Manual Trans Fluid Question
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Manual Trans Fluid Question
Hey Guys,
I was wondering how often do you change your trans fluid, and do you change it or just top it off?
I wanna change it because on high rpm's I have a hard time shifting to forth, but as for regular driving, it's fine...
I was wondering how often do you change your trans fluid, and do you change it or just top it off?
I wanna change it because on high rpm's I have a hard time shifting to forth, but as for regular driving, it's fine...
Last edited by TRK8; May 15, 2017 at 08:46 AM.
Drifting
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From: West of Burlington, Ontario Canada
Manual transmission fluid is fill for life (as per Tremec engineering) but I change mine every 6 years or 50,000 miles. Kinda just because of my OCD.
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Mine was changed at 75,000 and it needed it bad , it was black... After the fluid change the trans shifted much smoother and the problem I had with it going into second gear when cold disappeared... Change it out!!!...
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Last edited by WW7; May 16, 2017 at 01:28 PM.
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I have no basis to question the hours of engineering development/testing from GM/Tremec engineers by switching to some "boutique" oil company's alternative. GM/Tremec have "skin" in the game. They have to warranty these units, alternative fluid sources do not. I'm not saying there is necessarily anything bad about an alternative choice, as I simply don't know, but a risk I am unwilling to take; nor, is there anything I can find to "fix" in the trans and diff, so no reason to experiment either.
Last edited by BlindSpot; May 17, 2017 at 08:23 AM.
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I have 117K on mine and I have used both the GM fluid and Penzol Dexron VI (6) which is the same as the GM fluid. Got the Penzol from an online order through PEP Boys. I generally change mine every 50K even though as stated it is filled for life by the factory.