JOHNNY59

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98 Formula A4 with 60,000 lightly driven miles.Should I change the filter and fluid or let it alone? Never been done.

SSPerformance

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if its not black change it... it will not hurt to change it

RPM WS6

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Drop the pan, change the filter, refill with DexIII. Should be just fine.

ULTIMATEORANGESS

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get it changed.

JOHNNY59

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should i just dexron III or is it worth using dexronVI? should i get it flushed or just change want is in the pan? what about the fluid in the torque conveter?Is there a drain plug in the conveter?

RPM WS6

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DexIV is synthetic, correct? Stay away from synthetic fluid for the 4L60E. Stick with the DexIII.

I did not flush mine when I did it at 70k. Just did the pan drop and filter change. I'll probably do that again now that I'm almost at 100k.

JM0523

Id do it i just did mine and it shifts so much nicer, it will bug you and sit in the back of your mind until you do it anyways so might as well.

sscamaroburn02

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use what the owners manual says to use

thatguy383

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Why?....

JOHNNY59

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just asking because I changed the fuild in my 95 blazer with 90,000 miles and within two weeks the trans when out on me! I don't want to be 2 for 2.

01ssreda4

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change it

RPM WS6

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This is what FLT told me back when they built a 4L60E for my Trans Am. Chuck/FLT is a highly respected trans builder both locally and on this site. He personally told me to stick with non-synthetic for both a stock 4L60E and for his built units.

torqls1

so ur saying non synthetic for a 02 ws6 5.7?

JOHNNY59

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Any particular brand of trans fluid?

NoTractionLS1

I just get the cheap stuff from Napa. As long as it Dex III it does not matter. There is endless posts of why to use Dex III over the synthetic stuff.

samson_420

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That's what I did on mine when it had around 60k.

I use regular ol' ATF(DexIII)


But, I changed my pan to a nice cheap *** aluminum one off eGay. It only cost 40 Bucks. It came with a new gasket and it has a drain plug.

It also made my pulling the stock pan procedure much easier. No spilling of ATF all over the place, I just punched a hole in it and waited for it to drain.


Since I am set on keeping my Camaro until I croak, I drain the ATF out of the pan every other oil change. Yeah, it's not a flush. But ****, it keeps my fluid pretty much new.

JOHNNY59

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how to remove the old fuild from the system (converter,cooler and lines) and not just in the pan without flushing it?

RPM WS6

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Yep.

Drain plugs are very nice to have. If you can get a pan off a truck 4L60E, it should have a factory drain plug (plus larger fluid capacity). Or at least some of them did. I used to have one for my Trans Am that came off a 2000 Suburban, deep GM pan with plug.

I don't think that's possibile. I mean, you could removed the trans and pull the converter, then drain it manually. But the lines and cooler would be a trick.

samson_420

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I love my aluminum pan of eGay. 40 Bucks and it looks to be of real good quality with a drain plug. . . .


When I ordered it I was afraid it was gonna be a cheap POS, but nope.