Metal on trans drain plug
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Metal on trans drain plug
What's a typical amount of sludge you guys get on the drain plug when changing trans oil? (sorry the pics are so big, I don't have a photo editor on this comp)
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Amount of fuzz doesn't look out of the ordinary.
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I could see why people miss it, seems like a redundant step being that it's bathed in gear oil. Thanks for the tip. The shop manual doesn't specify the type of grease, so I'm assuming a synthetic style is better than white lithium for this application.
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Man, that seems like a lot of wear, but if it's normal for these cars...
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I am not an expert in metallurgy, but a 20-25 minutes session on a road course, changing gears many times, 4-5 sessions in a day for 2 days, beats all your 1/4 mile passes millage wise. Therefore, more miles + more use(abuse) = more wear.
So yes, you would see more tranny wear on the road course, me thinks.
So yes, you would see more tranny wear on the road course, me thinks.
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I am not an expert in metallurgy, but a 20-25 minutes session on a road course, changing gears many times, 4-5 sessions in a day for 2 days, beats all your 1/4 mile passes millage wise. Therefore, more miles + more use(abuse) = more wear.
So yes, you would see more tranny wear on the road course, me thinks.
So yes, you would see more tranny wear on the road course, me thinks.
I also had ~15k street kms on that oil, and wasn't nice to it back then , so might be an element of different tranny's having different wear characteristics too
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