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Thanks for watching

Yeah I never stop my boys from playing outside even if I’m working on a project

Oh man I would love an old skid steer for the farm. Thanks for watching. This has been a very fun project thus far and hope to bring it all the way soon. Honestly I have as much fun working on it as I do riding.

Not sure what transmission you have but if it’s a cvt should be the same.

Good to know. I will check it out. Thx.

The dealerships around me want $500+ to do this service. I just hate giving money away if it’s something you could do yourself for cost of fluid and a cheap pump feom the jungle website. If you are at all mechanical and willing to take some time I know you could do it yourself. Take the extra $$ and go buy yourself a nice dinner when you’re finished. lol.

@ sounds good, I'm thinking Japanese might be the go 🍴🍴

@@MaximillianLun mmmm like a good hibachi grill. Let me know how the maintenance goes. Thanks for watching

Thx

2016 but same process for a lot of years.

Thank you

Love the cvt’s. Properly maintained they will work for a long time for you. Can’t say for sure if every 30k miles is right for you. Definitely depends on driving behavior and elements. If you pull a small trailer or off-road I would do it more often.

check your manual. It says "lifetime transmission fluid", so don't worry for 100k

Not really overflowing as much as just settling to level. Usually just drips which tells you it’s reached maximum capacity. If it doesn’t dribble out then you might be low on fluid.

It's possible because when you fill, you have to do it with the car running with the transmission in a specific temp range. When the trans is running, it's got fluid though out the transmission. When you shut it off, the fluid that's flowing in the transmission drops to the pan. Soooo.. when the car isn't running and you pull the trans fill plug, you'll get tranny fluid pouring out the fill plug.

Thankyou!

That’s what I’m planning on doing. Always in the way but when you need it

That’s fantastic! Great job and I’m sure you did a better job than any dealership would.

Who is the fill a hole as your check and I think there is a separate check hole at least on the newer ones from a tutorial

no, it DOES NOT to be done(often). The manual says "lifetime" and a concensus is that this means 100k miles.

Did you use a scanner and heat gun? Why did you drop the pan? Why 5 quarts in when you only took 3.5 out? I have a 2019 Forester also. I'm looking for advice.

@ heat gun was all I had and actually most people don’t have that so just make sure you let car warm up to operating temperature meaning blue light on dash turns off on my 2016. After initial fill run vehicle through gears with brake on multiple times. Then go back and top off fluid. You should have slight dribble out of fill hole when done.

Great idea. Thanks

Makes you appreciate the old steel vehicles and simplicity of back in the day. Crazy these newer vehicles don’t have simple dip sticks

@@OptimisticGarage It is all to force people either back to Subaru or so they can VOID a warranty because you didn't pay the dealer 400.00 to service it. "Can I check the oil in this car"? NO...then KEEP IT.....THAT will get your dip stick back.

@@outboardfixer who hurt you?

@@papayama3678 Jesus...WHAT?

Well said and thankyou for watching. I love saving money and learning along the way. Agree temp gun not perfect but we use what we have to get it done.

this is NOT BMW/ZT.: Check your manual. Subaru says "lifetime transmission fluid", so don't worry for 100k

⁠@@ikatsmanBMW says "lifetime fluid" as well, but just because it says "lifetime" doesn't mean it doesn't need to be changed, and 60k miles is a good interval.

@@ikatsman there is no lifetime fluid. they say that so it fails and you have to get a new one

​@ikatsman if you check the recommended service for most cars, they say recommended transmission fluid change at 60K miles. I've been doing a lot of research lately on service I can do to cut costs and this is one that looks very doable for me. My car is at 95K miles and has never had the transmission fluid changed. At 60K, I took a MPG hit and started seeing mid 20 mpgs when it should be getting between 30 and 34 MPG highway. I've changed the PCV valve, I've had the heads cleaned, but none of that fixed my miles per gallon to where it should be on highway. I get higher mpg when driving local back roads than I do highway. So I have determined that I need to get all of this done. Thank you to the OP for this video it will definitely be helpful in changing my 2020 Crosstrek.

Awesome thankyou

Well not sure on that however if the specs are the same like you say then it would come down to cost for me. Which ever is cheaper wins. Good luck.

you should ALWAYS use the OEM fluid for the cvts

Unfortunately I believe the answer is no although I have not done one. The transmission can be dropped out the bottom without removing engine that would be your best option.

Appreciate the response. Yes transmission fluid expands when warm. I brought transmission temp up to operating temperature and shifted through gears before topping off fluid. It’s never felt better and I have owned vehicle from new.

No I had dealership do it once before.

Thanks for the tip.

Not a bad thought. Thanks

And with the price of meat these days. Oooftah

Take your time and enjoy the process. Thanks for watching

Thankyou.

Any non detergent oil. Weight not as important. Non detergent lubricating oil won’t foam as much. Any oil Jaso ma certified is best. Regular 10-40 will get you by short term if needed.

Yamalube is recommended , it has additives for the transmission which shares the engine oil .

