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05-11-2006, 01:02 PM
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Is Valvoline MaxLife DEXRON III/MERCON ATF ok to use?
I'm wondering if this ATF is ok/good to use in my '93 300D? Is it approved by MB? I've heard good things about this ATF so I wanted to switch out to it.
Also is it ok for me to just drain the existing fluid and fill with MaxLife without doing a transmission filter change? I will still do the filter change at the specified interval. Anything else I should know about changing to a different ATF? Thanks, PaulW
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05-11-2006, 02:04 PM
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I've used it before on high mileage vehicles, works fine. Currently I run cheapo ATF in all my vehicles (well minus this LS400 I maintain, uses some lame Type II crap from Toyota... tryin' to see if regular DexIII will work there) from AutoZoo... made by Coastal I believe.
The stuff I use is less than $6/gal currently.
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05-13-2006, 02:10 AM
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'81 MB 300SD, '82 MB 300D Turbo (sold/RIP), '04 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later! -German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.
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05-13-2006, 07:44 AM
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I think OP needs to open the owner's manual and see what was needed. The ATF requirements for the newer cars are no longer generic ATF as they had been in the past.
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05-13-2006, 01:19 PM
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Yes Dextron/Mercon is what you need to run in your car.
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1981 300D 147k 1998 VW Jetta Tdi 320k 2001 Dodge Ram 2500 141k 1979 300D 234k (sold) 1984 300D "Astor" 262k(sold) Mercedes How-To and Repair Pictorials I love the smell of diesel smoke in my hair 
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