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Tranny Flush 850

posted by  someone claiming to be Ontheball! on  Mon Aug 18 07:42 CST 2003 [RELATED]

Dear All

I am about to flush out my transmission.

Is it too old (93 with 120,000 miles) to switch to synthetic ATF?

I see from the service record that it was flushed at 30,60,and 90,000 miles. The colour of the oil is red and when hot just has a slight whiff of burnt smell.

Should I just put in mineral ATF III?
Matt 850 GLT auto 120,000 miles








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I'd use synthetic, but then I'm biased! n/m 850

posted by  Dick in Falls Church on  Tue Aug 19 08:49 CST 2003
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Tranny Flush 850

posted by  Hamfisted on  Mon Aug 18 08:03 CST 2003
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At this point its probably wasted money. Its more important to flush it regularly rather than to use synthetic or not. Sure if money is no object the synthetic is a better fluid but I doubt you're gonna realize any overall benefit from it now. If you're looking for piece of mind or you only want the best for your Volvo use the synthetic. My wife's '95 850T only has 21k miles on it and I switched to Mobil One synthetic when I changed the fluid last year. But the car gets such little use I did it more for piece of mind than anything else. There's no internal filter in the 850's tranny so regular changes are crucial to the longevity of the tranny. Good luck ....... Mike







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