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Originally Posted by
bcressy1987
Up til now I said the same thing at my dealer with the same face! Was going to do my own service til the advisor told me they include it as routine.
Sorry for the lack of context on my original reply, I lurk on the forum but rarely say anything.
I'd still consider doing it yourself depending on your ability and how much you value your time.
There are a bunch of right ups about doing it. The one filter is accessed via oil pan, pretty straight forward. And the other one through the drivers wheel well.
For the pan filter-
1. Drain oil (3/4" or 19mm) it's not a bad idea to measure how much oil comes out to give you a baseline as to how much to put back in. I can't remember how much comes out. There might be a post around here.
2. Drop the oil pan(10mm bolts)
3. Remove screen/strainer filter (10mm bolt/s I think?) When removing filter make sure o-ring comes out too, if not pull it out with a pick
You can usually reuse the gasket.
4. Clean the pan and gasket up with brake cleaner.
5. Re-assemble.
To replace the cartridge filter you can get to it from below, I've done it. But I also had an o-ring not seat properly and spit out shortly after so I'd recommend pulling the driver side wheel and pull part of the inner fender apart out of the way just to get a better look at everything.
1. Pull wheel (21mm or whatever the standard size is 13/16?)
2. Pull inner fender clips and bend it out of the way.
3. Look for filter housing, it's a round cylinder looking piece oh metal facing you with 1 10mm bolt on on corner.
4. Pull 10mm bolt. If theres a lot of crap around housing now's a good time to scrap it away and hit it with a blow gun or brake cleaner.
5. Turn housing counter clockwise(IIRC) It will only turn one way. And pull on it a little. Some oil will drip out.
6. Hopefully your old o-ring on the filter housing didn't tear or you have a new one.
7. Remove filter by pulling it straight out. Sometimes the filter comes apart in 2 or 3 pieces. Make sure you remove everything, the innermost part should have a rubber o-ring looking end on it.
8. Reassemble in reverse but make sure to get some oil or tiny bit of grease on the o-ring before putting the housing back on.
9. Fill up with cvt fluid that meets whatever spec mitsu calls for.
There are some part numbers scattered around here that list the filter numbers from different mfg like nissan. Rock auto carries the right cartridge filter too made by Raybestos.
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