Im not sayin u'll gain horsepower out of this or anyting~ it just keep our car healty~car in normal operation temperture..b4 u drain oil from the pan..put a quart of Transmission Fluid and let it run about 10-15 min on idle ( do not drive it around ). drain n refill... dats it

 

Why would you do this? And where is the information that points this out to be a good idea? Not that running a quart extra for 10-15mins would kill the engine, but being over on oil isn't good at all for the engine.

 

I usually run my car for a while before I change the oil anyways, so the oil is thinner. Most of it drains out really well. I don't see the need for this. What are the benefits?

 

Why? Explain in details

 

i've heard of people doing this if the engine gets flooded from driving in huge puddles

 

I heat my car up so it doesn't take so long to extract the oil from it. And I usually see no problem with draining it fully.

 

let me get this straight, you say to put a quart of TRANS FLUID in the ENGINE for 10-15 minutes!
makes no sense to me, regular oil changing practices seem fine to me

 

Man, I knew Ssaba was gonna get these kinds of responses when I saw the thread

 

ive heard this before ...it cleans the carbon off of much of the enternals is what im told...there are also several companies that make product that you add just before an oil change like chemthol (sp?)

 

WTF!

Acura Service scene take 1:

Advisor: Welcome to "insert name of stealership here"

Customer: I'd like to get my oil changed...

Advisor: Ok, we're running a special on that today for $900.00

Customer: Ok, I like a good bum raping every so often. Can you do it today?

Advisor: Sure, we have like 100 other cars ahead of you but if you'd like to wait, I'm sure we can get to it before the end of the week. I'd offer you a car to drive but we only have 3.

Customer: Ok, no problem, I'll wait on it.

Advisor takes car around. Customer waits.

An hour and a half later advisor comes to talk to you....

Advisor: Mr. Schmuck?

Customer: Yes sir, that's me!

Advisor: We have a problem. Our tech found a red residue when changing your oil. This indicates someone put transmission fluid in the engine. Unfortunately, we are going to have to void your entire warranty. Also, we found you have a bad headlight invertor so you will have to pay us to fix that too, since we already did it without asking you...

Customer: D'oh!!!


The moral of the story is: Don't be Mr. Schmuck and put transmisson fluid in your engine!

 

Ive never personally used tranny fluid, although it won't hurt anything. It my high mileage cars I run a gallon of kersone like every 50K miles. Just helps clean out every thing. Not sure it would really benifit a 2 gen CL although some members do have considerable mileage

P.S. I have used tranny fluid to unseize an old motor before.

 

LMAO its 4:30 and I have a headache at work and you just put a smile on my face. lmao

 

one you have way too much time on your hands and two you give the dealership and there techs too much credit ...not only would they never see it ,they wouldnt even know oil wasnt supposed to be red and ...there would be no red to it and it wouldnt hurt anything...

 

YOU ARE A NATURAL COMEDIAN!!!!!!
I too thank you for my work break!

 

The transmission fluid in the oil is an old trick as a substitute for Gunk® Motor Flush™...

I wouldn't use it in my Acura (tranny fluid or Gunk Motor Flush), but I have used similiar stuff on $500 beaters



Gunk Motor Flush product info (pdf):

http://ken-co.com/gunk/MF1C.pdf

I do use a bottle of Chevron Techron in my CL's gastank every year or so....

 

I definately have lots of time on my hands!




BTW, to make it clear, I realize they would never know.

 

Im Just Trying to Share Some Good Info's to Keep our car healty ~ there some chemical in tans oil that clean..where engine oils really doesnt have that kinda additives . no it wouldnt kill your engine ( your just idling it for about 10 min )

 

I think the assumption is to clean any gunk build up inside the engine.
Transmission oil can be corrosive to the engine, remember that oil does not drain completely out, so the tranmission oil will remain in the engine. I for one would not do this. Engine rebuild would be pretty expensive.

 

Just switch to Redline 5W30 Synthetic and enjoy the benefits you shmucks

 

LOL!

