From purchase to now --- night and day --- HONESTLY!!!! Crisp and smooth through the gears....Nice! How's she shifting?
From purchase to now --- night and day --- HONESTLY!!!! Crisp and smooth through the gears....Nice! How's she shifting?
The 1st service is important as it removes much of the break in materials.Had the ATF flush on my 2021 Ranger at the dealer at 33K miles. With the 10-speed tranny a lot of people complain about, I want to overmaintain it.
The flush was about $300; a drain pan drop and fill would have been twice that. I'll DiY the filter and replace the plastic pan at ~60k.
The 1st service is important as it removes much of the break in materials.
I like to do the initial spill and fill, then another at next oil change. The fluid generally looks pretty good after that. A third within a year, then every 30K or whatever.That's my opinion too. I believe the fluid can carry microabrasives in suspension that pass through the filter but still can produce wear. The zF 5hp30, a robust 1990s transmission that could handle well over 400 lb-ft of torque, was known for catastrophic failure due to eroded check balls in the valve body. The culprit, IMO? "Lifetime" fluid.
I don't normally have a transmission flushed, but this early in the game I think it's adequate to get rid of most of that break-in wear material.
I like to look at as preventive maintenance. Cant hurt but only help. LubeGard Red I found out through the years to be very beneficial to my various automatic vehicles with higher mileage in the past/present. Note -- only my opinion.Off-topic, but sort of related...I notice a number of people here stating that they added their favourite ATF and "a bottle of Lubegard red". I'm just curious why with fresh fluid you think adding the Lubegard is a good idea? I'm not saying it isn't, but I always thought of Lubegard as one of those things you add to an ailing transmission to limp it along until you can do a proper fluid exchange or repair.
I second what BAJA said, I've always found it to help my AT's perform better.Off-topic, but sort of related...I notice a number of people here stating that they added their favourite ATF and "a bottle of Lubegard red". I'm just curious why with fresh fluid you think adding the Lubegard is a good idea? I'm not saying it isn't, but I always thought of Lubegard as one of those things you add to an ailing transmission to limp it along until you can do a proper fluid exchange or repair.