MolaKule
Staff member
Originally Posted By: ledslinger
Never seen hard proof that frequent changes or boutique fluid ensures auto transmission life, but likely most here are confident it does. When you look at the expense and inconvenience of a transmission failure, and balance this with the relative pittance of overkill maintenance, penny pinching might be foolish.
...I suppose transmission expense paranoia drives my fluid regimen, even though I would rebuild myself if one failed. The job would be difficult to remove without a lift and a transmission jack...
Anyone else driven to overkill maintenance due to fear of auto transmission replacement or rebuild expense? What overkill steps do you take?
I think people want to thwart any premature fluid degradation which might promote a premature transmission failure. Now some transmissions have been known to possess internal failure points and modes which cannot be thwarted by regular ATF changes.
Never seen hard proof that frequent changes or boutique fluid ensures auto transmission life, but likely most here are confident it does. When you look at the expense and inconvenience of a transmission failure, and balance this with the relative pittance of overkill maintenance, penny pinching might be foolish.
...I suppose transmission expense paranoia drives my fluid regimen, even though I would rebuild myself if one failed. The job would be difficult to remove without a lift and a transmission jack...
Anyone else driven to overkill maintenance due to fear of auto transmission replacement or rebuild expense? What overkill steps do you take?
I think people want to thwart any premature fluid degradation which might promote a premature transmission failure. Now some transmissions have been known to possess internal failure points and modes which cannot be thwarted by regular ATF changes.