1996 Mazda 626 with 2.5 V6 engine and automatic tranny.
If you know anything about 90's Mazdas, you know that their automatics are extremely troublesome. Failures are common and widespread around 100K miles or less. Check out carsurvey.org , excellent site.
I think the theory is that the tranny oil gets burned up, and destroyes the tranny.
I got mine with the tranny blown of course, (barely) found another working tranny, had it put in, and installed external tranny cooler (Hayden 404). I hear it greatly helps. Still, annual fluid changes are necessary. The external cooler is good when it is driving, but what good is it when the car is in stop-and-go traffic? anyone know by how much it reduces the tranny temp?
This raises my question - I put in some Ford tranny fluid, since this is a Ford tranny, Dextron III I think, the cheap stuff from Advanced Auto parts in red cans. Now I would like to change the filter and drain some fluid and put in some synthetic fluid. I understand that mixing the two won't cause issues, will it? Also, what's good synthetic for this tranny?
I hope that synthetic will withstand the heat more.
If you know anything about 90's Mazdas, you know that their automatics are extremely troublesome. Failures are common and widespread around 100K miles or less. Check out carsurvey.org , excellent site.
I think the theory is that the tranny oil gets burned up, and destroyes the tranny.
I got mine with the tranny blown of course, (barely) found another working tranny, had it put in, and installed external tranny cooler (Hayden 404). I hear it greatly helps. Still, annual fluid changes are necessary. The external cooler is good when it is driving, but what good is it when the car is in stop-and-go traffic? anyone know by how much it reduces the tranny temp?
This raises my question - I put in some Ford tranny fluid, since this is a Ford tranny, Dextron III I think, the cheap stuff from Advanced Auto parts in red cans. Now I would like to change the filter and drain some fluid and put in some synthetic fluid. I understand that mixing the two won't cause issues, will it? Also, what's good synthetic for this tranny?
I hope that synthetic will withstand the heat more.