Sansone's tranny fluid and coolant flush prices.

[jobzombi]

Just wondering if their prices are worth it. If I did it myself i would be needing 18 qts of fluid at minimum price of $8 a quart, total $144. They charge $149.99 plus tax for a tranny flush. They also charge $99.99 for a coolant flush. Are they worth getting it done at a dealership right or would it be cheaper doing it myself. Ive never touched trannies, no pun intended, so I really would not know what I am doing and reading the thread on the flush seems to complicated and prone to failure, same with a coolant flush, I don't want to crack my block. So $250 getting it at the dealship, how much would it cost doing it myself?

[jalmir]

if you're not sure just let the dealer do it. The price are a bit high though, my dealer charged me 115$ for the transmission flush (I have a J2 so the AT have a filter and it was changed).

Same for the coolant ... 80$ with the thermostat changed. (But I did it myself and the cost was around 40$ with the thermostat)

[Tommy]

Just wondering if their prices are worth it. If I did it myself i would be needing 18 qts of fluid at minimum price of $8 a quart, total $144. They charge $149.99 plus tax for a tranny flush. They also charge $99.99 for a coolant flush. Are they worth getting it done at a dealership right or would it be cheaper doing it myself. Ive never touched trannies, no pun intended, so I really would not know what I am doing and reading the thread on the flush seems to complicated and prone to failure, same with a coolant flush, I don't want to crack my block. So $250 getting it at the dealship, how much would it cost doing it myself?


18qt's??? if you use a machine to do it, maybe. Just a drain and fill will likely be about 7 or 8 at most.

Coolant flush cracking your block? not unless youve superheated the engine and then flush the coolant with liquid co2 or something...

$250 is pretty pricey, but thats about how much the local dealer around here charges. I think its like $140 for a transmission service and $89 for a coolant flush.



btw, welcome back jobzombie. still waiting for my court summons :D

[Keyan]

you can't do a trans flush youself unless you have a trans flush machine.

you can do a coolant "flush" buy draining out all the coolant, refilling with distilled water + flushing additive you can pick up at advanced auto or autozone, running car for a couple minutes, then draining that all out and refilling with new coolant.

[ricerrx7]

you can't do a trans flush youself unless you have a trans flush machine.

Not true. There are ways...

[jobzombi]

Well there is a thread here in exd for flushing the tranny, but it seems complicated and I don't have a flat driveway. I want to do the flush as I am the 2nd owner of the car so I dont know how well kept it was before I got it. I'll prob call several dealers around her to find better prices. About the coolant flush, is it really that simple?

"you can do a coolant "flush" buy draining out all the coolant, refilling with distilled water + flushing additive you can pick up at advanced auto or autozone, running car for a couple minutes, then draining that all out and refilling with new coolant."

I've seen some thread with people using a t valve and stuff and I really don't want to go cutting into the tubes.

[2001VE]

Its messy but not that hard to do. Some flushing agents are left in the rad for 30-40 miles before you dump out the cooling system. Don't use tap water for mixing the new glycol. Transmission oil change is more finicky because you are working with oil, you need to get set up right with large enough buckets and sheets of cardboard to catch drips.

[Tommy]

Personally never had a problem just draining the radiator, shoving a garden hose in the top side inlet, letting it run for a few minutes till the water flushes out clear. Turn the heater on so the heater core gets flushed too. Then you can fill it with antifreeze and distilled water. Flushing additives really arent necessary unless youve got a lot of crap in there already and it hasnt been changed in like 80k miles....

transmission drain/fill isnt that hard either, not much different than changing your engine oil. The whole flush thing is a bit over rated imo. Your engine oil doesnt get flushed 100% when you drain it, most people never do, but no one has any problems with a drain and fill on the engine oil.

[Doohickie]

Is Sansone's a dealership, or an independent shop. If it's a shop, DO NOT, I repeat DO. NOT. get it done there if they say they use a "universal" transmission fluid. The detergents in the universals can eat up the insides of a Hyundai transmission!

Use only SP III auto transmission fluid.

I got the coolant and AT flushed at the dealer for about $180.

[jalmir]

it depends, I went to a shop once and asked for SPIII oil when I took the RDV, they said ok and didn't charged me more (the universal synthetic oil they use cost more anyway).

When I got there I asked if they had the oil, the guy said yeah and showed me.

[Doohickie]

You just gotta be real careful, that's all.

[jobzombi]

Sansone's a dealship and I wont get it done with them. a Staten island dealership charged 120, so Ill go there. I might just do the coolant flush myself.

"Personally never had a problem just draining the radiator, shoving a garden hose in the top side inlet, letting it run for a few minutes till the water flushes out clear. Turn the heater on so the heater core gets flushed too. Then you can fill it with antifreeze and distilled water. Flushing additives really arent necessary unless youve got a lot of crap in there already and it hasnt been changed in like 80k miles...."

Is that a good idea? Seems easy, but once the water runs clear, do I turn the car on, idle, and blast the heat? Not sure how that works. And what about using the premixed coolants? Theyre just as good as the ones you need to mix with distilled water right?

[Tommy]

na, you turn the ignition on, but not the car. then turn the heat on and it opens up the heater core. then flush it.

[jobzombi]

Yeah I figured its just that usually if you turn the heater on without the engine on, no heat comes out as the heat is drawn from the block. Ok thanx Ill prob do the collant flush that way and have the tranny flush done at the dealership.

[jalmir]

that's normal, the circulation is made by the water pump, if the engine is not running, the water pump is not moving, so there is no heat from the heater core.