general maintenance Options

[MangJavs]

So my car just hit the 200000 miles mark and I was wondering what kind of maintenance I would need if the original owner never changed any of the parts. Btw its an A/T

[Box]

What we thought too until we changed the trans fluid in my mom's minivan. Worked fine as it was, right after changing the fluid it started to slip. Wasn't that long before it wouldn't go at all. Can look this up on the internet, many people have had this happen to them.

I guess one option would be to drain all the fluid and drop the filter and place it all into a pan. Inspect it for grime build up and metal chips. If none of that is present proceed with new filter and fluid. If that is present, put the old fluid and filter back in and top it off.

This post has been edited by Box: Jul 9, 2012 - 1:23 PM

[xrav22]

What we thought too until we changed the trans fluid in my mom's minivan. Worked fine as it was, right after changing the fluid it started to slip. Wasn't that long before it wouldn't go at all. Can look this up on the internet, many people have had this happen to them.

I guess one option would be to drain all the fluid and drop the filter and place it all into a pan. Inspect it for grime build up and metal chips. If none of that is present proceed with new filter and fluid. If that is present, put the old fluid and filter back in and top it off.

I always thought this kind of an old mith. If you are using the proper fluid(weight), Brand or whatever our car calls for there should not be any reason for it to not run smoother. As long as you are not changing it because you feel a slight problem already I think some people do that trying to fix the tranny. There may be something to old dirty fluid could be thicker and give mabey a higher pressure but your tranny would be ready to go out anyways without notice then.
Just sayin.