Trans Flushing/Draining

warmblood58 · Post by **warmblood58** » 17 Mar 2016, 14:10

I think because my fluid is a little more brown than red I am simply going to drop 3.5 qt via the pan, replace that amount and repeat again in 500-1000 miles. and then repeat again. My 740T had no problem with a flush but I knew more about that car's history. Normally, I would flush via the trans cooler line but I have decided to be a little more cautious and enjoy my current luck streak.This 95 T5 has over 200 thousand on it and while I was led to believe that the previous owner was good with maintenance items, the trans fluid does not reflect this. I once did a flush on a Mercedes years ago and lost trans function as the fluid in that car had just enough debris in it for the clutch plates to grab . . . better safe than sorry. Any members do the complete flush and lose trans function? Just curious, thanks!

Post by **kahl** » 17 Mar 2016, 14:45

With unknown maintenance history you are on the right track. Follow your plan to change out a little at a time.

warmblood58 · Post by **warmblood58** » 17 Mar 2016, 15:51

I used a clear food service container - drained off 3.5 and filled. The stuff was more like light chocolate. . . .not reddish but did not smell burnt either . . . we shall see . . .

dorvin · Post by **dorvin** » 17 Mar 2016, 22:04

I did the same thing when I bought my '97 850. With the available drain plug, I spread out the drains by a week or so (500 miles) and noticed a difference in shifting, and no adverse effects. That was about 15,000 miles ago. Still going strong.

warmblood58 · Post by **warmblood58** » 17 Mar 2016, 22:11

Thats good news . . . my fluid was the worst trans fluid I have observed in my wrenching life . . . yea, I will be doing a few more of these in the next few months.

Post by **shiloh51933** » 18 Mar 2016, 16:50

warmblood58 wrote:Thats good news . . . my fluid was the worst trans fluid I have observed in my wrenching life . . . yea, I will be doing a few more of these in the next few months.

I've seen a trans fluid flush on a used auto w/100k go bad and I've seen them go good but why risk it. Unless they have documents stating it was done at every interval I'm sticking with the drain/fills. My father in-law is so skeptical he won't even drain and fill but doesn't understand why all his transmissions fail eventually... Lol!!! I've dove about 4 drain/fills on my '98xc.

warmblood58 · Post by **warmblood58** » 18 Mar 2016, 17:55

Yea, I think given what I saw, drain fill is fine . .

beigg · Post by **beigg** » 19 Mar 2016, 11:06

If using volvo atf, be prepared to bring your first born, a left testie, and KY. Liquid gold is what I've concluded volvo used in there automatics.