Greetings again friends,
Thanks to those of you on taking the time to give me your feedback/opinions about the best tranny fluid on 08 Odyssey.
After searching online, I found that a local auto parts store sells ATF Fluid that is suitable for the Odysseys, but it is not labeled Honda Genuine DW-1. Idemitsu H Plus is what the folks at Advance Auto Parts sold me today and it is at a reasonable price similar to Ebay. I bought 8 bottles for around 53 dollars. Different to the drain/fill change back in May, I forgot to mention in my initial post, that what I drained from the van in May seemed dark brown. The fluid on the second drain seems more of a dark purple color. I might do the third drain tomorrow or in a couple of days in hopes that, while I wait for the people at Advance to restock, and buy four more quarts, that for the fourth drain I will get a nice reddish color.
Also another tip, in my initial post I forgot to inform that the fill in port/bolt on the van was so stuck that I gave up on trying to loosen it. What I did is I filled the van through the dipstick port and used a clean/new ketchup bottle, and cut from the bottom, and use its tip (where the ketchup comes out but this time tranny fluid), to funnel the fluid into tranny by putting a standard funnel on top of that bottle. It might take a bit longer for fluid to get to tranny but it does work.
It is the first time I know that Idemtsu H-Plus Fluid is the same maker of the Honda DW-1 tranny fluid. Has any of you used or heard of this brand before? It is developed in the USA.
Thanks to those of you on taking the time to give me your feedback/opinions about the best tranny fluid on 08 Odyssey.
After searching online, I found that a local auto parts store sells ATF Fluid that is suitable for the Odysseys, but it is not labeled Honda Genuine DW-1. Idemitsu H Plus is what the folks at Advance Auto Parts sold me today and it is at a reasonable price similar to Ebay. I bought 8 bottles for around 53 dollars. Different to the drain/fill change back in May, I forgot to mention in my initial post, that what I drained from the van in May seemed dark brown. The fluid on the second drain seems more of a dark purple color. I might do the third drain tomorrow or in a couple of days in hopes that, while I wait for the people at Advance to restock, and buy four more quarts, that for the fourth drain I will get a nice reddish color.
Also another tip, in my initial post I forgot to inform that the fill in port/bolt on the van was so stuck that I gave up on trying to loosen it. What I did is I filled the van through the dipstick port and used a clean/new ketchup bottle, and cut from the bottom, and use its tip (where the ketchup comes out but this time tranny fluid), to funnel the fluid into tranny by putting a standard funnel on top of that bottle. It might take a bit longer for fluid to get to tranny but it does work.
It is the first time I know that Idemtsu H-Plus Fluid is the same maker of the Honda DW-1 tranny fluid. Has any of you used or heard of this brand before? It is developed in the USA.
