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Old 08-21-2006, 05:07 AM
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Re: 98 Voyager - transmission maintenance

....don't know what that "chiuauahound crap is, but if I were you I'd get the Castrol out of there, get some MOPAR fluid, and do a REAL flush. At this point you need to get much more than a few qts. of fluid out to do any good. That's just what's in the pan.

If you disconnect one of the cooler lines, clamp a tube to it and the other end into a tub big enough to hold 12-16 qts., start the engine and let it idle long enough to pump out until it slows way down to where just a little is coming out, shut it off. That will get all the old fluid out of the torque converter.

Reconnect the line, refill the system. You can easily measure how much you pumped out by pouring it into gallon jugs. Refill with the Mopar fluid. ASK the dealership which is correct for your year tranny. SOME older trannies can use +4, but SOME cannot. It is CRITICAL that you put the RIGHT fluid in there. As I said, mine was working perfectly until I did the change with the Castrol +3. $2000 and a rebuild later it worked well again. You don't want to spend the $2000 for the rebuild.
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