This report is from my 2001 Saab 9-5 wagon, with the low pressure turbo 4 and an Aisin-Warner 4 speed auto. It uses Dexron III ATF. The 60k service calls for a single drain & fill. I did this using a Mityvac (removing 3L out of 7 or so) and topped off with Specialty Formulations Autoglide. I ran out of time to do things like clean the drain plug, so I'll hand the remaining 1.5 gal of Autoglide over to my mechanic to do several drain/fills and replace most of the factory ATF.
The factory ATF made by Texaco was brownish and burnt smelling upon extraction. This tranny doesn't have a filter but has a magnetic drain plug, I believe. I am considering adding a Magnefine or similar filter down the road. The added Autoglide has improved the already excellent shifting.
Blackstone Labs report:
Miles on oil: 60,934
Oil type: Texaco Dextron III
Comments: Since this was the original fill of ATF for the transmission in your Saab, that may be the main reason you see a lot of high wear metals and silicon. They could have all came from the break-in of the parts inside this unit when it was new. The 0.1% level of insolubles shows that the filter was at it's capacity of filtering. The viscosity was a bit low but not unusual for a factory fill ATF. Since ATF was changed, this unit may be good to go for a lot of miles in its future. Check back at 20,000 miles, which is average for the oil use for this type of unit.
The factory ATF made by Texaco was brownish and burnt smelling upon extraction. This tranny doesn't have a filter but has a magnetic drain plug, I believe. I am considering adding a Magnefine or similar filter down the road. The added Autoglide has improved the already excellent shifting.
Blackstone Labs report:
Miles on oil: 60,934
Oil type: Texaco Dextron III
Comments: Since this was the original fill of ATF for the transmission in your Saab, that may be the main reason you see a lot of high wear metals and silicon. They could have all came from the break-in of the parts inside this unit when it was new. The 0.1% level of insolubles shows that the filter was at it's capacity of filtering. The viscosity was a bit low but not unusual for a factory fill ATF. Since ATF was changed, this unit may be good to go for a lot of miles in its future. Check back at 20,000 miles, which is average for the oil use for this type of unit.
