04 s55 AMG transmission fluid change good or bad thing? Posted on wrong section sorry
10-21-2023, 06:45 AM
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04 s55 AMG transmission fluid change good or bad thing? Posted on wrong section sorry
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Recently bought 04 s55 and I don’t know the history of the fluid changes. I reached out for advice, received great feedback and order the parts and fluids recommended. Right before getting started a couple buddies who both claim to be car guys, strongly suggested against doing a transmission fluid change on my car especially being over 100k miles. Said some things like, new fluid can mess things up, if it’s not broke don’t fix it.
Sitting here with ATF fluid kit and the air adapter to flush. Supercharger oil and syringe to change. New Transmission mount, and a crankshaft position sensor.
Also have the Bosch 010 pump that’s going on later today or tomorrow, along with an oil and filter change.
New crank pulley ordered and shipped they sent the wrong part first, some bmw high pressure fuel injector lol
Reminder currently nothing is broken and everything runs great, this is all preventative steps looking for more advice, specifically involving changing the atf fluid and then experiencing problems if that’s a thing on these
Recently bought 04 s55 and I don’t know the history of the fluid changes. I reached out for advice, received great feedback and order the parts and fluids recommended. Right before getting started a couple buddies who both claim to be car guys, strongly suggested against doing a transmission fluid change on my car especially being over 100k miles. Said some things like, new fluid can mess things up, if it’s not broke don’t fix it.
Sitting here with ATF fluid kit and the air adapter to flush. Supercharger oil and syringe to change. New Transmission mount, and a crankshaft position sensor.
Also have the Bosch 010 pump that’s going on later today or tomorrow, along with an oil and filter change.
New crank pulley ordered and shipped they sent the wrong part first, some bmw high pressure fuel injector lol
Reminder currently nothing is broken and everything runs great, this is all preventative steps looking for more advice, specifically involving changing the atf fluid and then experiencing problems if that’s a thing on these
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10-22-2023, 10:20 AM
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Usually when I buy a used car past 25k miles or so I change all the oils. Engine, transmission, differential, coolant, anything I can think of. Now I know that the oils are good and I can timeline the next services.
I cannot see why changing oil would be "bad" for a component. It is not like the dirt in the broken down oil is holding something together. Anyway, two cents. Good luck with the purchase.
I cannot see why changing oil would be "bad" for a component. It is not like the dirt in the broken down oil is holding something together. Anyway, two cents. Good luck with the purchase.
