How do you change the transmission fluid in a Nissan Altima?
Insert the funnel into an empty bottle of transmission fluid and fill the bottle with oil from the drain pan. Remove the funnel and tighten the cap onto the fluid bottle. Repeat this step until you transfer all of the fluid into the empty bottles. Take the now-full bottles to a used-automotive-fluid recycling plant.
What kind of transmission does a Nissan Altima have?
The 2006 Altima – the last of this newly redesigned generation – used an RE4F04B automatic transmission, or in non-Nissan-lingo, a four-speed automatic. Changing the fluid in this transmission is, in some ways, simpler than changing the engine oil.
Where is the transmission drain plug on a Nissan Altima?
Stop the engine. Raise the front of the vehicle with a floor jack and slide jack stands under the Altima’s subframe. Lower the Nissan onto the jack stands. Crawl under the front of the vehicle on the driver’s side and find the transmission drain plug on the bottom of the transmission.
How to tell the difference between CVT Trans filters?
You can identify it by it’s shape in that general location, by the pipe fitting that would be facing forward, and by it’s proximity to the cvt oil pan (removed in the picture as you can see the valve body exposed). I’ll also attach a photo of both old (oem) and new (Mitsubishi) paper filters.
Is the filter on an automatic transmission plugged?
An automatic transmission is a closed hydraulic devise with no foreign matter being introduced. Therefor, if the filter on a transmission should ever become plugged, it is plugged with transmission parts!
When do I need to change my transmission filter?
An automatic transmission is a closed hydraulic devise with no foreign matter being introduced. Therefor, if the filter on a transmission should ever become plugged, it is plugged with transmission parts! This means the transmission is past the point of needing a fluid change.
Insert the funnel into an empty bottle of transmission fluid and fill the bottle with oil from the drain pan. Remove the funnel and tighten the cap onto the fluid bottle. Repeat this step until you transfer all of the fluid into the empty bottles. Take the now-full bottles to a used-automotive-fluid recycling plant.
The 2006 Altima – the last of this newly redesigned generation – used an RE4F04B automatic transmission, or in non-Nissan-lingo, a four-speed automatic. Changing the fluid in this transmission is, in some ways, simpler than changing the engine oil.