Re: 1994 540i Auto Transmission Service and Fluid

[Vincent Poy <vince@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 20 Aug 2002, ThreedB wrote:

> on 8/20/02 12:07 PM, Henri Baccouche at henrib@domain.elided wrote:
>
> > You missed my point.......Changing the fluid may not help.
> I got it.
>
> > What I am suggesting is that it may be more of a hardware failure than a
> > "lifetime" fluid  issue.
> > The fluid may not be the problem........
> Now we talk about the, "Chicken or the egg" problem.  When fluid oxidizes it
> loses its lubricating properties, hence, increased wear.  Increased wear is
> bad for everything.

	Yep and when something wears, nothing besides replacing the actual
parts with new ones will fix the problem.

> > The transmission rebuilders are not recommending that you change the
> > "lifetime" fluid on this trans.....
> > either....... :
> Why should they, it is in their best interest to sell you a rebuilt
> tranny...

	Ofcourse since they hope your tranny will not last long so you buy
more and they stay in business ;)


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