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Old 05-03-2012, 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by flainn View Post
... there were some metal flakes present, but not terrible. Not enough to really concern me at the time, anyway. ....
I have no experience inside an automatic transmission. So I am curious. How could ANY metal flakes found in the fluid be OK ? Are there wear items that produce metal flakes and that is what the filter is for ?
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