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Old 12-28-2007, 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted by kchemers View Post
I had a 1997 C230 I put 245000 miles on it and never touched the sealed for life trans, when I was rear ended and the car totaled the trans shifted as smooth as the day I bought it. My Mercedes dealer refused on a number of occasions to change the fluid. Also a number of mechanics I know say flushing the trans is the worst possible thing you can do, you are better off never changing the fluid
Funny, one of the best thing to happen to me profit wise was/is Mercedes refusal to change transmission fluid.. I get Lots of 90's cars that have never had their trans serviced and because of which are needing their transmissions replaced @ right about 100-140K mark.

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