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Old 04-10-2017, 03:48 PM
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Transmission fluid color

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When I purchased my TSX from Carmax it was a Acura loaner car before and everything was serviced by the dealership. at 25K the fluid was changed but now that I checked the flood is like a new engine oil color. Did Acura change the fluid color? I know the TL on the 2006 was red.

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Old 04-10-2017, 06:04 PM
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should be red..


but "now" doesn't tell us how much mileage is currently on the car.
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This is the color of transmission fluid.
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ATF is dyed red, over time it will darken and this is normal.
As long as it's not black/burnt.
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So approximately 16k miles on new fluid color changes that fast?
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A fluid change doesn't change ALL the fluid. Actually, most of the fluid will still be "old".

You're fine.




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