Anybody ever try anything like this?
Supposedly cleans the reverse valve body passage in a Saturn. Can't see any reason it wouldn't work in any car.

http://www.saturnfans.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-23670.html

we have diesels, not saturns, we would knock down the wall, better back your benz up to a unimog.

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I like cars.

You have a saturn. Should try this maybe the radio will work

Best fix for a bad Saturn is to back in into a locomotive.

Rudolphrocks,
If you can get your 240 through a brick wall, could you please come do a tuneup on my 300??

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Paul
2004 E500 4matic; 72,000mi

Best thing for the tranny is to keep the fluid and filter changed regularly. I never understood why people think all you have to do is flush the tranny and not replace the filter.

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RRGrassi


70's Southern Pacific #5608 Fairmont A-4 MOW car

13 VW JSW 2.0 TDI 193K, Tuned with DPF and EGR Delete.

91 W124 300D Turbo replaced, Pressure W/G actuator installed. 210K

90 Dodge D250 5.9 Cummins/5 speed. 400K

i must say that this is a quite bold procedure... Far from sure i would like to try something as drastic on my babies.

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1979 300SD Black/Black MBtex239000mi
1983 300TD euro-NA. White/Olive Cloth-MBtex 201000mi. Fleet car of the USA embassy in Morocco
1983 240D Labrador Blue/Blue MBtex 161000mi

FYI - Newer transmissions may use a different clutch & seal material inside of them than what is used in an MB trans... You could get into a situation where chemical 'treatments/flushes' that are okay on a Saturn trans may do harm to older MB trans internal clutches, seals, etc...

User assumes responsibility -

I ditto the comment by rrgrassi - Drivers that don't perform regular trans fluid & filter changes, then have a trans drivability issue & think, "Gee, maybe a trans service will solve the problem?", have already done damage to the trans & are trying to band-aid the issue to CTA -

bnc

I don't know about the stuff listed above, but I have tried a product called Seafoam before, and it is pretty much a miracle in a can. I had an old caravan that would not go into gear unless you gunned it, then quickly let up on the gas pedal. Well, it came time to get rid of it and I was going to take it to the dealer auction because surely nobody would test drive it and buy it. But one of the dealers told me to put a can of this stuff in, and instantly that thing shifted like it was brand new! Now I don't know that it would work the same in an old MB, but if you buy one that you are about ready to have a tranny rebuild done, why not give it a try? It may get you a few extra thousand miles

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87 300D - Running on Veggie oil; 260,000 plus miles; Original #14 head

I have a 2001 Dodge truck with a 360 gasser and AT. It developed what turns out to be a typical problem with that transmission. At highway speeds and going up inclines it pulses (I should say pulsed, it is all better now) in and out of overdrive. That causes lots of problems in the long run. Turns out it is just a gunked up screen on the overdrive solenoid, or something like that. If you catch it early enough the can of seafoam cleans it right up. If you wait a little bit then it is $200 + labor for new overdrive solenoids. If you wait even longer it will cost you a transmission rebuild. I caught it early. $5 and the problem faded away over the next 1000 miles. It has been 10,000+ now and the problem has not reared it's ugly head again. A couple more thousand miles and I will be ready for my 60,000 miles transmission flush, filter, & fluid.

Seafoam transmission tune is a solid product. The injector cleaner works well also.

-Jim

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1995 S350D, Green with black leather interior.
Bought January 2008 w/ 233,xxx miles.
I did 22,000 miles during the first year of ownership.