Originally Posted By: Jim Allen
Yowza, Cooper! You got it changed just in time. Is there some kinda bypass on that thing? What is the media made from?
It appears to be a standard paper media filter.
The 09 Civic came with Z-1. I changed it out at 20k to OEM DW-1 with 4x drain and fills. I did another 4x drain and fill at 40k with DW-1 again. It has 60k now. I am getting ready to do another drain and fill x4. I plan on doing 4x drain and fills at 30k miles from this point forward.
I would assume that most of the stuff in the filter is from break in. I would change this filter as soon as possible if you haven't already to get the break in wear stuff out of there.
My transmission shifts perfectly fine...... I have never had any issues with it at all. The fluid has always looked pretty decent. Well, the Z-1 looked horrible and smelled burnt at 20k, but the DW-1 has always looked and smelled pretty good.
These trannies are one of the few Honda transmissions from the 00's that doesn't have too many issues. I am not too concerned it will fail. I did have an 03 Odyssey that failed at around 100k, then again at 150k. That was fun. Honestly, that is why I am buying Subaru's now. I plan on driving the Civic until I can give it to one of my boys, then buying an Impreza. It is just work transportation....we don't drive the Civic for anything else. It gets 35 mile one way trips, mostly all freeway daily.