 

I heard about this being used to clean the insides of intakes and plenums because trans fluid has lots of cleaning agents. You disconnect a vacuum hose and put the hose in a bottle of trans fluid, I also heard you can do the same thing with either alcohol or winshield washer fluid. The problem is you get a bunch of smoke that comes out the tailpipe...

 

whoa, let me get this right , you guys said trans fluid is bad for your engine, lets see trans fluid is more tested and better formulated than engine oil ever will be its got 3 times the cleaners and someone said it corrodes, how would it do that? if you have never taken a trans apart you will see its more delicate then a engine is and it does not corrode anything and also a trans is so clean you can eat off the inside of it. the trans fluid trick has been around forever and i have been using it in my cars all the time, what i do is when i replace the oil i substitute a half quart of oil for trans fluid, and leave it there until i change it again, all your doing is boosting the cleaning ability of the oil, it will not hurt anything it can't. it will not hurt the seals or anything there are parts ten times more fragile in a trans than in an engine and its fine in there, so please don't freak out guys its just tranny fluid, it helps.

 

Or just run regular oil and the engine will still last 200k miles without a rebuild. Whats the point guys?

 

Putting tranny fluid in the crankcase is a lot like pissing in the soup.

 

Meaning that tranny fluid makes your oil taste like piss?

 

Who gives a fuck...

Just change your oil normally at normal intervals with normal or more than normal (synthetic) oil and the car will more than likely outlast your oldest pet, or rodent, in your house.

I'm not gonna spend an extra $7 to have the ability to eat out of my engine.

 

exactly its not like we need to squeeze another 10K out of our engines, they will last forever. if trans fluid was recommended everyone would know about it, i think it makes no difference!

 

I never thought this page will come out to be a 2 pages long...just for a oil change

 

if you think it makes no difference then you have never tore down engines that have had trans fluid run through them and ones that have not.

 

this is the worst idea ive ever heard. it makes sense that it will clean the carbon, however it will also eat all your internal rubber seals inside the engine. (valve guide seals, oil passage seals on your head gasket, valve cover gasket+grommets, oil pan gasket etc.) your tranny has nylon seals which is able to withstand the trannyfluid. i wouldnt suggest that any one put this in thier car.

 

tranny don't only have nylon seals they have rubber o-rings, lip seals, square cut seals and so on, tranny fluid is designed not to harm rubber parts, period.

 

Maple syrup and Tobasco sauce are both condiments but you don't want to mix them up.

Same with oil and atf. They are designed for different jobs under different conditions, they are not interchangeable.

 

There are 3 things you never mention in mixed company:

1) Religion
2) Politics
3) Oil related stuff

 

There is an ass for every seat.

 

I used to run tranny fluid before an oil change in my Accord. Never had a problem after 170,000 miles. Did a compression test. The motor was as good as new. Never had any types of oil leak.

This trick does not clean carbon deposit. Only way to clean carbon deposit was putting Seafoam thru the Intake manifold.

 

That is beside the point.

The arguments for running tranny fluid through an engine is a moot point.

THe average consumer does NOT need to tear down an engine, the average consumer needs an engine that will run perfectly, with scheduled maintenance for 100K+ miles according to manufacturer's guidelines.

To argue that tranny fluid is "oh so good for your engine," is a faceless battle. You are arguing that fact that X number of persons have changed their oil normall for 100K miles and Y number of person have added tranny fluid before changing their oil for 100K miles. Unless there is a dramatic affect on the way the car operates, spending additional money to perform scheduled maintenance beyond the required criteria is unnecessary.

...and don't nobody respond with... "well, you have to do this..." blah blah blah, I'm talking about oil in this thread and not other components of a car....

 

Put 300,000 k on both of my last 2 honda cars/4 bangers at that. Regular 2 to 4 k oil changes and they both ran like new at 300,000. Time to click off this thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!=CLICK

 

Motor oil already has detergents to keep crap from depositing on the inside of the engine. Change your oil every 4k miles and don't waste your money on extra crap.

 

yO~ mt6forlife ... wazup with the rotors ? so did u want your rotors resurface or not ? i left a msg on ur last post.. which area are you from ?

 

Should've known..Thanks Greenz