Hey y'all, I'm new here. Been watching and reading these forums for a good while now and decided to become a member to both contribute, and try to learn more. Thanks for having me and I look forward to learning as much as I can. On to the topic.
My wife has a 2011 Chevy Malibu 2.4 with a 6 speed automatic. As some of you may know, these transmission filters are unable to be changed. I say unable to be changed because you have to take the tranny out and basically do a partial rebuild in order to change the filter. That's just not happening. I just completely changed her fluid last weekend by tapping into the cooler line with a compression T. The fluid that came out was pure black. I have never seen transmission fluid with just 81k miles on it come out that black. We purchased it used, otherwise it would have been changed MUCH sooner, especially with knowing that the filter is as close to useless as you can get. I changed the fluid over to valvoline maxlife, which seems to be highly regarded here. After seeing the fluid in as bad of shape as it was, I want to prevent that from happening again. I realize changing it more often will help and probably suit my needs, but these transmissions are known to fail, so I'd like to keep that from happening. I've been researching here what others are doing about a bypass transmission filter coming off the transmission going to the cooler. I would like to use the derale filter head kit and plumb into the "hot line" of the transmission, use a magnafine prefilter, and use the Baldwin B2-HPG filter. Has anyone used this filter in this application? Is there a better filter to use? I've heard this filter is pretty well regarded also, but I'm just curious if I could find a better filter without restricting flow. If anyone has any suggestions or tips, I would highly appreciate it. Thanks fellers!
My wife has a 2011 Chevy Malibu 2.4 with a 6 speed automatic. As some of you may know, these transmission filters are unable to be changed. I say unable to be changed because you have to take the tranny out and basically do a partial rebuild in order to change the filter. That's just not happening. I just completely changed her fluid last weekend by tapping into the cooler line with a compression T. The fluid that came out was pure black. I have never seen transmission fluid with just 81k miles on it come out that black. We purchased it used, otherwise it would have been changed MUCH sooner, especially with knowing that the filter is as close to useless as you can get. I changed the fluid over to valvoline maxlife, which seems to be highly regarded here. After seeing the fluid in as bad of shape as it was, I want to prevent that from happening again. I realize changing it more often will help and probably suit my needs, but these transmissions are known to fail, so I'd like to keep that from happening. I've been researching here what others are doing about a bypass transmission filter coming off the transmission going to the cooler. I would like to use the derale filter head kit and plumb into the "hot line" of the transmission, use a magnafine prefilter, and use the Baldwin B2-HPG filter. Has anyone used this filter in this application? Is there a better filter to use? I've heard this filter is pretty well regarded also, but I'm just curious if I could find a better filter without restricting flow. If anyone has any suggestions or tips, I would highly appreciate it. Thanks fellers!
