no tranny fluid changes!?!

Dec 19, 2003 | 01:39 AM

pointman

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a car that can't do the throttle reset.

no tranny fluid changes!?!

MBUSA just told me that their cars, including c36's, dont need to have their transmissions serviced....including transmission oil changes! opinions

Dec 19, 2003 | 04:45 AM

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monowiper

that's a myth
should change it from time to time
don't know exact miles
but every 60k-90k should be trouble free

Dec 20, 2003 | 01:44 AM

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a car that can't do the throttle reset.

thanks... even every 60-90k sounds good to me!

Dec 21, 2003 | 09:47 PM

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We tell our customer 50k mile changes! You must change the fluid or the tranny will die after 85,000 - 110,000.

Dec 22, 2003 | 12:24 AM

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a car that can't do the throttle reset.

thanks...any recommends on what tranny fluids to use?

Dec 22, 2003 | 06:46 PM

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i would recommend taking your car to a reputable service mechanic. the main reason being, when you replace the tranny oil, you should also replace the tranny filter and to do that, you will have to remove the tranny oil pan. here's the problem, alot of people over tighten the tranny oil pan nuts and ruins the seal. when that happens, you will have a forever leaking tranasmission and might end up buying a new tranny oil pan. also to do a full flush, you should also drain out the torque converter. however, if you feel competent enough, just make sure you torque the pan nuts correctly and i also recomend doing a cross pattern when you are tightening. i dont know what the torque spec would be.

Dec 23, 2003 | 06:09 AM

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Quote:

Originally posted by linuxfoo
i would recommend taking your car to a reputable service mechanic. the main reason being, when you replace the tranny oil, you should also replace the tranny filter and to do that, you will have to remove the tranny oil pan. here's the problem, alot of people over tighten the tranny oil pan nuts and ruins the seal. when that happens, you will have a forever leaking tranasmission and might end up buying a new tranny oil pan. also to do a full flush, you should also drain out the torque converter. however, if you feel competent enough, just make sure you torque the pan nuts correctly and i also recomend doing a cross pattern when you are tightening. i dont know what the torque spec would be.

This is all pretty easy, as long as you don't use brute force. I think for the later models the fluid has to be checked at a certain temp with a special tool, and you have to buy a dipstick (since the new ones don't have them) to check. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that is what I remember reading. Lucky for me I don't have to worry about all that with my 1994 c280. Mines a pretty easy job. Not to change the fluid for the life of the car is crazy. Unless you like your tranmissions to have short lives.

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Dec 24, 2003 | 09:47 AM

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Originally posted by ahopeter
thanks...any recommends on what tranny fluids to use?

I would use the MB tranny fluid even though it is over 15 bucks a quart at my dealer. It might be a rip off or actually is some special stuff, but I wouldn't take a chance even using something from Redline unless I was absolutely sure something else was ok to use.

50k for a change is also what I have read in some articles with AMG techs.

Dec 27, 2003 | 02:36 AM

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C36

I'm changing mine later today. I gave up and bought gasket, filter, little red saftey catch,... at the ....ership. Can't wait to see what it looks like. 56K and you folks got me nervous

Dec 29, 2003 | 12:53 PM

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Dammit 75k and i need to do one, and moebuisgold came to my house a few days ago and pointed out a melted tranny cap? weird yah i think so!!!

Dec 29, 2003 | 01:52 PM

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hey jnolte, i think they have tranny caps for like around a buck, they also sell a dip stick tool to check the level of the tranny fluid.

Dec 29, 2003 | 02:02 PM

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Originally posted by moebisgold
I'm changing mine later today. I gave up and bought gasket, filter, little red saftey catch,... at the ....ership. Can't wait to see what it looks like. 56K and you folks got me nervous

I got my oil done. It looked terrible. The pan was relatively clean and I could see some crap in the filter. I'm gonna keep my fingers crossed.:o