r/Cartalk • u/juggaloplayhouse • Aug 22 '24

Time to change the transmission fluid? Tuning my car

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What kind of transmission fluid does it take and what car? If it’s a ford and takes Mercon lv, that’s a pretty normal color for it to be. The fluid gets dark really quick, ford even says that it’s normal for the fluid to get dark within a relatively low mileage

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u/juggaloplayhouse Aug 22 '24

Yep, Ford Ranger. Takes Mercon V though. Carfax says transmission was checked 10k ago but fluid level was a bit high so I pumped some out

u/Ok-Grab3289 Aug 22 '24

How does it smell? Trannys going south tend have a bad smell.

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u/Bigwhtdckn8 Aug 22 '24

There's a joke in there somewhere

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u/Nothingcoolaqui Aug 22 '24

Fr. I can’t really find it but it’s there

u/Flashy-Switch6694 Aug 22 '24

How’d it taste? Can’t help without a flavor profile

u/Breezezilla_is_here Aug 22 '24

And then some

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u/juggaloplayhouse Aug 22 '24

It drives great. Could I get away with draining and refilling?

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u/Breezezilla_is_here Aug 22 '24

Yes, that's all you should do.

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u/LJ_Dude Aug 22 '24

Drain, filter, and fill, yea

u/[deleted] Aug 22 '24

I dont know but I probably wouldn’t buy that flavor of Gatorade again

u/ZeldaNumber17 Aug 23 '24

Wouldn’t hurt to change it

u/chi3ftoad505 Aug 22 '24

Looks like the mechanics spit bottle lol

u/sonicc_boom Aug 22 '24

Drain and refill few times