Change 62TE Transmission Fluid on Chrysler Town and Country, Dodge Caravan | Pump Whine Goes Away?

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[@jeromemainmanmanne7496]

I just finished changing the fluid and filter on our 2016 DGC. Took me 3 hours and $99. I did something no one on KZbin had mentioned- clean the bolts. Our van with 86K miles was still factory sealed with silicone, so to prevent any of that coming loose from the bolts, I made sure of of that was removed before re-install of the pan. Thank you for the video. It was one of 3 I studied before tackling the project.

[@TeamDIYNow]

Glad you liked the video! Correct you need to make sure you clean the bolt threads as well. I did mention to clean the bolts in this video at 14:58 before installing the pan.

[@jordanb1759]

mine came with rtv on the pan. Had to replace fluid at 60k miles because that rtv crap from the factory was leaking. Replaced with a proper gasket, and no more leak

[@TeamDIYNow]

Yea the gasket is definitely the way to go on this transmission pan as the RTV either eventually leaks and/or you end up with RTV pieces inside the transmission.

[@robertgarvin61]

I found a 2" bolt. Cleaned everything, gasget and silicone. It leeket after all was done, with no fluid init yet ? Waiting 24 hours to put in fluid. Seems fine now . Where did the bolt come from ?

[@TeamDIYNow]

Sometimes people not following the correct torque specs way over tighten the pan bolts and strip out the threads. If this happens the first thing to try is to take a longer bolt to see if the threads up farther on the transmission are ok, if so, it will tighten down. If the threads on that hole were ok then maybe someone just lost the bolt and used a different sized one that fit. Whatever hole you removed that bolt; I would double check it to make sure it tightened down and the threads are ok or it will leak.

[@TyronePrince-q3v]

Do you have to change the seal when you change the filter?

[@TeamDIYNow]

Technically no, and I'm sure there are decent amount of side shops that pretend they do but don't replace the seal. With that said, you really should replace as its important to have the filter neck seal inside the transmission. You are relying on that seal so the transmission can pull the fluid through the filter. Alot of times there is only a few inches of fluid at the bottom of the pan, and if you don't have a good seal the transmission could be sucking air at that seal vs pulling fluid through the filter. It's pretty straight forward to replace the seal, see at: 12:41.

[@cedrickchandler9585]

Is it still mobile I'm about to try that right now

[@TeamDIYNow]

No, it lasted about 2 weeks and the pump whine came back. As mentioned in the video it's worth it to try, however in some cases the transmission is too far gone which was the case for this van. I did a separate video showing every step to remove this transmission if the filter/fluid doesn't work: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZzHiZt6f8x8hpo . Good luck.