This vid helped alot. I’m going to let everything cool down, and attempt this tomorrow morning.
It is supposed to have a drain plug on the bottom and a fill plug above it just as shown if your vehicle is a 2002 Rodeo V6 with automatic transmission. I am not familiar with any other types of transmissions on these cars.
My setup underneath doesn’t look like that on my 2002 rodeo. You say you are under the passenger side, right? I can’t find the smaller fill compartment.
I’m not quite familiar with a 2004 3.5L but if it has a dipstick in the automatic transmission you should add the fluid through it. When you’re buying your fluid at an auto parts store, ask them to look up the type of the fluid (probably Dexron/Mercon) and how many quarts it would take to drain and refill it (I know Autozone will tell you that). Fill it about a quart short of what they tell you and then add a little at a time so you don’t overfill it. Then start it up and add as needed.
I have a question about my 2004 3.5L isuzu rodeo. I am planning to flush n replace my transmission fluid on my own and wondering what is the recommended fluid for my rodeo and how much by quarts do i need to put on the pan? Also, mine has a dipstick so should i put in the fluid through the dipstick using a long funnel???
To Marco Tenorio: Sorry, I thought I replied to your question but I don’t see it on here. I have never done a full transmission flush, I just drained and refilled it. That took 4-5 quarts (can’t remember exactly) and the fluid was pretty clean afterwards so I think that was sufficient. And I agree with Mark Arguelles’ comment above, I’m pretty cautious about those flushes.
I would say if you don’t feel comfortable doing it, don’t do it, however, I have changed the fluid (and also the transmission filter and the pan gasket) in mine. When I refilled it, I used the same technique to fill it and check the level. You are not going to get all of the fluid out of it this way, you’ll only drain and refill five or six quarts, if that. If you want to pay a mechanic to “powerpurge” your fluid, you can do that too..
i have same car and i want to change fluid in it,should i follow same procedure?,guy at auto zone told me it was a sealed trans.and i would have to take it to a macanic and it would need 12 to 15 qts of fluid,have you ever change all the fluid in yours?
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interesting method, nice way to fill.
btw, what a dumb head designed it without a dip stick (in late 90s, some automakers including BMW didn’t think fluid exchange for ATF is unnecessary, therefore they made one with out fill hole)
Thanks for the video. It was a great help.
You are very welcome, and yes, you have to keep the vehicle running during this procedure. You have to be fairly quick, however, the fluid temperature needs to be in the 90-130F range so it will take it a little while to get hot.
Your videos on Isuzu Rodeo are so helpful. Thanks a lot. One quick question, do you need to keep the truck running while doing this operation? I’m worried of the pan getting too hot?
Yes, it is. Sealed means no dipstick but there are still ways to drain and refill it. It has one drain and one fill plugs.
Is your transmission considered “sealed”? I have been trying to figure out how to change my tranny fluid on my Rodeo and my transmission is sealed. Thanks for the video!
Thanks for your help my friend good video
Awesome vid! Thanks duuuuude.
¿Para checar a una Isuzu Rodeo 1996 2wd?
It was my monitor. I simply couldn’t see the video correctly. It looked like you had an extra area to add fluid. Mine looks like this. This vid helped alot. I’m going to let everything cool down, and attempt this tomorrow morning.
It is supposed to have a drain plug on the bottom and a fill plug above it just as shown if your vehicle is a 2002 Rodeo V6 with automatic transmission. I am not familiar with any other types of transmissions on these cars.
My setup underneath doesn’t look like that on my 2002 rodeo. You say you are under the passenger side, right? I can’t find the smaller fill compartment.
Thanks for this video. I have a ’99 and couldn’t really understand what I was reading from the service manual until I saw it done here; GREAT!!!
I’m not quite familiar with a 2004 3.5L but if it has a dipstick in the automatic transmission you should add the fluid through it. When you’re buying your fluid at an auto parts store, ask them to look up the type of the fluid (probably Dexron/Mercon) and how many quarts it would take to drain and refill it (I know Autozone will tell you that). Fill it about a quart short of what they tell you and then add a little at a time so you don’t overfill it. Then start it up and add as needed.
I have a question about my 2004 3.5L isuzu rodeo. I am planning to flush n replace my transmission fluid on my own and wondering what is the recommended fluid for my rodeo and how much by quarts do i need to put on the pan? Also, mine has a dipstick so should i put in the fluid through the dipstick using a long funnel???
Thank you for sharing your wisdom 🙂
Sorry, I meant to say Michael Arguelles’ comment…
To Marco Tenorio: Sorry, I thought I replied to your question but I don’t see it on here. I have never done a full transmission flush, I just drained and refilled it. That took 4-5 quarts (can’t remember exactly) and the fluid was pretty clean afterwards so I think that was sufficient. And I agree with Mark Arguelles’ comment above, I’m pretty cautious about those flushes.
You do NOT what to flush these transmission! Just drop the pan and change the fluid and filter. Flushing usually causes more harm the good.
I would say if you don’t feel comfortable doing it, don’t do it, however, I have changed the fluid (and also the transmission filter and the pan gasket) in mine. When I refilled it, I used the same technique to fill it and check the level. You are not going to get all of the fluid out of it this way, you’ll only drain and refill five or six quarts, if that. If you want to pay a mechanic to “powerpurge” your fluid, you can do that too..
i have same car and i want to change fluid in it,should i follow same procedure?,guy at auto zone told me it was a sealed trans.and i would have to take it to a macanic and it would need 12 to 15 qts of fluid,have you ever change all the fluid in yours?
thats a clean car!
thanks man
thank you so much its very helpful !!!