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Old 07-26-2012, 04:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Zulfiqar View Post
would you consider slow moving traffic, driving solo, A/C on and engine temp gauge at 98-100*C as transmission fluid torture? My tranny fluid is pretty pink and clean but shows overfilled when the system temperature gauge is 100 and shows below the cool mark when the car is started from cold in tx mornings

Slow moving traffic like a traffic jam on the freeway won't be too bad, but full acceleration stoplight to stoplight on a hot day would certainly warrant more frequent fluid changes than would pure highway driving.
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