Transmission fluid or oil is what cools and lubricates a transmissions internal parts. Adding the wrong fluid can destroy a transmission quickly or shorter its life over a long period.
Determining whether or not your vehicle needs a transfer case repair will be up to the repair professional at the automotive repair shop you select. Choosing well could save you money, inconvenience, and time. Ideally, deciding on a specialty shop like Wayne’s Transmissions is a good idea. While a general repair shop may be able…
Save Money with a Good Additive Fluid additives are all over the parts stores and on special high visibility shelf locations in the stores. They are sometimes sold as what sounds like “the savior” for your automatic transmission. We all know what snake oil is and some of these may fall into that category so…
Picking the Best Transmission Fluid Types The variety of transmissions found in today’s cars, pickup trucks, SUV’s, vans and motor homes means that there are a variety of different automatic transmission fluid types required to insure correct operation. Costs to repair the internal damage that results from using an incorrect fluid can be thousands of…
No Transmission Dipstick Making automatic transmissions with no transmission dipstick seems like a strange thing for manufacturers to do, but looking at it from their point of view might make sense. If a vehicle that’s under warranty is damaged internally because the owner or a mechanic overfills the transmission, the manufacturer may end up having to…