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Automatic Transmission: Drain & Refill vs Flush

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Old 09-14-2011, 03:02 AM
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Sorry to bring this thread back.
Anyways, I've read through all the posts, and considered taking jibberjabber's advice, but am still unsure whether I should flush or just drain and fill my ATF. Well, my car is at 90k (yes, I know I've waited too long) and the previous owner has never changed or flushed the ATF. My question is, since I've gone so long without a ATF change, should I still just do a drain and fill, or just take it in to the dealer and flush it?
I'm only asking this question because I seem to be the only one who hasn't changed the fluid in such a long time. What do you guys think?
 
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Old 09-14-2011, 08:32 AM
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I think a drain/fill is less invasive.

My experience with old crappy cars is once you get over 100K miles, don't flush the trans. I've had cars start slipping at that point.
 
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Old 09-23-2011, 03:51 AM
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ima do a full drain via MardiGrasMax's advice...

Originally Posted by MardiGrasMax
you can do the flush yourself, drain the trans, its about 4qts, fill it ip with 4 qts, take the trans cooler line off the cooler and put it in a 4 qt empty oil jug, have some one run the motor, 2 qts of the old fluid will pump out in 10 seconds or so, add 2 qts, repeat this step a few time and the fluid color will change when the new fluid comes out. check the level and top it off if neede, good to go, thats how its done in the FSM too,
 
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Just wondering where is that transmission cooler return line is located.I want to do flush myself but have no idea where is cooler return line.
 
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Old 02-25-2016, 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by abrecos
Just wondering where is that transmission cooler return line is located.I want to do flush myself but have no idea where is cooler return line.
The radiator cools the ATF fluid. It's the two smaller hoses on the bottom of it, but I don't remember which one is the return.
 
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Old 06-09-2016, 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Trickstyle
ima do a full drain via MardiGrasMax's advice...
Anyone have pics of these steps?
 
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