I bought a 2014 Civic with 190,000 last year for $6000. The guy I bought it from thought the transmission was broken and did not tell me what he thought. He had warmed the engine, so the test run worked great! But when I got it home, and the next day when the engine was cool: I had to run the engine for almost 5 minutes to get the car to move, the trans has seemingly broken. Within a week I found on TH-cam that the rubber vent cap for the trans was clogged! I cleaned the vent and put in 1 quart of fluid. A week later, I drained the trans fluid and got 1 1/2 quarts. It is suppost to have over 3 quarts! I drained all the fluid and added 3 1/2 quarts, enough to get the level right to the level plug hole. Runs like a dream for an entire year! Got me great deal on a "Not Broken Transmission" used car. Before all of this, the day I brought the car home, I saw the trans plug hole was missing the stopper. I bought a new one. That week later when I added fluid, I found the stopper - exactly where you found yours: on top of the trans hole area. Wow. I still have both stopped now.
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@@gotitdone keep up the great job on repairs of the 2014 Civic. I go to work and drive 7 miles a day. My Civic will last 20 more years and will be 30 years old with 250K miles. I can not ask for more from a $6000 car. Thank you for your work on this car.
Amazing! I just changed my 2015 CVT fluid 2 weeks ago and found the fill plug laying on the top of the transmission. My first thought was I didn't replace it during the first fluid change. Now I know it wasn't my fault. Thank you for the video!!!!
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Hello , I just got a Civic with 128,000 miles and noticed the cap had fallen off too . Should I do Transmission fluid change or just change the cap and clean vent ?
@@richardgonzalez6403 you should clean the vent and change the plug for sure. At least you should check if the transmission fluid is at the right level. But if you don’t know when the transmission fluid was actually changed, you should drain and fill it. It should be done every 30K miles. Check this playlist for your car with all sort of maintenance items you should be thinking: th-cam.com/play/PLyH14jEiOz3sGGGGd2ktFU9fY84lm5UHa.html Please consider subscribing to my channel or a $thanks. It will help me on doing more videos like this. I am regularly fixing things around the house and adding videos about it.
It is still popping out because the plug shrank a little bit already. You will have to replace it. The video shoes the differences in diameter between a used one and a new one. Please consider subscribing to my channel or a $thanks. It will help me on doing more videos like this. I am regularly fixing things around the house and adding videos about it.
@ I have 2013 Honda civic with 113k Miles, and last week I brought my car to my local mechanic, and he said that I need a new transmission, is the breather could be the problem cause there is no breather, I thought it was normal, My civic is just not driving as is should,
I bought a 2014 Civic with 190,000 last year for $6000. The guy I bought it from thought the transmission was broken and did not tell me what he thought. He had warmed the engine, so the test run worked great! But when I got it home, and the next day when the engine was cool: I had to run the engine for almost 5 minutes to get the car to move, the trans has seemingly broken. Within a week I found on TH-cam that the rubber vent cap for the trans was clogged! I cleaned the vent and put in 1 quart of fluid. A week later, I drained the trans fluid and got 1 1/2 quarts. It is suppost to have over 3 quarts! I drained all the fluid and added 3 1/2 quarts, enough to get the level right to the level plug hole. Runs like a dream for an entire year! Got me great deal on a "Not Broken Transmission" used car. Before all of this, the day I brought the car home, I saw the trans plug hole was missing the stopper. I bought a new one. That week later when I added fluid, I found the stopper - exactly where you found yours: on top of the trans hole area. Wow. I still have both stopped now.
That is a great story! I was smiling while reading it. Knowledge is power right?
Check all my other videos for this type of car: MAF, MAP, coolant, PCV, etc.
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@@gotitdone keep up the great job on repairs of the 2014 Civic. I go to work and drive 7 miles a day. My Civic will last 20 more years and will be 30 years old with 250K miles. I can not ask for more from a $6000 car. Thank you for your work on this car.
Amazing! I just changed my 2015 CVT fluid 2 weeks ago and found the fill plug laying on the top of the transmission. My first thought was I didn't replace it during the first fluid change. Now I know it wasn't my fault. Thank you for the video!!!!
I am so glad it helped you.
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I had the plug popping out problem, thank you for the helpful and easy solution.
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Hello , I just got a Civic with 128,000 miles and noticed the cap had fallen off too . Should I do Transmission fluid change or just change the cap and clean vent ?
@@richardgonzalez6403 you should clean the vent and change the plug for sure. At least you should check if the transmission fluid is at the right level. But if you don’t know when the transmission fluid was actually changed, you should drain and fill it. It should be done every 30K miles.
Check this playlist for your car with all sort of maintenance items you should be thinking:
th-cam.com/play/PLyH14jEiOz3sGGGGd2ktFU9fY84lm5UHa.html
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@@gotitdone Thanks ! I’ve enjoyed watching your Honda civic videos. Going to follow your recommendations.
I cleaned the that cap and noticed the plug had popped out again don't know why it's still popping out may want to keep a check on it
It is still popping out because the plug shrank a little bit already. You will have to replace it. The video shoes the differences in diameter between a used one and a new one.
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What happen if that plug is not plugged in the breather ?
@@juangarcia8431 you mean the breather is not plugged?
@@gotitdone yea
@ I have 2013 Honda civic with 113k Miles, and last week I brought my car to my local mechanic, and he said that I need a new transmission, is the breather could be the problem cause there is no breather, I thought it was normal, My civic is just not driving as is should,
@ and even though the breather is not blocked, the ATF fill plug came out?
@ there is a breather somewhere. Have you changed the transmission fluid?