Well I encountered some transmission problems today. My tranny was doing some pretty screwed up things while shifting between 1st and 2nd. It would go into netural before shifting into 2nd. The only way to get into 2nd was if I floored the gas, then it would jump into 2nd gear. It didn't just happen once, but everytime it shifted!
I figured the problem was with my tranny fluid, which was at least 7000km overdue for a change. While at the Jiffy Lube getting it changed they recommended that they add some sort of Transmission reconditioner or something. They said it would recondition the transmission and seal any fluid leaks. I told them to go ahead with it because I figured that I'm pretty had on my tranny and it could use a reconditioning. After the fact I remembered that on this page in the maintenance section it mentioned not to add any thing like this to the tranny fluid because it will do more harm than good. My question is: does this stuff actually work to improve the transmission? I assume it does because my transmission was no longer acting stupid after the fluid change.
What kind of damage (if any) will this stuff do in the long term to my tranny?
Thanks... Al
I figured the problem was with my tranny fluid, which was at least 7000km overdue for a change. While at the Jiffy Lube getting it changed they recommended that they add some sort of Transmission reconditioner or something. They said it would recondition the transmission and seal any fluid leaks. I told them to go ahead with it because I figured that I'm pretty had on my tranny and it could use a reconditioning. After the fact I remembered that on this page in the maintenance section it mentioned not to add any thing like this to the tranny fluid because it will do more harm than good. My question is: does this stuff actually work to improve the transmission? I assume it does because my transmission was no longer acting stupid after the fluid change.
What kind of damage (if any) will this stuff do in the long term to my tranny?
Thanks... Al