2014 Chevy Cruze LS. Total base model car, 1.8 non turbo and 54k miles
Car has been religiously serviced with synthetic 5w30 it’s whole life at 5k intervals but never had anything else done. I figured it was a good time to to the atf and coolant. I jacked all 4 corners up, level as I could and bought one of those measuring buckets from Home Depot and let it drain for about 2 hours. Couldn’t believe it was so black ! I know color doesn’t mean much but it felt good to change about 50% of the factory fill.
The car was completely cold, I know there is a check plug but I didn’t mess with it. I put back in what came out ( 5qts). I used valvoline dex 6. The car shifted smoothly before, now you can hardly feel it shift at all.
I let the coolant drain as well too. I was surprised it only took just over a gallon to fill back up. I used Prestone dex cool and distilled water. 50:50
Here are a couple of pics of the atf and bucket
Car has been religiously serviced with synthetic 5w30 it’s whole life at 5k intervals but never had anything else done. I figured it was a good time to to the atf and coolant. I jacked all 4 corners up, level as I could and bought one of those measuring buckets from Home Depot and let it drain for about 2 hours. Couldn’t believe it was so black ! I know color doesn’t mean much but it felt good to change about 50% of the factory fill.
The car was completely cold, I know there is a check plug but I didn’t mess with it. I put back in what came out ( 5qts). I used valvoline dex 6. The car shifted smoothly before, now you can hardly feel it shift at all.
I let the coolant drain as well too. I was surprised it only took just over a gallon to fill back up. I used Prestone dex cool and distilled water. 50:50
Here are a couple of pics of the atf and bucket