quick real time tranny fluid question

[threatminor]

So I've read about lots of the guys on here switching over to mobil 1 synthetic atf. I was going to switch over by just draining and refilling every 3 months or so, rather than doing it all at once. However, the autozone guys, etc. keep telling me this is going to damage my transmission since it calls for dexron II. Any thoughts?

 

[sseaman]

this isnt a problem, im not sure you could find dextron II anything newer should be backward compatible i just put dex III in mine

 

[Elijah]

No it will not damage your transmission. The Mobil 1 ATF will be fine your transmission.

 

[CJF]

the autozone guys, etc.

C'mon; give us a little credit here...

 

[sseaman]

im not sure how many of the people at parts stores work on their own cars

 

[threatminor]

ha good point...

However, for what it's worth, it was the one guy at my local autozone that seems to actually know anything, but obviously the forum is the final word. So, do you think my plan of just drain and refilling every 3 months or so for the next year is a good plan then?

 

[Rookie2]

However, for what it's worth, it was the one guy at my local autozone that seems to actually know anything, but obviously the forum is the final word. So, do you think my plan of just drain and refilling every 3 months or so for the next year is a good plan then?

Any reason you're not doing a full flush and swap? There is a proceedure that someone laid out here a while back for doing a tranny flush that's pretty doable for the shade tree dyi'er. You'll go through a little more fluid, but have essentialy 99% new synthetic and no worries.


Rookie2