Transmission flush Question
For my future reference. I have 20k miles and am about to do a head and cam change. Should I change the fluids or wait ffor some more mileage. It seems to shift fine.
Burning Brakes
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Burning Brakes
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From: Torrance CA
Mine got changed for the first time a few months ago, it had about 96,000 miles on it, it was brownish red fluid but not too bad considering that there was so many miles on it, I had no grinding, issues or problems with the tranny just thought it was a good time to change it. This weekend I will probably be changing the plugs and wires, that were never changed before and the mileage is at 98,000 miles.
Melting Slicks
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That's quite a few miles from where you are now. I live off of Tampa by the 118. Born and raised in the valley. How long ago were you at CSUN? I see you are a CPA, northridge is known for having a good program for that.
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The stock tranny fluid is not synthetic. I think changing the stock tranny fluid to go to synthetic (whatever your favorite brand) is a good call as the tranny in the C5 can get very hot and conventional fluids will shear down over time. I think it is even more important to change the diff fluid early to get the initial break-in particulates out of the fluid. AMSOIL now recommends changing the stock fluid out at 5,000 miles. I changed my tranny and diff fluid at about 800 miles.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Redondo Beach Ca
I would.
The stock tranny fluid is not synthetic. I think changing the stock tranny fluid to go to synthetic (whatever your favorite brand) is a good call as the tranny in the C5 can get very hot and conventional fluids will shear down over time. I think it is even more important to change the diff fluid early to get the initial break-in particulates out of the fluid. AMSOIL now recommends changing the stock fluid out at 5,000 miles. I changed my tranny and diff fluid at about 800 miles.
The stock tranny fluid is not synthetic. I think changing the stock tranny fluid to go to synthetic (whatever your favorite brand) is a good call as the tranny in the C5 can get very hot and conventional fluids will shear down over time. I think it is even more important to change the diff fluid early to get the initial break-in particulates out of the fluid. AMSOIL now recommends changing the stock fluid out at 5,000 miles. I changed my tranny and diff fluid at about 800 miles.
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