Stealership? Transmission Flush
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Stealership? Transmission Flush
Check this out..just got a 2001 Dodge Ram 1500 and loving it. Took her to the dealer for a transmission "flush" My assumption was they remove all the fluid ...including the fluid in the tourque converter. They charged me 250 bucks.
I crawled underneath last night and noticed the tranny pan has not even been dropped. So that means the filter was not changed.
Has anyone else ever heard of anything like this? I think they pulled all the fluid out and refilled it and never changed the filter.
I crawled underneath last night and noticed the tranny pan has not even been dropped. So that means the filter was not changed.
Has anyone else ever heard of anything like this? I think they pulled all the fluid out and refilled it and never changed the filter.
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Yep, that's what did. Plus they pushed all the crap out of the filter into places you DON'T want crap. Most people on here will say flushing is a bad idea, but I do believe that most tranny shops will atleast also change the filter after. Not sure on that though. That's why I do it myself at the recommended intervals and call it a day.
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Nope, sorry to say you don't have a 47RE. 1996-2002 1500 5.2L/5.9L V8s have the 46RE, only trucks that have the 47RH/RE are the V10s and diesels.
Last edited by jasonw; 06-23-2009 at 05:28 PM.
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All they do in a tranny flush is take off your radiator connectors and hook them up to a machine, run new atf through it and put it back. No pan dropping or filter changing. It's quick, easy money for the stealership. That's why they have flushing machines for just about everything now. The old fashioned way, is the best way. Do it often enough and you should have relative new fluid in there all the time (and new filter too). Do it yourself and it may cost you, $50 for filter and fluids, and an afternoon's time.
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Interesting - The fluid capacity for a 46RE is only ~10 quarts. I looked at the receipt and they charged for 18 quarts.