[Shop-talk] Changing transmission fluid

Eric Murray ericm at lne.com
Fri Feb 25 12:38:24 MST 2011


On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 01:44:56PM -0500, Steven Trovato wrote:
> 
> Another alternative is a "do it yourself" type flush.  Keep in mind
> that running the transmission dry is a very bad thing, so you have
> to be very careful if you try anything like this.  Here are some
> instructions I read, specifically geared to a Chevy Suburban:

[..]

Couldn't you drain the trans and fill it at the same time?
With the engine running so the trans pump is exchanging fluid.

If you could keep the drain and rate low enough that the
fill could keep up, you wouldn't be running the trans with
the fluid low.

Eric


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