Originally Posted by
presidential
If transmission fix in a can really worked, transmission shops would not be in business. Never put this stuff in your transmission PERIOD. Most transmission problems could have been prevented by flushing/replacing your fluid every year.
Spend the 100 bucks for a good hot flush and filter change. Just dumping the pan only replaces 3-4 quarts, the average automatic holds anywhere from 10 to 15 quarts (depending on the size of the case and converter). You need to get that converter flushed out, only a hot flush is going to do that.
Everybody changes their oil, hardly anyone even looks at their transmission. That can be a very expensive mistake.
maybe its always worked good enough for me because i either A, don't keep cars taht long, or B, do a 5spd swap within months.
So, on the note of proper tranny maintenance, I was always told that if the previous owner never did it, then you shouldn't either. That flushing all of the crap out would end up causing more problems on an old tranny. Is this true, it kinda makes sense, but in a not really way....Automatics haven't ever been a strong point for me, and I'm just really starting to learn Manuals....
thanks