4EOD ATF capasity

[RayHell]

Hi,
my book says that the 4EOD tranny takes abt. 16 qts ATF, is that correct?
Might change to synthetic soon, -never drained any automatics before and got a bit surprised by the high volume on this one...

-Ray.

[DieselDeaf]

Sounds about right,

I just changed mine and drained the converter as well. I used a case and then some to fill it back up, I guess it was 14 to 16 quarts. I used an old Igloo beverage ice chest to drain mine in, they are relatively low and large enough to catch everything. You will need some oil dry though, I always seem to dump a quart or so somewhere in the process. I also pulled the cooler lines loose and blew them out, made a heck of a mess but feel good that I changed almost all the fluid. Went back with regular Dexron ATF, figured this tranny will need a rebuild someday soon (200K plus, you tell me?) so why waste the high dollar synthetic.

[Casey_1]

Have you tried THIS ? I've used this procedure. It works real well.

[CompuDoc]

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I did not realize that our E4OD trannys are GM. My manual states that the E4OD takes Mercon transmission fluid.

[DieselDeaf]

Yes, GM Dexron, Ford Mercon, same thing. Read the bottle the next time and you will see. You are thinking of back in the old days when they used type F.