Car Forum World

how do you change the transmission liquid in a 2006 chevy colbalt ls?

Most newer cars have a drain plug on the transmission pan just like on the oil pan. If by any chance yours does not have one, you'll have to loosen/remove some of the bolts from the transmission pan so that the liquid will start to drain out. once it stops loosen/remove more till you have the pan removed from the car to finish draining the rest. if you must take this technique, there are a couple of things to watch out for, 1st off tearing the gasket. some people believe that if you drop the pan all together you may want to change the gasket if it's damaged or not, I say only change it if it's damaged, if not save your self the money. also you may want to watch out for any debris that can get in while the pan is off that will block up your transmission, and 3rd be sure that you do not damage the filter or you'll have to replace it all together. Now one thing that you may want to think about, is that if you never changed the transmission liquid, nor had it changed in the past, some of the friction material from the bands in the auto transmission could have worn off and is being circulated in the liquid and is being used to help the bands to there job and that changing the liquid will remove that material and because some minor slippage, but that's only in the most extream cases. if it's a manual then you do not have to worry about that because they have real gears not bands.

Hopefully all goes well for you, and good luck.

Experienced mechanic and technical school training.

At the Chevy dealer. :

I could carry it to a transmission shop or a dealer. Theres to many things that could go wrong for someone that never done it.

THIS isn't YOU common TRANS liquid CHANGE.

THERE ARE lots OF THINGS THAT have to BE DONE ONCE THE liquid was CHANGED.

TAKE IT TO YOUR LOCAL INDEPENDENT TRANS SHOP AND LET THEM DO IT FOR YOU.

aamco beep beep or nationwide transmisson

go to workshop. don't change the transmission oil by yrself ..

You need a 1:1 transmission liquid exchange system if it's an auto. it's a pump that sucks out the trans liquid while simultaneously pumping new liquid in.
If it's a regular, you may want to be able to find a big drain plug on the bottom end of the transmission. There should be another one around the center of it that has nothing attached. that's where you put the liquid in till it reaches that screw hole.

About any fast change oil station can do that job and about the same time they may change the engine oil, that's what I do about every 60,000 to 75,000 miles on the car. A 2006 Chevy cobalt should still be under warranty and the dealer should do that service for you, I could think.