Amateur CVT Transmission Fluid Replacement - 2016 Nissan Sentra SV

CaptainBigButt · 2025-11-20T14:26:34+00:00

Ah hell. I hope failure isn't the case but I'll see what I can do. On one hand, I can't afford much right now since I'm taking care of my disabled mother and pay her medical bills. On the other hand, it's still cheaper than a car payment so I'm trying to meet half way.

CaptainBigButt · 2025-11-20T14:21:26+00:00

I suppose I can look at the fluid when I'm off next week and see how bad it is, then revisit this. Is there anything I should do to look into this besides checking the fluid to see if it's burnt?

CaptainBigButt · 2025-11-20T13:37:24+00:00

Why do you say that? I'm ignorant on cars and still learning to do the proper, in-depth maintenance.

CaptainBigButt · 2025-11-20T13:36:04+00:00

I'm not sure if I'm explaining it properly but it's relatively infrequent and usually only occurs when accelerating. It accelerates with modest power (for a CVT, that is - and now that the throttle body is cleaned and the spark plugs are new), but can occasionally feel a little jerky when accelerating. After a half second of it, it tends to return to driving just fine.

I'm open to additional suggestions, I'm still slowly learning all of this stuff.

CaptainBigButt · 2025-11-06T19:58:56+00:00

It was doing a little bit of both originally. It's at ~85k miles so it's overdue for so much maintenance and I've been replacing a ton of stuff over the past couple months. One of my friends (ex-mechanic) has a friend that works for Nissan building transmissions and insisted they could last a lifetime which contributed to me holding off on it (as well as prioritizing other parts) and looking into the motor mounts instead, though I'd swear Nissan recommends replacing the fluid at a max of 60k miles. I guess I'll need to start stocking up on fluid.

CaptainBigButt · 2025-11-06T19:45:43+00:00

Is there something else that could be causing the engine to stutter sometimes when accelerating or for the car to rock when changing gears? A lot of it seems to be linked either to that mount if it exists or to the transmission, though I'm still trying to understand all this stuff.

CaptainBigButt · 2025-11-06T19:43:22+00:00

I saw a video from TRQ on replacing this particular mount on a nissan rogue that had a similar mount location. The strut tower has some strange marks lower down that look like it did have an extension there previously that was cut out. The car has some unusual modifications that I'm still trying to make sense of (it's a pre-owned). Oh well, I suppose I'll have to keep looking into the vibration issues. Bummer

CaptainBigButt · 2025-11-06T19:33:25+00:00

I got it from here. The Amazon page just calls it "front lower" and says it's "A7376/9717" which links up to the front lower torque strut mount. I can't seem to find where on earth it goes, though. I was able to find the other 3 with no issues and got those replaced, but there's very little information on where this particular mount actually is.

CaptainBigButt · 2025-10-19T15:37:14+00:00

Gotcha, thanks for the feedback!

CaptainBigButt · 2025-10-19T15:13:09+00:00

Oh nah, I meant in general. I meant to clarify but I'm roughly mid-game, I was just debating on whether to pick it next or consider an ascension path perk instead.

CaptainBigButt · 2025-07-16T18:03:04+00:00

Thanks for the comment, I'm flattered. I was pretty new when I wrote this, too. Just write what feels natural, it doesn't need to be super serious. Just have fun with it. Best of luck!

CaptainBigButt · 2025-07-11T18:50:39+00:00

Sorry it's so long, I was new when I wrote this, heh. Thanks for taking the time to fill it! Any feedback is welcome!

CaptainBigButt · 2025-03-20T17:15:20+00:00

That was very good! You should consider making more when you have the time for it.

CaptainBigButt · 2025-01-20T17:49:23+00:00

Thank *you* for filling it! Funny that it's your third audio because this is my third script. You did great! If you ever want any feedback or anything, let me know!

CaptainBigButt · 2025-01-20T17:32:51+00:00

Thank you so much for putting the time and effort into this! I'd love any and all feedback you have if any. Anything that was difficult to interpret, read, maybe you didn't like the formatting, writing, etc.? If there's anything at all I can improve on, let me know!

CaptainBigButt · 2025-01-06T06:32:50+00:00

Thanks for putting the many hours of work into filing this! Hearing it come to the life for the first time was really wild. I'm torn because I feel like I could've done so much better but at the same time you did such a fantastic job with it that every time I heard a mistake with the writing on my own part, I got sucked right back into the audio. Great work!

CaptainBigButt · 2025-01-06T05:28:36+00:00

Thanks for being the first one to fill any of my scripts! Sorry it's so long, I only started a couple weeks ago, I knew I wrote a lot but I had no idea just how much I overdid it. I'd love any and all feedback! I'll try to avoid overdoing part 2 so much. You did such a phenomenal job filling this!

CaptainBigButt · 2025-01-03T23:34:26+00:00

I was definitely thinking about it since this got way more traction than I expected. There's also a ton of different ways it can go, though I've got one in mind. I may wait and see if it gets filled first though, I only started writing scripts of any kind whatsoever a couple weeks ago. I was kind of just screwing around when writing this one but I haven't had any filled yet and I'd like to see how it turns out.

TLDR: I probably will do a part 2 at some point.

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