Is this normal? / Look OK?
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Is this normal? / Look OK? Dropped the trans pan today. I don't remember seeing this last time I had it down. The fluid has about 25k miles on it and it does not smell burnt. I've had no problems with the trans.
The black stuff is a really fine powder.
I'm guessing it's normal and I'm being paranoid, but let me know please.
Thanks,
Craig
The black stuff is a really fine powder.
I'm guessing it's normal and I'm being paranoid, but let me know please.
Thanks,
Craig
that looks like clutch dust. that is pretty normal for a trans getting run hard. just keep it clean when you go back together. mine usually is the same way but I changed mine to royal purple fluid and it hasent seemed to be so bad but I change it about every 20K
well since I found a guy here local that can build a tranny right this is the longest lasting 1 I have had. the 1 before lasted 2 DAYS and turned the clutches and the steels black but I would recomend the RP fluid it is high but well worth it in my book. I got this thing so hot 1 time it turned the fluid brown and let it cool back down and run the same times as before it got hot and is still running and that was 5 months a go, of daily dring and every weekend beatings.
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Originally Posted by calongo_SS
Anybody else? I talked to a buddy today and he said clutch dust will normally be brown in color.
It's normal. Every time I drop a pan on any of my automatics, the dust is there. One way to keep it out of the pan is to install an in-line magnetic filter. This will trap a lot of it & keep it out of the pan. Change fluid every 20K or so & use a cooler.
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