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Would a transmission flush (they will hook it up to some machine to do this) be beneficial for a high mileage sport sedan? This is at a Ford dealership down the street. I really hate the Subaru dealer near my home so I don’t want to go there.

What kind of transmission fluid do we use? The dealer uses Micron 3 I think. Will this matter? Also does anyone know what kind of differential fluid we use?

Is there a recommended transmission / differential fluid I should be using that I could buy locally?


John Dolinga

Highly recommended!!!!!! Dan

the owner's manual calls for dextron III,

I don't think it would hurt to do the power flush if the tranny is working fine. I have heard of a tech saying if the tranny is not doin so good....the flushes can sometimes cause more problems......

Josh,
In regard to a power flush, there has been a myth
that flushing an auto trans. that is about to fail,
will then be caused to fail. That is not accurate
from information I've heard. If a transmission is
about to fail it will fail regardless of the changing
of the fluid. Just one man's opinion.
Andrew Mouser

Well my tranny has 140K on it... just did the power flush and I'm going
on a nice long trip today to Windsor... ok not so long but 300 miles in
2 days.

John Dolinga