Transmission Fluid Changes a Scam

hotfudgedetroit.com ^ | 5/1/2007 | Mark Phelan

[chicken head]

a trans thats dry will hold 8 to 12 quarts cause the converter holds alot. just dropping the pan you will have to add aprox 6 thu 8 quarts- i just installed a new one in my 67 camaro a TH350 holds 12 quarts

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Think we have chaos now, just wait till all the automatic transmissions fail!

[chicken head]

this is the 67 camaro i built for my son, and me behind the wheel- it has th 350 trans with 375 hp 350 engine— it’s quick
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IVu9tu9UCI

[mowowie]

Jet engines like those from Rolls Royce or GE never ever have to have it’s lubrication replaced for the life of the engine under normal circumstances.
They do use synthetic lubricants.

[lacrew]

Huh? Its sold by the quart, capacity charts are in quarts...but you could use milliliters if it floats your boat. The unit of measure has nothing to do with the subject at hand.

[Gaffer]

Got an F-150 and 30K miles also. Somehow, I think this is revenue for the dealer. They charge $159. Other vehicles I’ve had ALWAYs have hit 100k miles without anything but topping off, if at all, with the right fluid. I don’t think I’m going to do this. I’ll wait until maybe 75K if at all.

[mowowie]

The difference between a tranny and an engine is that no combustion occures in a transmission.
No un-burned gasoline, oxidation, or other contaminates ever enter a transmissions case.
As long as the transmission operates properly The oil remains the same for most of it's life.

[dainbramaged]

Way cool - that machine sounds healthy and your son is a lucky young man.

[OKSooner]

Engines have combustion in them; transmissions don’t. After awhile (3000-5000 miles or so?) those little microscopic particles of dust become a problem in the crankcase, along with maybe even some microscopically small fragments of steel and other stuff. That’s why your engine has an air filter and an oil filter.

[chicken head]

i found the engine behind my uncles shed, with a small tree growing though one of the cylinders..lol.. i rebuilt it with all new parts- new crank,rods, trw pistons, comp cam, and 69 -202 corvette heads.

[Lx]

If your car has over 100K miles, opening the tranny for the first time to service it can give you a lot of problems.

Mercedes seals their trannys. You don’t even get a dipstick but a tamper resistant cap.

If your tranny is slipping or having issues, then changing the filter and fluid might help it; you really have nothing to lose except for the parts and service cost.

If the tranny is cruising your neighborhood, call the cops, it might be Ru Paul...

[lacrew]

Nice. I have the same car....at least I think I can read ‘Camaro’ when I scrape the rust. One day...

[=8 mrrabbit 8=]

You are being facetious right?

=8-)

Grab some old car manuals for Toyota, Honda, Ford, VW...though the stuff is sold in quarts, note the unit used often to note capacity - and the unit used often to identify what the tickers relate to on the transmission dipstick as opposed to the engine oil dipstick.

=8-)

[chicken head]

i just bought a 1957 chevy belair 2 door— thats my next project- i also bought a 67-327 engine to put in it— thats gonna be my toy—lol

[chicken head]

i gonna fix my 57 up like this but with a small block instead- and candy apple red

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fpi6d5Y8PJs&feature=channel_video_title

[TSgt]

I just hit 80K miles on my 05’ Honda Pilot and had the dealer change the transmission fluid for the first time. They wanted me to change it every 30K miles. At 80K it was as clean, non-burnt, as the day it went in.

15K or 30K transmission fluid changes are a complete waste of money.

I’ll probably wait until 150K to change it again.

[Uncle Meat]

We have one of those machines in our small truck shop that pushes new transmission fluid through while it flushes out the old.It takes a few extra quarts to do this.It’s suppose to clean out the filter so you don’t have to remove the pan to replace it.If you do the drain and drop the pan to change the filter method,you’ll have old fluid trapped in the torque converter.That’s why the flush method is recommended so much.

[count-your-change]

For tran. oil changes I'd go by the owner's manual. On the older cars I had I went by the color of the fluid. If it was clear red, I left it alone.

[mowowie]

67 Camaro?
You lucky guy.
Pretty rare car.

I’ve had 3 Camaros in my life, all sweet assed perfect cars.
My first car at 16 was a beautiful white 78 305 cc with a pearlesent white lacquer paint job and red interior.
I totaled it.
My second was a incredibly sweet silver 78 Z-28.
Looked almost exactly like the car Spicoli totalled in fast times but better.
I totaled that one too.
My third car was a real nice gold 80 Z with T-Tops that i bought off of my electronics teacher.
That one lasted me for many years, then i sold it for 500 bucks to put my new at the time Supra Turbo on the road.

Argh....

The new Camaros are pretty sweet, too bad i neither can afford one now and for the fact that i am done with GM.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Odd thing I found is that a Honda CRV will get oxidation in it's differential and eventually sound like a bad CV joint unless the fluid is changed. It's the only vehicle I have ever heard of doing that.