To the best of my knowledge, changing fliud by hand is only going to change about half the fluid (what's in the pan), unless there's a drain on the torque converter. So besides not getting nice clean fluid through the cavities, you'll probably never get all the burned stuff out. (though after a few changes, one would think you might be up to a decent percentage)...
Levi On 6/1/06, Rich Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Took my 2000 Suburban 102k miles in the other day for a recall fix (fuel sender wires or something), they did a general inspection (to get me to OK them having at it $$$, no doubt). One of the points was that it needed a tranny flush (burned fluid). Reasonable enough I suppose, though I did change the tranny fluid a year and half ago or so. I know that does not get the TC fluid out, which continues to be old stuff. There was a bit of discussion on this flush technique a few weeks ago, sounds like an OK procedure. I am wondering though, how the tranny is set up -- does TC fluid actually mix with the pan fluid in some fashion while operating? Is draining/refilling a time or two a close enough approach to cleaning out the TC? Tranny fluid is cheap enough compared to the flush cost ($50), seems like it might do pretty close if just cleaning the fluid is the main benefit. Thoughts? --R _______________________________________ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
