Remote Transmission Filter

[velorider]

My other car is a Ford Ranger and in those forums remote transmission filters are very popular. These are basically oil filters inlined between the transmission and cooler, see http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-G ... mage=large

I'm going to do a transmission flush soon, 90K. Not sure if this is the first or not so I'm worried about the stories about doing flushes and trans go bad shortly afterwards. Plus I hear these filters are much better then the screen filters found inside the transmission.

Any thought on these for the Volvo, in particular for the S60 2.4T.

[DeRail]

Bob Is The Oil Guy is a great site, you should check it out if you get a chance. These guys are like the connoisseurs of fluids. I posted over there one time with a similar question about my 760 with 117,000 at the time. They suggested a magnafine filter, along with a sequence of drain and fills (my dilemma is in one or more topics floating around on the board) which is a pretty good unit from the sounds of it. If it gets clogged from sediment, the bypass valve kicks on and still allows flow, it's a cool little unit. I bought one from http://www.emergingent.com/subpage1Magnefine.htm, I dealt with a fellow Darrell, pleasant to work with, never got around to installing that baby in the trans line though, I anticipated the steel tubing to be a PITA . The beauty of it though is that I can use it for the power steering pump as well if needed.

But yes, I'd say it's definitely not a bad idea!

-Darrell