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How to Supplant the Transmission Filter in a Kia Optima

by Lee Sallings

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The manual filter in your Kia Optima removes particles from the manual fluid that might cause damage to the internal transmission parts and premature transmission failure. Replacing the transmission filter and fluid is a maintenance project that should be performed nearly every 30,000 miles to keep the manual protected and terminal longer. This projection tin be completed by the boilerplate home mechanic in a couple of hours using bones paw tools.

Step 1

Place wheel chocks backside the rear bicycle and set the parking brake. Raise the front of the Kia with a floor jack positioned under the front end sub-frame. Place jack stands under the sub-frame and lower the machine onto them. Remove the floor jack and slide a drain pan nether the car.

Step two

Position the drain pan under the transmission pan located under the motorcar on the driver'due south side. Remove the transmission fluid drain plug, if equipped, from the pan using a socket and ratchet. Allow the fluid to completely drain into the pan.

Pace iii

Remove the 10 mm pan bolts that attach the transmission pan to the manual. If your Optima is non equipped with a drain plug, remove the bolts slowly to avoid spilling manual fluid as the pan is loosened. Remove the bolts starting at one corner and allow the fluid to drain into the pan before removing the final commodities. Lower the pan from the transmission and drain it into the bleed pan.

Pace 4

Clean all traces of the old gasket from the manual and the transmission pan. Remove the 3 screws, using a screwdriver, that adhere the transmission filter to the transmission and lower the gasket into the drain pan.

Step five

Install the new gasket onto the transmission and tighten the screws securely. Install the new pan and gasket onto the transmission and tighten the 10 mm bolts snugly. Avoid over-tightening the bolts and burdensome the gasket. Tighten the bolts until they are secure and so one/4 plow further.

Slide the drain pan and all tools out from under the car. Lift the car off the jack stands with a floor jack and remove the stands. Lower the motorcar to the ground. Insert a funnel in the dipstick tube and add three.5 quarts of SP3 transmission fluid. Test-drive and recheck the fluid level with the engine hot. The level should be in the crosshatch area on the dipstick.

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