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km449
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Hi - the colour of the oil in my auto box is very light brown, but there is none of the rancid (chip shop) smell referred to elsewhere on this site.
Car is going fine and I just wondered what the colour signifies.
There's no sludge on the dipstick either.
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Keith
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KEEF
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1997 2.3 Ultima Dark Green
 
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Re: Transmission oil colour
« Reply #1 on: Jul 24th, 2005, 6:13am » |
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Keith
That is the colour it should be M8
A redish /brown, if it was black you need to worry.
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YOU CAN TELL A GOOD WAX BY THE BEADS OF WATER LEFT ON THE CAR. MUST BE HAIL STONES ON MINE !!
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Re: Transmission oil colour
« Reply #2 on: Jul 24th, 2005, 11:57am » |
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When I replaced the auto trans. cooler recently the colour of the gunk coming out of the old one was very brown and viscous yet the fluid on the dipstick was OK. It shows that while automatic fluid changing is better than nothing only severe flushing of the system really shifts the damaging contaminants within the pipework and the galleries of the gearbox.
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Re: Transmission oil colour
« Reply #3 on: Jul 24th, 2005, 11:27pm » |
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Thanks for that. I am running a 97 2.3 Ultima with 131k on clock and it is going so well I was just getting worried!!
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