Ty and good luck

Now that would be sharp.

Unfortunately that’s the world we live in now. No doubt doing it yourself will ease your mind and honestly be quite satisfying. I never got around to getting the correct gasket to do the pan however it has been shifting as good as the day I bought it with 100 miles on it. Go for it! Take your time. Keep me posted how it goes.

I’m sure your 22 is same as my 20 forester but may want to check mine has to be running and between about 95 and 113 Fahrenheit internal trans temp when being topped off after the p-n-d and d-n-p these cvt trans can be screwed up real quick from what I understand so be careful!

I totally agree. I ended up changing some of the back glass bulbs back to original to keep the look. Mix and match seemed to work well. Thx

My tech will be here momentarily to put the old white bulbs back in...LED Whites are a no-no !!!

The reduced heat on the back glass art work is a benefit for led however like you said some of the original bulbs is a must still in certain areas were the led just don’t look good at all

Thanks man. Yeah bought the car new. Shifts like the day I bought it. Now 178k miles no problem. People will find something wrong with about anything these days. No perfect transmission exist however this one has been great. Knock on wood. Thx for watching and don’t be afraid to get greasy and do your own maintenance.

@@OptimisticGarage thanks for the video, enjoyed it. waiting for a CVT replacement for our 2020 forrester. 75k km or 46k miles. never abused dealer maintained. some seem to last forever others not so much. Lady on our street lost CVT on 2 Subaru's very early and the replacement CVT's lasted for 300k km or 190k miles and they traded them in. seems to be happening some what regularly. Going to do a break in drain and fill x 3 and then yearly. Fluids cheap. love the awd system. keep up the great content

@@benson098123 thanks 🙏. Overall I think the cvt is a good reliable transmission. I think you have the right idea. A little preventative maintenance along the way will always pay off and you will know more about your vehicle than most. Enjoy your subie.

Yes get transmission up to operational temp. Then top of fluid and good to go.

Still running when check level?​@@OptimisticGarage

Ty

I can’t remember what jet I have in it but I did up jet. Ty

2016 forester. 2.5

Used a temp gun to reach temp before topping off. Ty

First of all, temp gun is not the right way to take trans temp reading. There is a reason why they put a temp sensor in there so an OBD reader is the only way to do it. When the engine/tranny is running, some of the fluid gets picked up from the drain pan and distributed/re-circulated throughout the rest of the transmission so the fluid level in the pan will drop below fill hole level. This is the right time to add fluid to bring that level up back to fill hole level (of course with fluid expansion taken into consideration). When the engine stops, the fluid that has been re-circulated goes back down to the drain pan, hence, when you took off the fill plug in the beginning fluid came out. That is normal. The idea here is to maintain the fluid in the pan at or close to fill hole level WHILE it is ‘up to temp’ or hot AND being re-circulated while the engine is running. Putting fluid in not bringing it up to temp (cold) you run the risk of blowing up or overpressurizing your CVT when it gets hot later on. When that happens, fluid gets spewed out through the top vent and your tranny ends up being underfilled.

@@bygonebob great explanation. Ty

A good friend of mine had his Subaru Legacy transmission fluid drained and filled at a shop that did it wrong. They serviced it like a differential, he was low about 2 quarts. The trans broke at 59,991 miles, Subaru dealer installed a reman transmission under warranty.

@@ericgalvan3589 crazy how much we pay for “certified” service and still have issues. Glad they took care of it under warranty.

2016. Never shifted smoother since change. Put another 5k on since change.

Not sure but it’s usually above drain plug. Maybe passenger side.

Thanks. Grates are 6” and 12” from the top

Lots of labor however very rewarding in the end. Yes I welded lots of new iron to mine. Good luck.

Yes fill it with wood and burn for a few hours. All the interior exterior paint will burn off. Then wire wheel everything. Once complete you have a bare metal barrel. Use a high temp paint to coat the outside and spray Pam or olive oil on inside to prevent rust. Once you start using it you will build up a nice char inside that protects metal

@@OptimisticGarage Thank you. Can’t wait to get myself one to work on.

​@@OptimisticGaragedo you need to repeat this process to build up a layer or is just once enough?

@@christopholies5617 once is enough. After 1 cook it will be nice and baked on.

Nameless performance is where I got the muffler.

Learn from my mistake. Buy the Subaru OEM muffler, not a Walker "Quiet Flow" or any other. Cheap mufflers are just as loud as your noisy muffler.

If I remember correctly I didn’t change anything with the throttle. Simply removed the gear on the end of the pump so it wouldn’t spin. Also plug the outlet side of the pump so no dirt gets in there

@@OptimisticGarage mmmm yes off the gear the short 12 inch cable connects to the top of carb il have to do some research on bikebandit and ebay cables thanks

Everything is hooked back as it was before removing gear off oiler. Therefore no new cables needed. If it worked before removing gear it should work now. Just checked mine. Looks completely stock

@@OptimisticGarage great i saved the other cables il have to check them thanks again