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Originally Posted by Huney1
It appears we have some varying opinions on tranny flushes and a should they be done or not and your vote in the poll would be appreciated. You may embellish your answer with a reason why or why not and include any tips for us like having the valve body cleaned and the pan dropped and fliter replaced.
Yes, I believe following the owners manual service schedule for flushing is good.
No, I believe flushes are a bunch of hooie and here's why.
I'll start the ball rolling with a resounding YES  in favor of flushes simply because time and heating up and cooling off causes the fluid to lose it's properties.
(If I put this poll in the wrong place please feel free to move it where it should be.)
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Question: Can you define flush? Is it replace all fluid thru any means you deem correct, or is it replace the fluid with a machine pushing the fluid thru the tranny (aka Power Flushing).
I personally subscribe to the "Drop pan, replace filter, replace lost fluid", then sometime during the next interval (about 15000 miles I think), pull out what you can from the pan thru the dipstick and replace it with fresh. (I get about 4 quarts that way.)
At least, that's what I am doing now....
EDIT: Based on what I have read, I will NEVER get one of my tranny's power flushed...really BAD things can happen, or so I have read....
Z.