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Re: Automatic Transmission Fluid - Change it, leave it alone, or something in between?
[Re: Texas Dan]
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06/21/22 07:05 PM
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I got the fluid changed in the 07 Tundra at 120k miles. It’s a Tundra. I never check fluid levels. Might have checked the oil once. Didn’t know there was no tranny dipstick. Never looked.
The 5 Series BMW I had, and I forget what year I bought it, was supposed to have a lifetime tranny fluid. Then I found out the the tranny was made by GM. I then decided, at about 100,000 miles, to have it changed anyway. Took it to the dealer and they said it didn’t need to be changed. I asked them to do it anyway, and they did. Somewhere around 150,000 miles I took it in for some service (I forget what), and the service guy, after seeing the mileage, asked me if I’d ever had the tranny replaced. I told him I had not, and why did he ask. He said they usually went out around 140,000 miles. I told him I had had the fluid changed out at 100,000 miles and he said that was why my tranny was still fine. What does that tell you? I sold the car somewhere around 200,000 miles, and never had any tranny issues.
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Re: Automatic Transmission Fluid - Change it, leave it alone, or something in between?
[Re: Texas Dan]
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06/22/22 12:57 AM
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I’m in the drop pan drain and fill very 100k using quality fluid group. Most vehicles I’ve owned and my family go past 200k miles we have never replaced or had a transmission worked on and serviced them all.
125k on my current one, ram 1500 8 speed zf. Ram says it is lifetime fluid zf, the manufacturer says to service every 75,000 miles. Have talked quite a bit with a man who uses the same trans commercially to deliver travel trailers that went over 750,000 miles on the stock trans and it only had a stuck valve, changed fluid every 100k.
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Re: Automatic Transmission Fluid - Change it, leave it alone, or something in between?
[Re: redchevy]
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06/22/22 02:36 PM
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I’m in the drop pan drain and fill very 100k using quality fluid group. Most vehicles I’ve owned and my family go past 200k miles we have never replaced or had a transmission worked on and serviced them all.
125k on my current one, ram 1500 8 speed zf. Ram says it is lifetime fluid zf, the manufacturer says to service every 75,000 miles. Have talked quite a bit with a man who uses the same trans commercially to deliver travel trailers that went over 750,000 miles on the stock trans and it only had a stuck valve, changed fluid every 100k. x2. never had any trans probs - 342k on my Chevy 3500 and still going strong/smooth.
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