need advice for possible trans flush/drain&refill
#1
02-08-2014, 05:08 PM
need advice for possible trans flush/drain&refill
Greetings,
this is my first post to CF but ill try to be as thurough as possible.
Car: 01' Sebring coupe lxi 3.0L, auto trans 160k miles
I was topping off fluids after finishing an oil change this morning and i noticed my trans. dip stick was bone dry so i went ahead an added about 3/4 QT of B&M trick shift fluid that i had left over from my previous car. as it turns out that was a bad idea...The car at first would not even shift into any gear outside of park, so i waited 20 mins and tried again and this time after revving to about 4 grand a few times it SLAMMED into reverse and then after trying to slip into drive for a minute or so it SLAMMED into drive. i tried to go for a short drive but quickly turned around and parked it after it slipped out of drive and SLAMMED back in about 6 times in a minute. Now after reading up on my stupid mistake all day ive realized that this car only takes ATF+4 and Trick Shift is +7. So my question is If i drain the fluid from the pan, clean it out and refill with correct fluid will this fix the problem? or is it a much bigger issue? also ive heard that flushing could do more harm than good but in my case is it worth it to go ahead and try a full flush?
worth mentioning i am on an EXTREMELY tight budget so my only option is doing all the necessary work myself.
Any help at all would be greatly greatly appreciated! thanks
this is my first post to CF but ill try to be as thurough as possible.
Car: 01' Sebring coupe lxi 3.0L, auto trans 160k miles
I was topping off fluids after finishing an oil change this morning and i noticed my trans. dip stick was bone dry so i went ahead an added about 3/4 QT of B&M trick shift fluid that i had left over from my previous car. as it turns out that was a bad idea...The car at first would not even shift into any gear outside of park, so i waited 20 mins and tried again and this time after revving to about 4 grand a few times it SLAMMED into reverse and then after trying to slip into drive for a minute or so it SLAMMED into drive. i tried to go for a short drive but quickly turned around and parked it after it slipped out of drive and SLAMMED back in about 6 times in a minute. Now after reading up on my stupid mistake all day ive realized that this car only takes ATF+4 and Trick Shift is +7. So my question is If i drain the fluid from the pan, clean it out and refill with correct fluid will this fix the problem? or is it a much bigger issue? also ive heard that flushing could do more harm than good but in my case is it worth it to go ahead and try a full flush?
worth mentioning i am on an EXTREMELY tight budget so my only option is doing all the necessary work myself.
Any help at all would be greatly greatly appreciated! thanks
#2
02-09-2014, 05:54 AM
Agreed ATF+4 is the ticket but a "bone dry" dipstick is not good.
I doubt 3/4 qt of the wrong fluid is the cause of the problems described.
Pan drop and filter change will get 60 -70 % of the fluid. I disconnect the trans cooler lines and using low pressure air force as much fluid out as I can. This gets 80-90% of the fluid out.
Walmart usually has real ATF+4 for the best price around 4 per qt.
I doubt 3/4 qt of the wrong fluid is the cause of the problems described.
Pan drop and filter change will get 60 -70 % of the fluid. I disconnect the trans cooler lines and using low pressure air force as much fluid out as I can. This gets 80-90% of the fluid out.
Walmart usually has real ATF+4 for the best price around 4 per qt.
#3
02-09-2014, 07:55 AM
Thanks for the reply. The only reason im assuming the problem is from wrong fluid is because ive never had a trans problem before and this problem occured immediately after putting in the b&m. Hopefully its not a bad sensor! If it is ill be posting again for advice on changing that. I picked up ATF+4 and rtv lastnight.
Ill keep posted if the pan drop and line blow fixes it.
Thanks again
Ill keep posted if the pan drop and line blow fixes it.
Thanks again
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