Unless I am doing a full fluid and filter change, I am pretty happy with a drain and fill, then run for 2500 miles, drain and fill again with a new to me purchase. Mobil 1 ATF
clay On Jul 26, 2014, at 4:56 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: > There is one system by which the fluid gets forced through the system > backwards, I've heard that that system can damage transmissions. Seems legit, > but flushing in the normal direction doesn't seem like it'd hurt anything. > > -Curt > > > ________________________________ > From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: Mercedes List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2014 5:30 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT-ish Trans flush. > > > I take exception to this statement. > > If flushing were such a bad thing, there would be literally tens of thousands > of failed transmissions out there. > > I hear talk of "fluid shock" on occasion as well, and find this just as > bogus. That is described as the condition where one drains and refills a > transmission and the lack of "dirty" fluid full of old material causes the > transmission or valve body to fail. > > Think about this logically: > > Dealers, indies and others have historically drained and replaced fluid in > slushboxes for years. If there was the potential for damage or failure be > replacing the fluid or flushing there's no way they would be doing it, for > fear of having to buy the customer a new transmission. > > I've had a couple of non-MB transmissions flushed by competent independent > mechanics. The last one was the wife's 2005 Mazda 6, which was flushed at > the factory interval of 75k. > > It's worked perfectly since it was done. > > Some claim that by flushing or doing a complete drain and refill you take > friction material that was floating around in the system and "helping" the > clutches and bands to continue working. > > Bogus. > > Most of that material, not all, ends up in the filter. > > I had the discussion about "fluid shock", which is the procedure you > recommend to prevent such a condition, with a 20+ year MB line mechanic at my > local dealership. He said that in his tenure he has never heard of such a > thing, and that they regularly drain and refill transmissions all the time > without ever encountering a failure. > > He thought it was funny. > > Just my $0.02. > > Dan > > > On Jul 26, 2014, at 4:47 PM, Russ Williams via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> Do you want to replace the transmission? >> If Yes the do a flush if No the Drain replace the filter run it around 5000 >> miles and do it again. >> That will get most of the crud out of the TC. >> This comes form my buddy whose shop works VW's along with MB's & BMW's. >> Factory trained Tech's for each car line. >> >> Russ W. >> On 7/26/2014 15:30, Fred Moir via Mercedes wrote: >>> Folks.I have been driving my daughters old VW Jetta 2004 175K mi. and it >>> seemed to me that it wasn't shifting quite the way it should.Bought a >>> filter and VW spec. oil and went at it. Jacked up and levelled the car and >>> drained the consomme from the pan.The oil had a slight burnt smell and was >>> light brown. The trans has probably never been serviced before, by the >>> appearance of the fasteners and the fill plug.Cleaned everything, changed >>> the filter and filled with 3.2 qts of ATF, road test good.As the torque >>> converter was not drained only part of the olde fluid was replaced.Q. What >>> is the current feeling about using a service to flush the transmission to >>> clean and replace all of the fluid? And who would you recommend? >>> TIA >>> Fred Moir.Lynn MA.Diesel preferred. >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those >>> individuals are responsible for the content of the post. 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