bad to change fluid on old tranny?

03-13-2001, 12:08 AM

opossum

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I've recently heard that if you have over 100,000mi on your tranny it is better to keep the old fluid in there. the reason being is that (according to what i heard) it loosens things up in there and could cause slippage/ leakage. Does anyone have any experience with this subject? I find it hard to believe, and I really want our 89 190e to shift smoother. it's so abrupt of a shift now that when it switches gears you can actually hear the interior creak. and I dont want to cause premature wear of the differential as it is already kinda noisy.
thanks for your time,
darren

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