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Nov 11, 2001 | 10:22 PM

eujinc

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Tranny gunk

Here's what the transmission drain plug looks like after 19,634 miles. I wasn't planning on changing my tranny fluid till closer to 30K miles but since I had some free time and a few bottles of ATF lying around I decided to change the fluid a little early.

Picture on the right is after cleaning the gunk that is really metal shavings stuck to the magnetic part of the drain plug. Makes you wonder why we don't have a tranny filter. I think I'll be having shorter change intervals from now on.

Nov 11, 2001 | 10:23 PM

bioyuki

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Re: Tranny gunk

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Originally posted by eujinc
Here's what the transmission drain plug looks like after 19,634 miles. I wasn't planning on changing my tranny fluid till closer to 30K miles but since I had some free time and a few bottles of ATF lying around I decided to change the fluid a little early.

Picture on the right is after cleaning the gunk that is really metal shavings stuck to the magnetic part of the drain plug. Makes you wonder why we don't have a tranny filter. I think I'll be having shorter change intervals from now on.

Makes me scared about my tranny

Nov 11, 2001 | 10:30 PM

Mr Hyde

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That gunk is perfectly normal, and is nothing to be concerned about.

Nov 12, 2001 | 01:38 AM

chadhova

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good to know, it looks really bad though...

Nov 12, 2001 | 01:45 AM

Crav4Speed

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after hearing about how weak our trannys are, i had mine changed at 12k miles and i plan on changing it at every 12k after... i also change my motor oil at every 3k...