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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / 4x4 Cars / May 2005transmission flush
I take my Suzuki XL-7 to speed lube for oil changes. They keep telling me that I should have my transmission flushed. I have 42,000 miles on it. Should this be done or is this just another way to get my money! >I take my Suzuki XL-7 to speed lube for oil >changes. They keep telling me that I should >have my transmission flushed. I have 42,000 >miles on it. Should this be done or is this >just another way to get my money! 42K hard miles? or easy ones? Transmissions do like ot have the fluid changed. Despite what the makers say about never needing ot change the fluid (and some transmissions don't even have a provision to change the fluid!) On my work trucks, it is every year. I would say no to hard miles. I drive 44 miles a day to work on a 2 lane highway, so going 55 mph. Not much city driving. they want around $55 to do this, so may be worth it? No heavy usage, I'd say maybe when you hit 50K or so. >I would say no to hard miles. I drive 44 >miles a day to work on a 2 lane highway, so >going 55 mph. Not much city driving. they >want around $55 to do this, so may be worth it? Reet proclaimed: > I would say no to hard miles. I drive 44 > miles a day to work on a 2 lane highway, so > going 55 mph. Not much city driving. they > want around $55 to do this, so may be worth it? If that is USD, it is too low for a good proper service of an automatic transmission. Check with a local shop that does nothing but transmission repair and is NOT a member of a chain that advertises on TV. With only that many miles you are on the bottom edge of thinking about changing it. I sure wouldn't take my transmission to a local speed lube type shop for that kind of work. It isn't that complicated but a good shop will change any filters, flush, and perform any mechanical adjustments that might be indicated for just a bit more money. I would say no to hard miles. I drive 44 miles a day to work on a 2 lane highway, so going 55 mph. Not much city driving. they want around $55 to do this, so may be worth it? >I take my Suzuki XL-7 to speed lube for oil >changes. They keep telling me that I should >have my transmission flushed. I have 42,000 >miles on it. Should this be done or is this >just another way to get my money! Most manufactures USED to recommend a fluid and filter every 36 miles, give or take. Some say 100,000 now. My recommendation is at least do the standard filter and fluid change ever 30,000 since that only replaces about 1/3 of the fluid. If you do a flush you get all the fluid replaced but usually they charge extra to replace the filter when they do a flush. At this point on your vehicle, if it was mine I'd probably do a flush and filter change and then not worry about it again till 80,000. Most places charge around $50 - $75 for filter and fluid. $75 - $100 for Flush, and an extra $35 if you also want the filter at the same time. But prices seem to vary a lot. |
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