Rumor??

[blh0007]

hey yall
half of the problems one may experience after a trans flush isn't the new fluid, but the person putting in the new fluid. My dad use to work for a company that sold BG products and machines. we took a trans flush machine and did mine. we jacked up the rear and shifted it through all gears including reverse while the machine was doing the flushing. he told me that most places don't jack up the vehicle and shift through all the gears. i don't know if this matters or not, but it worked with mine when we flushed it at 180000 and i have had no problems. It seems to make sense that you would do it though.

 

[mattpresley]

My silverado, the mechanic refuses to touch it because it wasn't maintened properly in the past. It still shifts but he says, "Trust me changing the fluid on it will change that".

 

[exbass94]

My silverado, the mechanic refuses to touch it because it wasn't maintened properly in the past. It still shifts but he says, "Trust me changing the fluid on it will change that".

I can't really blame him. When something like this happens:

I have a few problems with this myth: First of all, this myth started like this: Some guy never maintains his transmission properly and never changes the fluid (BIG no-no ) and eventually he starts having problems. At this point his trans is toast from poor maintenance and nothing will save it. But he thinks “Oh maybe I should change the fluid and it’ll fix it.” So he gets the fluid changed, his trans dies shortly after so he thinks it must be from the fluid, not the years of neglect.

The customer is going to blame the mechanic and make him fix it for free. But its not the new fluid that causes the failure, its lack of maintenance.