Just flushed my tranny. How do these pictures look?

[SkagSig40]

I just flushed my transmission using the Gibbons method. I bought the flush kit from IPD Volvo. The only problem I ran into the the clear hose did not fit in the hole in the trans cooler, even with lots of teflon tape. It would just pop out and leak all over. Had my wife old it so it would not leak. I'm thinking if I bought an extra transmission line I could connect it to where the original line was and then run it oven the fender and into the bucket. That would prevent the problem or leaking I had. I bought 2 cases of Toyota T-IV ATF and ended up flushing 12 qts through the tranny. At 12 qts the fluid was coming out as clear and red as the new fluid so I stopped. Another problem I have is the dip stick level is jumping all over and I can't get a consistant reading. It was 100 degrees out side and I drove the car for 30 minutes so it was really hot. Ran it through all the gears and let it idle for a few minutes. I did about 10 dip stick readings and every time I would get a different level on the stick. Some times it would be a the bottom of the "hot" zone, sometimes it would be in the middle and some times above the "hot" zone.
It is all over and not consistant! How do I get it to be right on the max fill mark and stay there? I know I'm with in a few oz. but I want it perfect. How does the following pictures look? They were taken with in 5 minutes of each other. Even the "over full" picture would drop back to the "mid" picture or even lower and then back up all with in a few minutes.





Also what do you guys think of the color of the old ATF vs. the new? My dealer did a 100% flush at 50,000 miles. Then at 80,000 my indy shop did a drain and fill. I'm now at 85,000 miles and did this full flush again and the tranny seems to be shifting great as always.

This picture has factory new fluid on the left and the right is the last fluid out of the drain hose after 12 qts of flushing:


This picture has the original fluid on the left from the 3.5 qts drained out the drain hole. The right side is from the rest of the 9 qts flushed into a 2nd bucket:


Initial drain on the left and the other 9 qts of flushed fluid on the right:




Here is the last fluid I got out. How does it look compaired to when you guys flushed your transmissions?




Factory fresh on the left and final flushed fluid on the right:



The stuff I used per this website!


So based on these pictures how does the new fluid look and when should I flush it again? Thanks for any and all input!

[SkagSig40]

Sorry for the poor grammar! It was 3am when I posted all that! LOL

[Astro14]

Looks great, the old fluid wasn't as dark/cloudy as the old fluid I've flushed from mine. The slight level change is due to the changes in fluid temperature (don't confuse engine temp with trans temp - they're related, but not the same...)...so, I would check again in a week or so, and see how you do, warm it up as you did, then ensure it's on level ground.

In another 30K miles, you can consider flushing it again.

Want me to answer you on BITOG too??

;-)

[KB3MMX]

Your trans is happy now! The new fluid looks much better ! When I did mine the first time the, the fluid was very brown and dirty looking, compared to the new bright red Amsoil ATF.

[stupidloose]

Your trans is happy now! The new fluid looks much better ! When I did mine the first time the, the fluid was very brown and dirty looking, compared to the new bright red Amsoil ATF.

AAAHHH, Another faithful Amsoil user.