Originally Posted By: pruizgarcia
Originally Posted By: ac_tc
Dont forget the gearbox..
Change and use ONLY ATF+4 no matter
what the dealer tells you, dont use
any universal type or additive in it.
That is my next plan of attac; drop the pan and put some fresh ATF+4 in the transmission.
Just draining the fluid and changing the filter is only doing half, if not, a third of the job, there is still fluid in the transmission cooler lines, the cooler and the torque converter. However, just flushing does not get the filings that are caught in the filter, and the dirt from the filter will contaminate the new fluid faster. The only way to do a 100% flush is to drop the pan, change the filter, and then flush the system out when hooked up to the flush machine.
in other words just dropping the pan, draining whats in it, then closing the pan and refill is only getting rid of less then half of the trans fluid.. to get %100 transmission fluid change you'll want to flush it out via the cooler lines, you need some kind of flushing machine too.. i would just go to a local shop and do it.. heck i think even walmart does it. usually cost around $70. alittle more expensive but its the better and right way of doing it
if you do the "drop the pan" method.. you'll have to do it about 3 or so times in a row to make sure all the old fluid is gone.. thats wasting good trans fluid and costing like the same cost as if you where to take it in somewhere and letting them flush it for you..
as for the oil.. i strongly recommend a UOA to see what kind of shape the engine is in and then you can determine your OCI from there on... if you cant or dont want to do a UOA, just stick with a 3k-4k OCI or 6 months and pennzoil YB 5w-30 would be a god choice. pennzoil platinum would be a better choice too
