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SportTrac Discussion
General Sport Trac Discussion
Is “Scotty” right?
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<blockquote data-quote="blert" data-source="post: 1048844" data-attributes="member: 64702"><p>Have only seen one or two of his videos. Ended up clicking out when he said something totally stupid. But, he is not completely wrong here. IMO, it depends on the machine the shop uses to do the flush. If they use a machine that uses its own pumps to force fluid through the transmission that is bad. If they just hook it up to a large vat of fluid and rely on the transmission's internal pumps to move the fluid you should be safe (you can do this method in your driveway if you have a few five gallon buckets and some time).</p><p></p><p>In general, yes, don't do a flush on an old transmission. It can dislodge buildup that can then get stuck in important bits and small passageways. Probably better off dropping the pan once, install a drain plug (or a new pan with a drain plug), refill. Drain and fill again in month or so. Then, every couple of months or so, siphon a quart (or two) out of the fill tube a refill with new.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="blert, post: 1048844, member: 64702"] Have only seen one or two of his videos. Ended up clicking out when he said something totally stupid. But, he is not completely wrong here. IMO, it depends on the machine the shop uses to do the flush. If they use a machine that uses its own pumps to force fluid through the transmission that is bad. If they just hook it up to a large vat of fluid and rely on the transmission's internal pumps to move the fluid you should be safe (you can do this method in your driveway if you have a few five gallon buckets and some time). In general, yes, don't do a flush on an old transmission. It can dislodge buildup that can then get stuck in important bits and small passageways. Probably better off dropping the pan once, install a drain plug (or a new pan with a drain plug), refill. Drain and fill again in month or so. Then, every couple of months or so, siphon a quart (or two) out of the fill tube a refill with new. [/QUOTE]
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