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Old Nov 1, 2011 | 02:13 PM
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transmission fluid

when do you guys usually change transmission fluid? i hit 57k now
 
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Old Nov 1, 2011 | 03:30 PM
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"lifetime..."
 
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Old Nov 2, 2011 | 02:17 AM
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I use the Redline MTL and changed it before the car even had 10k miles.

-my 0.02
 
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Old Nov 2, 2011 | 06:15 AM
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Originally Posted by yetti96
"lifetime..."
That's good for the lifetime of the transmission, but if you want it to last the life of the car, then about evey 30K miles...
 
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Old Nov 2, 2011 | 06:33 AM
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The Bentley manual says 100,000 miles.

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