Test for Dexron vs. ATF +3 ?

[doitmyself]

Molakule,

I don't understand your logic. Their basic premise is that my fluid is diluted ATF+3, but they cannot prove that the dilutent was Dexron. What "marker" is specific to Dexron and not in ATF+3? Here are my results (Note that the additive chemicals (bold) are about half of what they should be for ATF+3):

..................My Fluid....Universal Avg. ATF+3

Aluminum..........21...................34
chromium...........1.... ................0
Iron...............182..................121
Copper...........126...................80
Lead..............144...................45
Tin...................7...... ..............4

Moly.................0....................0
Nickel....... ........1....................2
Manganese.... ....0....................2
Silver................0....................0
Titanium............0....................0
Potassium..........0....................0

Boron..............41...................28
Silicon.............46...................48
Sodium..............6...................18

Calcium......... 616.. ............1238
Magnesium........ 2.. ...............13
Phosphorus.... 257................415
Zinc............. 236.................422
Barium.......... 472.. ..............922

They flagged the lead as very high (wear), and it is evident that iron and copper are a bit high.

 

[Stooge]

Just flush the tranny out with ATF 4 or a ATF+ rated synthetic. Clearly the place you originally did business with is dishonest. And your "Ultra-Junk" transmission will fail if you don't have the ATF+ specified fluid in there. It'll probably fail with the correct fluid!! Chrysler, back in the early 90's, specified that Dextron could be used in a pinch instead of ATF+. Chrysler paid for alot of transmissions since then and TSB's were issue to only use the ATF+ fluids.