2.5 qts of gear oil. Check with your local NAPA for the weight oil it needs. This information is listed in your owner's manual. Don't have one, get one. Dealer, salvage yard, e-bay, Google Search.
The transmission fluid capacity is 6.9 quarts (it requires Dexron III fluid).
approx 8q
Remove the transmission oil pan for access to filter
Dexron 3.
go to the Chevrolet dealer and buy only syncromesh transmission fluid. do not add anything else it will ruin your transmission.
You will have to take off the big silver pan that is on the bottom of the transmission to drain the fluid and service the trans. filter.
if its an automatic change fluid filter in transmission!!
Is a 1999 chevy tahoe transmission compatible with a 2001 chevy tahoe transmission?
you change the manual transmission fluid in a '99 cavalier simply by removing the transmission drain plug and allowing all the fluid to drain then replace the plug and refill with Syncromesh transmission fluid(that is the fluid recommended by Chevy for use in your transmission) It should take 2 quarts.
Transmission fluid is inside the transmission.
The manual transmission don't have a dip stick. It has a plug in the side of it that you remove and check the fluid level.
Auto.? dipstick at rear of engine Std.? should be a plug at the side of transmission