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From: dr_jeff on 27 Apr 2010 21:57
ATHiker95 wrote:
> I've got a 2002 Toyota Corolla. It was suggested at my AAA car center
> that I need to flush my tranny fluid. They use some sort of power
> flush to drain the system. Is this a good idea or a bad idea? Will I
> break lose accumulated junk that could potentially screw up my tranny
> or is the cleaning worth that risk? Got about 105,000 miles on it.
> Bought the car with 88000 - don't know how often or if it has ever
> been flushed/drained,etc.
>
> Thanks,
> Mark

You need to drain and refill the transmission, not pay for the wallet flush.

Jeff
From: Mike Hunter on 28 Apr 2010 10:35
Perhaps, if one can get the dirty fluid out of the torque converter. The
reverse flushing method replaces ALL of the fluid. ;)



"dr_jeff" <utz(a)msu.edu> wrote in message
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> ATHiker95 wrote:
>> I've got a 2002 Toyota Corolla. It was suggested at my AAA car center
>> that I need to flush my tranny fluid. They use some sort of power
>> flush to drain the system. Is this a good idea or a bad idea? Will I
>> break lose accumulated junk that could potentially screw up my tranny
>> or is the cleaning worth that risk? Got about 105,000 miles on it.
>> Bought the car with 88000 - don't know how often or if it has ever
>> been flushed/drained,etc.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mark
>
> You need to drain and refill the transmission, not pay for the wallet
> flush.
>
> Jeff


From: Michael on 28 Apr 2010 12:10
On Apr 28, 7:35 am, "Mike Hunter" <Mikehunt2(a)lycos,com> wrote:
> Perhaps, if one can get the dirty fluid out of the torque converter.  The
> reverse flushing method replaces ALL of the fluid.   ;)
>
> "dr_jeff" <u...(a)msu.edu> wrote in message
>
> news:6_6dnf1YY5FmCErWnZ2dnUVZ_t6pnZ2d(a)giganews.com...
>
> > ATHiker95 wrote:
> >> I've got a 2002 Toyota Corolla.  It was suggested at my AAA car center
> >> that I need to flush my tranny fluid.  They use some sort of power
> >> flush to drain the system.  Is this a good idea or a bad idea? Will I
> >> break lose accumulated junk that could potentially screw up my tranny
> >> or is the cleaning worth that risk?  Got about 105,000 miles on it.
> >> Bought the car with 88000 - don't know how often or if it has ever
> >> been flushed/drained,etc.
>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Mark
>
> > You need to drain and refill the transmission, not pay for the wallet
> > flush.
>
> > Jeff


Trans oil "drain and fill" done with 5k engine oil changes say for
four changes in a row should come pretty close to changing "all" of
the trans oil...
From: Ed White on 28 Apr 2010 12:27
On Apr 28, 10:35 am, "Mike Hunter" <Mikehunt2(a)lycos,com> wrote:
> Perhaps, if one can get the dirty fluid out of the torque converter.  The
> reverse flushing method replaces ALL of the fluid.   ;)

A fluid exchange machine can do that without the incredibly bad idea
of forcing fluid backwards through the transmission.

Do you really think forcing fluid backwards throguh a complicated
hydraulic systme is a good idea?

Ed
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