I trust my mechanic 100%, never got a bad advice, but he is not a young guy anymore (been a mechanic for 40 years) and I think he is loosing it! When I came to see him recently his suggestion to quieten noisy lifters in my car was to mix a quart of ATF with oil during my next oil change! It took a lot of "Googling" to find someone else doing the same. My car is not an F-body (it's an Olds with 3.1L) so perhaps I'm targeting a wrong group, though I have a vast interest in TAs. Has anybody ever heard of ATF fixing such problems? By adding ATF I know I will thin out my oil, but is it going to help? If my mechanic isn't completely gone mad, how long should I keep tranny fluid mixed with my oil? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.
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18 years ago