The widespread opinion that changing the lubricant in the variator is a complex procedure, the implementation of which can be entrusted exclusively to highly qualified specialists of the branded auto center, is not true, to put it mildly. Drain the old and pour new oil into an automatic transmission is no more difficult than doing the same with the checkpoint of our Zhiguli.
Necessary
- - a key for the crankcase plug of the variator,
- - oil for automatic transmission - 7L.
Instructions
Step 1
CVTs, despite the fact that the idea for their creation came to the head of Leonardo da Vinci in 1490, who schematically depicted a continuously variable transmission, and the first patent for the invention of CVT was issued in 1886, began to master the car market relatively recently, and made a serious competition with automatic transmissions, displacing them everywhere.
Step 2
Taking advantage of the fact that this type of transmission has not been well studied by domestic motorists, various rumors about the extraordinary complexity of such devices were able to quickly spread in certain circles. Obviously, the decisive factor in misinformation was the economic component of the dealer business, whose representatives are vying with each other to convince the owners of cars with a variator that maintenance and replacement of the lubricating fluid in a continuously variable unit can be carried out only under certain conditions and by the forces of performers specially trained for such work.
Step 3
Let us take the liberty and disagree with such sayings. Because in the variator there is no such conglomeration of gears as in a manual transmission or automatic transmission. It features a set of pulleys that are electronically controlled to create multiple gear ratios, allowing the motor to run at maximum efficiency.
Step 4
The lubricant is replaced after every 45-50 thousand kilometers on the car. To drain the old grease from below, on the sump of the variator crankcase, the plug is unscrewed and the liquid is removed into a previously prepared container. The variator is filled through the dipstick hole. That's all the wisdom.
