My 2003 Mazda Tribute has the Ford CD4E transmission in it.
This tranny has a drain plug that allows you to drain about 3.5-4.0 quarts of fluid out of the tranny at a time for partial tranny fluid replacements.
Tranny calls for Mercon fluid, which is still fairly easy to get. I know there are possible issues with mixing Mercon and Mercon-V fluid, so aprtial drain and fill should use Mercon fluid.
What I'm wondering about is the 'multi-vehicle' ATF's you can get, either full-syn ones, like Amsoil or Mobil, or the partial syn ones, like Pennzoil or the ST's in Canada sell a syn-blend multi-spec fluid. A partial-syn one is what I'm thinking of using.
These fluids all say they meet many specs at once - like Dex-III and VI, and Mercon and Mercon-V. If I am doing a partia drain and fill, would I be better to stick to just a Mercon fluid, or would I benefit by upgrading a bit to a partial-syn multi-spec fluid?
Do you think mixing Mercon, and a multi-vehicle ATF would cause the exact same problems as mixing Mercon and Mercon-V?
This tranny has a drain plug that allows you to drain about 3.5-4.0 quarts of fluid out of the tranny at a time for partial tranny fluid replacements.
Tranny calls for Mercon fluid, which is still fairly easy to get. I know there are possible issues with mixing Mercon and Mercon-V fluid, so aprtial drain and fill should use Mercon fluid.
What I'm wondering about is the 'multi-vehicle' ATF's you can get, either full-syn ones, like Amsoil or Mobil, or the partial syn ones, like Pennzoil or the ST's in Canada sell a syn-blend multi-spec fluid. A partial-syn one is what I'm thinking of using.
These fluids all say they meet many specs at once - like Dex-III and VI, and Mercon and Mercon-V. If I am doing a partia drain and fill, would I be better to stick to just a Mercon fluid, or would I benefit by upgrading a bit to a partial-syn multi-spec fluid?
Do you think mixing Mercon, and a multi-vehicle ATF would cause the exact same problems as mixing Mercon and Mercon-V?