Tranny service

[Mike]

They say to have your tranny serviced at 50 k. I presently have 52 k and i was wondering if it is a good thing to have done. The dealer wants 170 bucks, that seems like alot. If i brought it to another place what should have i have done (drain& fill, etc.)?

[Gimli]

Originally posted by Mike
They say to have your tranny serviced at 50 k. I presently have 52 k and i was wondering if it is a good thing to have done. The dealer wants 170 bucks, that seems like alot. If i brought it to another place what should have i have done (drain& fill, etc.)?

You should have it purged, not simply drained. purging gets rid of twice the amount of oil as a simple drain.

Most "minute-lube" places have a transmission purger and they're usually very competitive as far as price goes. I had it done on my old Topaz for 120$ Canadian.

[Licit]

I'm at about 80,000 miles and got it done twice where I get my Pennsylvania state inspection done. They only ran $69.99 for the tranny drain, flush and fill. My transmission has run well up until now and I run the car pretty hard and in stop and go delivery conditions for work. So I would say a good drain flush and fill is a good service. By the way anyone know why our transmissions are listed "dealer check only" ? They used to always mention that to me before I started doing my own car servicing(at oil changes).

[Gimli]

That's because there's no dip stick like for engine oil on our transmissions.

[Mike Jung]

I just had my ATF serviced last week at 75K km (46.6K kiles) while getting a ATF leak fixed from my right/front axle seal (under extended GM warranty coverage, along with [changing] a lower intake manifold gasket leak & a water pump leak).
They dropped pan, cleaned pan, changed gasket & filter & re-filled ATF in pan at a Chevy dealer.

It was $99.95Cdn [$67US] (no taxes special :) ) + filter/gasket kit.
= about $130Cdn ($87US)

I was earlier wanting a complete ATF change with flushing but settled for just changing the ATF in the pan (told by other people: you chance stirring-up & moving around loose particles in the tranny when flushed, which could be bad).

Better changing the ATF in the pan than nothing :rolleyes:

[Blackrider]

I should have bought an Extended warrenty!:rage:

[Licit]

I was earlier wanting a complete ATF change with flushing but settled for just changing the ATF in the pan (told by other people: you chance stirring-up & moving around loose particles in the tranny when flushed, which could be bad).

I watched them do it(drain,flush, fill) when I got it done the last time(my idea of fun:D ). They actually used a magnet to attract the loosed pieces in the fluid prior to draining, then did the flush. I asked about it and he said it was per the GM service instructions to do that. You're probably be right though, in that alot of places wouldn't bother to worry about the loose crap still being in there.

[Licit]

That first paragraph in my last post was a quote from Mike Jung. How do you just quote one piece of what somebody says?

[Blackrider]

Hit the Quote Button and then just Delete out the text you dont want.