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Am I the only person with an Isuzu Rodeo Sport? Actually I've seen one other in this area.
My issue is having the transmission fluid checked and topped off.
One business wants to charge me $120 for a transmission service and filter change. OR $90+ without the filter.
One business flat out won't touch it.
I stopped at another place and the guy said that the vehicles with no dip stick in the engine compartment is designed that way because the dealership has a special tool/dipstick that they use when they go under the vehicle and pull the plug off the transmission pan. If you don't have the tool, you can't do it correctly.
My other half throws the BS flag on that one and says he can pull the plug and use a turkey baster to fill it.
I'd rather be able to go into a quick lube place and get an oil change and have all the fluids topped off. But, hey, a turkey baster is a whole lot less than $120.
Can anyone shed any light on this? It's sort of a fun little car/truck thingy. We've gotten our money's worth out of it but I'd like it to last a while longer.
Sealed transmissions have a drain and a fill plug. My wifes 05 Toyota Forerunner has this arrangement and it does require an expensive service to flush and refill.
I had a 1977 MGB that leaked a bit from the sealed transmission and what I did to top it off was with a rubber hose attached to a funnel I would remove the shifter boot and run the hose through the hole and put the end of the hose in the fill hole of the transmission. When it dribbled out if was full and the cap went back on.
Sterndrives on most boats are like this too. You drain the fluid then pump new fluid back in the drain hole until it comes out the top vent hole.
OH! Thanks CCT! I'd trade this in for a boat if that's what you're hinting at!
So UPDATE: I bought the correct socket (you can read about that little fiasco in my blog) and my guy could NOT get the plug off. I'm just a girl (with a couple decades of aircraft maintenance but, hey, I didn't want to crawl under there anyway ) So he took it back to the transmission shop which had installed the plug with a blue torque. They showed him that the leak was an oil leak. So we're giving up on the transmission fluid. The system was serviced last May.
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Thank you!
So we're giving up on the transmission fluid. The system was serviced last May. 
