Bill D
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I had my transmission fluid and filter changed some time ago on barter for a detail of the guy’s ‘Vette. I never had any issues afterward although my Cadillac does have a different engine than yours.
What did you do today non-detailing related?
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I had my transmission fluid and filter changed some time ago on barter for a detail of the guy’s ‘Vette. I never had any issues afterward although my Cadillac does have a different engine than yours.
Bill D
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The Audi basically requires it and I run Castrol synthetic with that. I use Mobil One with the Honda although it doesn’t require it. I change it once a year.
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I’ve heard that you should only let them drain and refill + change the filter, but never allow them to connect their little transmission flush machine to your transmission.
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Ah. Yes. The guy who did mine did it in his driveway. He just unbolted the pan and let all the fluid drain. No machine used.
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Once per year? How many miles does the car average in that year?
I change my oil every 3 months/3k miles with conventional Penzoil even though they say I’m wasting money and resources... Eh I don’t care, it seems to keep the car happy. I also pump premium gas even though they say it’s not necessary.
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Eldo - How many miles do you have on your car? In my experience that's the biggest deciding factor on if you change the fluid or just let'r ride.
At the shop here we recommend skipping it if you're over 100k, because at that point you're getting in the area of more risk than reward. As it's been explained to me, The worry of a high mileage fluid change is that the fresh load of detergents in the new fluid could potentially wipe out the worn friction plates/bands in the tranny. Especially if done via flush machine as mentioned.
My own car I've been doing about every 60-70k for transmission services (fluid drain + new filter). Does it really lengthen the life of the trans? Don't know for sure, but I'm an over-maintainer. (Synthetic oil changes every 5k). But, car's got 20_,___ on it now and no one believes it when they drive it.
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My DTS has 125,000 miles.
Seville has 185,000 miles.
Thanks for the info. It sounds like you know what you’re talking about.
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I work from home and so my cars see little mileage. I don’t go out very far so I don’t know, maybe 3 or 4K for an entire year! I keep my cars a long time too.
I also use premium in my Caddy although it doesn’t require it. I’m sure to add Stabil too since it is seldom driven.
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I’m kind of the same way. Last year I only put 9,000 miles on my Seville.. And in the 2 months I’ve had it, I’ve only put 500 miles on the DTS without even trying. I’m actually jonesing to take that car on long trip because it rides so good on the freeway... I might go pay a visit to my brothers house and hook his car up with a detail, he lives 80miles away.
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Yeah, I'd probably just consider the fluid "lifetime" at this point (lifetime of the trans).
Detailing is just an aspirational hobby for me (I aspire someday to have the time to have detailing be my hobby instead of just reading/researching/learning about it...). Fixing cars is the career.
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I want to polish his Honda Accord, not his Jeep Cherokee. Lol.
The Honda’s white, the Jeep is black. He keeps his Honda pretty clean so it won’t be a dramatic transformation, but the small difference will be worth it.
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Yeah, I'd probably just consider the fluid "lifetime" at this point (lifetime of the trans).
Detailing is just an aspirational hobby for me (I aspire someday to have the time to have detailing be my hobby instead of just reading/researching/learning about it...). Fixing cars is the career.
Good, saves me the money and worry about whether they’re gonna do it right... Mechanics stress me out. Lol
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Keep in mind Honda paint is soft. I’m more careful than usual just wiping mine.
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You and me both, man. Having seen the work some people do, I have serious trust issues letting people touch my stuff (obviously non-car related stuff).
Obviously there's good people out there, it's just worrying if you've found them for whatever you need done.
It's frustrating going through life doing the best job you can do, on each job you do; then running into so many times where it's clear to see whoever did job X (whatever it may be) was only worried about completing whatever task was agreed upon. Does that make sense?
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Dude that makes complete sense. I couldn’t said it better.
I’d be the same with trusting someone to detail/polish my car if I didn’t know how to do it. There’s alot if hacks out there + old school detailers ready to take a rotary and some antiquated compound to a modern vehicle.
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We did a trans service at 30, 40 and 50K right off the bat and a couple times after that. It's going to be done this spring for sure. There's no filter, so you just undo the plug and about 3 quarts comes out. Hectour and I have done this service as the dealership charges $100, just not a hundred dollar service IMO and because it's so easy, we've just done it. The next oil change @205K will be done at Hectours, along with the trans service, Mobil 1 will go in the engine, it's been too long since its had the good stuff put in!
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I change trans fluid in my vehicles. I do it every 35-50k. My truck actually gets a spin on filter every oil change, so 5k. It also has a lift pump so I have 3 fuel filters to change. It gets full synthetic oil every 5k. I’ve also put more in my truck that most do for a car.
You can get the fluid changed but I highly recommend a drain and fill. If it has a spin on or internal filter I’d recommend dropping the pan and changing that and then plan on changing that maybe 5k later. They are tougher than we all think.
The other one I see neglected is the differentials and transfer cases. Wow do those get ignored
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You can get the fluid changed but I highly recommend a drain and fill. If it has a spin on or internal filter I’d recommend dropping the pan and changing that and then plan on changing that maybe 5k later. They are tougher than we all think.
The other one I see neglected is the differentials and transfer cases. Wow do those get ignored
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I had no idea what was in the bag besides something heavy. It looked like a big ham.
I asked her why she got me a big chunk of meat.
I can feel the negative ions in the air already!!
Whether they work or not who cares. This one works because my daughter got it for me.
My spirit is more robust than a few days ago when I had absolutely no idea what a Himalayan salt rock was.