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I had to use a long plastic hose to take out some ATF out of my truck because it was a bit overfilled. I was thinking that I do need to change my ATF fluid but my truck has not had a ATF change in over 150k miles apparently. So I talked to a mechanic and he said it would be best to leave the fluid alone becuase there are so many miles on the truck (256,000 miles) and the ATF has not been changed ever since I got the truck.
So I was wanting to see if I could do a slow change of the fluid by taking 1/2 a liter out of the transmission by way of that plastic hose and do it once a week until the fluid taken out is relatively clear of cloudiness and a nice red color.
Anyone else did this? Since my truck does not have a drain plug for the tranny, this is the only way I can think of doing this.
I do want to try to see if this is ok to do because I know that oxidized ATF fluid doesn't properly lubricate the transmission as well as new fluid.
Thanx-
So I was wanting to see if I could do a slow change of the fluid by taking 1/2 a liter out of the transmission by way of that plastic hose and do it once a week until the fluid taken out is relatively clear of cloudiness and a nice red color.
Anyone else did this? Since my truck does not have a drain plug for the tranny, this is the only way I can think of doing this.
I do want to try to see if this is ok to do because I know that oxidized ATF fluid doesn't properly lubricate the transmission as well as new fluid.
Thanx-
