Helped a friend with his 2005 buick Lacrosse 3.8l 4T65E
He bought the car a year ago with unknown previous maint. history.
127k miles on car, experiencing slipping
Out : Probably factory fill, no red left at all, pan & magnet were 'muddy', dipstick left shiny grit on white shop towel, Filtran filter.
In : ATP TF-161 filter & gasket, 6 qts. Maxlife FS, 1 qt. Rislone Stop Slip, one half quart leftover QS DexIII/Merc to top off.
Fingers crossed but not super hopeful. I have Lubegard red on hand but want to run what's in there a while to hopefully dilute & filter remaining old fluid, then do another pan drop & filter change before trying Lubegard.
He bought the car a year ago with unknown previous maint. history.
127k miles on car, experiencing slipping
Out : Probably factory fill, no red left at all, pan & magnet were 'muddy', dipstick left shiny grit on white shop towel, Filtran filter.
In : ATP TF-161 filter & gasket, 6 qts. Maxlife FS, 1 qt. Rislone Stop Slip, one half quart leftover QS DexIII/Merc to top off.
Fingers crossed but not super hopeful. I have Lubegard red on hand but want to run what's in there a while to hopefully dilute & filter remaining old fluid, then do another pan drop & filter change before trying Lubegard.
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