I'm due a trans service on my 99 T & C. Opinions, please, on the relative advantage of a flush and fill service at either the dealer or one of the quick lube places vs. a pan drop drain/filter change which I might just do myself.
Thanks,
Frank
You could also accomplish that by disconnecting the cooler return line, pointing it into a waste bucket, and running the engine to pump the old fluid out while keeping new fluid going in the fill tube. That also flushes the cooler and TC. That would be done after a pan drip and filter change.
Don't forget that if you DIY, you can get the metal sandwich gasket from the dealer, or if they do it, request that they use the gaslet rather than RTV. It will make any future pan drops easier. Search Google on this ng to get the gasket part number - dealers are often ignorant of the gasket's existence.
Bill Putney (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my adddress with the letter 'x')
tim bur wrote:
If you have a lube place do it, be ABSOLUTELY SURE that they use the correct ATF. Don't let them tell you that some other fluid is OK, or that they use a "friction modifier". Be sure they use only ATF +3 or ATF +4 (whichever is the correct fluid for your vehicle. There is no substitution for the correct fluid.
Whoops, sorry about the top post.
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