Originally Posted By: nicholas
I have never seen a transmission fail due to the fluid not being changed or failing.
Any reputable transmission shop will disagree with this statement -
I personally know of many, friends/acquaintances, whom lost their transmissions with dirty contaminated OEM fluid. Solenoid and clutch pack issues.
I honestly will never understand the idea of not changing the fluid in a system that has a very poor filtration design. Especially given the ease and simplicity to change the fluid in most ATF systems.
Also - when you change the fluid you can inspect the magnet and fluid for abnormal debris - - possibly saving components before catastrophic failure.
It is a win/win for me.
I routinely change ALL the fluids in my vehicles - not just the engine oil.
"Especially given the ease and simplicity to change the fluid in most ATF systems" Simplicity? I don't think so. Most of the time you can only do a partial change. Thats not a change and given the poor filtration, what is the point?
I have never seen a transmission fail due to the fluid not being changed or failing.
Any reputable transmission shop will disagree with this statement -
I personally know of many, friends/acquaintances, whom lost their transmissions with dirty contaminated OEM fluid. Solenoid and clutch pack issues.
I honestly will never understand the idea of not changing the fluid in a system that has a very poor filtration design. Especially given the ease and simplicity to change the fluid in most ATF systems.
Also - when you change the fluid you can inspect the magnet and fluid for abnormal debris - - possibly saving components before catastrophic failure.
It is a win/win for me.
I routinely change ALL the fluids in my vehicles - not just the engine oil.
"Especially given the ease and simplicity to change the fluid in most ATF systems" Simplicity? I don't think so. Most of the time you can only do a partial change. Thats not a change and given the poor filtration, what is the point?