Factory FIll ATF? for Mercedes 2000 E55 AMG

[Fotoflame]

I have no maintenance records for the vehicle so I'm just going to assume this was the factory fill. Changed at around 112K.

 

[Pelican]

You sent your ATF for an oil analysis?! That's only a small part of the story, still a good call to have it changed. Did you do a complete exchange or just a drop & fill?

 

[Fotoflame]

I dropped the pan, changed the filter, then exchanged about 10 liters using the transmission cooler line. The best I can do in my garage. I'll probably do the procedure again after 10K miles. Transmission works fine before and after the change.

 

[loneryder]

Originally Posted by Fotoflame
I dropped the pan, changed the filter, then exchanged about 10 liters using the transmission cooler line. The best I can do in my garage. I'll probably do the procedure again after 10K miles. Transmission works fine before and after the change.

I think you would be wasting your time/money. You can go 30-40k easily since you changed the filter and cleaned the pan. If you used the 134 fluid, it's semi-syn.

 

[dave1251]

My opinion at least once before the fluid has been changed be it a pan drop or exchange. If it wasn't the PPM of metals from wear would be in the 300's PPM.

As for ATF you can research using ATF+4 for this unit if you wish.