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Old 12-28-2008, 10:20 AM   #441 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by BATANG CITY JAIL View Post
yeah right... try aruging with the people who works with your car... thats like arguing with the people who deal with your food.
Been there, Done that and did it successfully... 2 things... Attitude and go in armed with proper information.

I especially love it when they tell you that you need to have the first service performed by the Dealer to keep the warranty intact.. If that were fact, they have to supply it for free... Next is with Fluids and Maintenance... It is against the law (In USA) for them to void a warranty due to Brand of fluid, as long as it meets OEM Specs, and for that matter, the time interval of maintenance can not be used to void warranty.


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Originally Posted by ebdiam View Post
If I want to flush the tranny how should I go about doing that?
I bought a gallon of Red Line MTL - I was thinking about just draining the OEM MTF, refilling with Red Line MTL, then drive it around a bit (maybe for a few days), then drain again and refill.
Or would it be better to just drain the OEM MTF, refill with new MTL, drain new MTL, and refill with new MTL?
Redline will like you for using double the fluid necessary.

Drain the fluid when the tranny is hot and replace the fluid..

The following link will give you an idea of how there is no regulations that companies have to follow where Gear Lube is concerned.

http://bestoil4you.com/files/g2457GearLube.pdf

You could almost take Maple Syrup, add a little sulpher for sniff factor and sell it for gear lube...

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