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Instead of waiting a few hours, just touch the cables together for a second or two AFTER you disconnect the Neg from the battery, of course, Otherwise, a possible explosion and/or bad acid burn.
This will drain the capacitors and that is the same thing that is what is done by leaving it disconnected for a long time.
Leaving it disconnected is somewhat safer as long as you disconnect the Neg.
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On our 15 odyssey the cables were not long enough to touch, so I just left em for a few hours.Instead of waiting a few hours, just touch the cables together for a second or two AFTER you disconnect the Neg from the battery, of course, Otherwise, a possible explosion and/or bad acid burn.
This will drain the capacitors and that is the same thing that is what is done by leaving it disconnected for a long time.
Leaving it disconnected is somewhat safer as long as you disconnect the Neg.
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Yes ----do 3 drain and fills, go for a 5 min drive between each drain and fill.
I just did this to our 15 ex.......made a huge difference in shifting and acceleration.
I used maxlife atf, red jug.
3.5 quarts for each drain.
Refill through the dip stick tube. Easy peasy.....quicker and easier than an oil change.
yeah let us know what it was... quite curious... I am running Maxlife Val 3x drain/fill now, then I had added Lubegard platinum (already had it), and not it is butter...
I will be installing a trans cooler and changing the external trans filter on my 6speed TE. I will also add a magfilter too
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I put my magnefine filter where the oem filer was. Easy peasy.
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I managed to find the TDS on that APRIL ATF LV. It does not seem too far out of the ordinary, except that it has pretty thin viscosity at all measured temperatures.
It also says that it supports all of Honda's ATF DW-1 and ATF 3.0 and ATF 3.1 specifications.
However, the company says it is recommended for transmissions with 6 or more gears. They don't make any sort of tacit recommendation for supporting use in any older 5-speed designs.
They also say this: "... made from pure virgin base oil and APRIL NANO 1™ lubricant technology." In general, use of "nano" in lubricant ad copy refers to addition of very small boron-based, moly-based or tungsten-based particulates added to form a barrier layer on bearing surfaces (notably, shell-type bearings). You would not want that in a wet clutch system ... it would cause slippage.
However, that claim of using "APRIL NANO 1™ lubricant technology" might be just some sort of ad hype to cash in on the "NANO" craze. It could be that this APRIL ATF LV contains no added nano-sized particulates at all. This ATF is a proprietary recipe only known to the people at APRIL, so who really knows?
That APRIL ATF LV stuff is definitely a big drum of "transmission mystery sauce." 😕😕😕
Even though I don't use Honda ATF in my Odyssey (I used to tow a lot, and I did get slip on hot days with almost 3,000 lbs. on the drawbar using Honda ATF), I stick with brand names. AmSOil and Valvoline have been my "go to" brands.
If you do lots and lots and lots of purely low-stress highway miles without a trailer on the hitch (like 0.01% of us, like our own @John U does), or just regular Joe family hauler work like 99.98% of us do, Honda ATF DW-1 is fine. I'm in the 0.01% that has been known to beat a minivan transmission with towing duty.
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It also says that it supports all of Honda's ATF DW-1 and ATF 3.0 and ATF 3.1 specifications.
However, the company says it is recommended for transmissions with 6 or more gears. They don't make any sort of tacit recommendation for supporting use in any older 5-speed designs.
They also say this: "... made from pure virgin base oil and APRIL NANO 1™ lubricant technology." In general, use of "nano" in lubricant ad copy refers to addition of very small boron-based, moly-based or tungsten-based particulates added to form a barrier layer on bearing surfaces (notably, shell-type bearings). You would not want that in a wet clutch system ... it would cause slippage.
However, that claim of using "APRIL NANO 1™ lubricant technology" might be just some sort of ad hype to cash in on the "NANO" craze. It could be that this APRIL ATF LV contains no added nano-sized particulates at all. This ATF is a proprietary recipe only known to the people at APRIL, so who really knows?
That APRIL ATF LV stuff is definitely a big drum of "transmission mystery sauce." 😕😕😕
Even though I don't use Honda ATF in my Odyssey (I used to tow a lot, and I did get slip on hot days with almost 3,000 lbs. on the drawbar using Honda ATF), I stick with brand names. AmSOil and Valvoline have been my "go to" brands.
If you do lots and lots and lots of purely low-stress highway miles without a trailer on the hitch (like 0.01% of us, like our own @John U does), or just regular Joe family hauler work like 99.98% of us do, Honda ATF DW-1 is fine. I'm in the 0.01% that has been known to beat a minivan transmission with towing duty.
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Good info @odyfamily . My van has 6 speed so he is using it according to spec.
Anyway, the good that came out of this is that he will no longer use that. It's better to charge more than to use oil that could cause problems for sure.
Anyway, the good that came out of this is that he will no longer use that. It's better to charge more than to use oil that could cause problems for sure.
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