Lord_Lucan
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Well I've been on the phone to an Indy today and to my local MB dealer re: an d ATF change and some interesting findings.
The MB Dealer told me that the ATF change was recommended after the first 30k miles as the metal shavings/filings from the box being bedded in would've needed to have been removed then and thereafter it becomes sealed for life unless the transmission gives cause for a change i.e. bad shifts, funny noises etc. They did however give me a quote for doing the job including the torque converter.
The Indy on the other hand said that the torque converter doesn't have a drain bolt and therefore their quote is for the replacement of the fluid drained from the sump and the associated filter, gasket, O-ring etc.
So who to believe on a) whether or not the change is needed if the 30k change was carried out and b) whether the TC can in fact be drained/emptied somehow?
For what it's worth the car has covered 82k miles and drives well with no funny noises or bad changes and from the briefest of scans through the service book it looks to have had the 30k change in 2012.
The MB Dealer told me that the ATF change was recommended after the first 30k miles as the metal shavings/filings from the box being bedded in would've needed to have been removed then and thereafter it becomes sealed for life unless the transmission gives cause for a change i.e. bad shifts, funny noises etc. They did however give me a quote for doing the job including the torque converter.
The Indy on the other hand said that the torque converter doesn't have a drain bolt and therefore their quote is for the replacement of the fluid drained from the sump and the associated filter, gasket, O-ring etc.
So who to believe on a) whether or not the change is needed if the 30k change was carried out and b) whether the TC can in fact be drained/emptied somehow?
For what it's worth the car has covered 82k miles and drives well with no funny noises or bad changes and from the briefest of scans through the service book it looks to have had the 30k change in 2012.
