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    Did Valvoline Screw Me on Trans Fluid?

    It's as easy as changing the motor oil. Remove plug, let gravity drain fluid. 5 qts will come out. You can either remove the upper plug and watch for oil to drain out or just add 5 qts. If you feel better about it, dump the drained tranny fluid into an empty, used 5 qt oil container and replace...
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    Did Valvoline Screw Me on Trans Fluid?

    Agreed. Your Valvoline stop is probably not equipped to do a thorough flush and replace. Opening the drain plug allows 5 qts to drain out which would give you 50% new oil. What I did was to drain 5 qts again a month later. That gives one a 75% replacement which, in my opinion, is not too bad...
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    Advice 2016 Equinox 2.4L

    You can drain 4 qts at a time from the drain plug. I believe the tranny holds 9.5 qts. I drained and replaced 4 qts. A month later, 4 more qts. I'll probably do it again this summer. It's a 2013 with only 66k. The fluid had never been drained. The first 4 qts out looked and smelled horrible. I...
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    FC219 oil filler cap appearance

    If you look at the underside, you will see a small hole. FC219 is what you want...
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    Automatic Transmission Fluid Capacity

    2013, 2.4L. 5 quarts drained out. It smelled horrible so I'm going to drain another 5 qts in a month or so. I'm guessing full capacity would be about 10 qts.
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    Guessing game. Possible fun discussion about damage

    My guess is about 7k if there's no frame or engine compartment damage.
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    Oil leaking from hole below oil filter

    Sorry friend, I can't tell what we're looking at. I've looked at my 2.4 but can't recognize anything in the photo. From your description of where you took the photo, is this the underside of the engine? Where exactly would the oil filter be relative to the photo?
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    Fuel Economy.

    My wife has driven a 2013 2.4l since 2014 or 2015. The first summer we had it, we drove to Maine for vacation. About 240 miles each way, all highway. I drove and I usually drive conservatively so 60-70mph. Both there and back we achieved 43mpg over at least 50 miles. I kept it in the mileage...
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