tranny fluid type? - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

deportes · #1 07-11-2003, 02:56 PM

Read discussion on previous postings but didn't find what type of fluid does a 1993 MB 300E should use. Dexron or F. Dealer ATF needed or reccomended?

sixto · #2 07-11-2003, 03:12 PM

Dexron. The commonly available Dexron III/Mercon is what you want. Type F is for Fords. ATF+3 is for Chryslers.

Sixto
95 S420
91 300SE
87 300SDL
83 300SD

md21722 · #3 07-11-2003, 04:29 PM

There is no "dealer" ATF for your car. MB specifies Dexron III.

deportes · #4 07-12-2003, 09:20 AM

Thanks for the reply's, I'll add a pint of Dexron III.

Mel Weaver · #5 07-13-2003, 01:50 AM

DexronIII for an '85 as well??
-M

sixto · #6 07-13-2003, 02:25 AM

Dexron III for pretty much any of the 3-speed and 4-speed ATs. Sometime in the late 90s MB went to 5-speed ATs that take another kind of fluid. These cars don't come from the factory with a transmission dipstick so there's no easy way to check or fill the AT without buying additional parts.

There are synthetic blends of Dexron III in the Mobil 1 and Redline brands and probably others.

Sixto
95 S420
91 300SE
87 300SDL
83 300SD