I am looking to do a transmission fluid change on my 2000 9-5 and i had a few questions.
One i plan on doing the drain, fill, repeat method, where the fluid is drained, fillled, driven some, and repeated 2 more times. It is my understanding that it will take 3 changes at ~4q. each to do this change? is this correct?
Secondly when it comes to fluid, what is the preferred fluid? I am thinking about using Castrol Automatic Transmission Fluid Dexron-VI for the first 2 changes due to the lower cost (i can get it right now for about $2.50 a qt right now) and do the 3rd drain and fill with Mobil1 Dexron/Mercon Automatic Transmission Fluid as it is a bit more expensive. are there any benefits of doing it this way, or any issues with mixing these 2 fluids.
I want to start draining and filling the transmission fluid every other oil change or so (currently 5,000 miles) and would be using the Mobile 1 for those changes going forward. any feedback on this approach would be appreciated.
The reason i want to do this is i just purchased this 9-5 and it has 150,000 miles on it. The fluid seems to have been changed fairly regularly in the past but i want to be safe than sorry. I also posted a simmular thread on the 9-3 forums as i am doing the same with the 9-3 i just picked up as well.
One i plan on doing the drain, fill, repeat method, where the fluid is drained, fillled, driven some, and repeated 2 more times. It is my understanding that it will take 3 changes at ~4q. each to do this change? is this correct?
Secondly when it comes to fluid, what is the preferred fluid? I am thinking about using Castrol Automatic Transmission Fluid Dexron-VI for the first 2 changes due to the lower cost (i can get it right now for about $2.50 a qt right now) and do the 3rd drain and fill with Mobil1 Dexron/Mercon Automatic Transmission Fluid as it is a bit more expensive. are there any benefits of doing it this way, or any issues with mixing these 2 fluids.
I want to start draining and filling the transmission fluid every other oil change or so (currently 5,000 miles) and would be using the Mobile 1 for those changes going forward. any feedback on this approach would be appreciated.
The reason i want to do this is i just purchased this 9-5 and it has 150,000 miles on it. The fluid seems to have been changed fairly regularly in the past but i want to be safe than sorry. I also posted a simmular thread on the 9-3 forums as i am doing the same with the 9-3 i just picked up as well.