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Old 02 Feb 2006, 10:52 am
'Curly Q. Links'
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Default Re: transmission oil change?

James Lewis wrote:
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> My 2001 Civic has 117k miles on it. I've heard from some that I shoudn't
> have the transmission power flushed or it might cause problems. Instead,
> I'm told to just drain it 3 or 4 times. Comments?
>
> Mike


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Best guess why they don't want you 'power flushing' the auto: There's an
internal filter, and if somebody (Monkey Lube) hooked up the pressure
lines the wrong way, the filter's contents would be distributed evenly
though the whole tranny and cooler. Wouldn't be pretty.

'Curly'

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