Wal-Mart MEXICO No Stinky Bueno

I asked at our local Auto Zone

Lo siento. No hay. No tenemos.

I almost hate to tell you this but ATF+3 in a Mopar bottle at a Dodge dealer not long ago was also Dex3. Said it right on the label. This dealer had been in business for a long time and the ATF+3 should have been long gone but........ We poured the few qts we found in the bulk ATF+4 tank and kept on gettin'.
The original ATF+4 was a blend but is now full synthetic.
I also put a drain plug in my pan, and both the local Advance and Auto Zone always have plenty of ATF+4. The local WM never does.

It's in the name

THEYran.

The Mullahs went nuts when the Aleuts tried to thank the parts store salesmen by rubbing noses.

Jeez I am dumb. Landyacht slapped me awake with his drain plug recommendation. Of course! Two or three drains and it will be back to 100% ATF 4.

MoPar sez

Run even one quart of non ATF 4 in a newer MoPar transmission and it's an absolute death sentence. Luckily ATF 4 is an option in my earlier trans. But another fact - not fiction is if treated right with ATF 4 my Mitsubishi transmission will reach 300,000 miles. So report many owners in a MoPar tech forum.

My contribution to earth resource issues is to not get the golden globe award for reaching 1,000,000 cubic yards deposited in the local landfill. People with the million cubic yards award inevitably take it along and gloat at their Global Warming rally. (Yes I am harping)

What do Eskimos in Iran use when they need ATF 4?

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
When we do stuff like this around the rancho we call it the "Pay and Learn Method."

When dodging a rock that falls 50' in front of you can you teach me what there is to learn? In Mexico an abandoned cars screams TAKE ME I'M YOURS!

It was Dexron or walk. What do you suggest?

So you had a mishap and had to make do. Stop poking fun at darsden for trying to help you?

I have a dodge transmission known for its petulance when any other fluid but ATF+3 and now, ATF+4 is used.

After a bunch of torque converter clutch chatter an a run around from Aamco regarding their rebuild of it while still under warranty, back in '03 or so, I had a dodge dealer exchange all the fluid~12 quarts with ATF+3, and no more shuddering in lockup.

NOt too long after this exchange with teh proper fluid, I had an electrical issue with overdrive and brought it back to Aamco. they wound up pan dropping and using 4 to 4.5 quarts of their bulk universal ATF.

I nearly blew a gasket and started foaming at the mouth when they told me it is just as good with their special additive.

But the shuddering did not return with the diltued atf+3, but I did drive X country, and dropped the pan, added a drain plug and did some more 4 quart exchanges twice over the next 6 months.

The elextric issue I later figured out was the vehicle speed sensor, on the speedo cable. Several years later, I found all they did was clean the contacts.
facepalm for not being wiser to the importance of electrical contact conditions much earlier in my life.

Not sure how much capacity your Tx has, but 2 quarts of dexron in 8 total quarts of ATF+4, while not ideal, should not be instant death. My tx dipstick actually says dexron on it, and this was later defined to mean that topping up with Dexron was OK, which I find to be bull pucks, but so be it..

A drain pan in the plug makes dropping and replacing 4 quarts on mine, easy.

And now I have a recently installed warm and fuzzy remote mount filter which should make future pan drops for the new filter in there, not necessary for quite some time.



Now for some extra Neodymium Magnets to line the filter's exterior with.

MrWizard wrote:
yes ?

when does NAPA = Costco ?

It does not but when I found that Costco did not have it and posted that result I went further and tried to find a place that might have it should you make a trip north of the border. so first Ianswered the question then I tried to help you find the product

When we do stuff like this around the rancho we call it the "Pay and Learn Method."

When dodging a rock that falls 50' in front of you can you teach me what there is to learn? In Mexico an abandoned cars screams TAKE ME I'M YOURS!

It was Dexron or walk. What do you suggest?

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
In order to flush all of the Dexron out I have to change transmission ATF twice. 10 quarts. This ain't piddly chump change.

When we do stuff like this around the rancho we call it the "Pay and Learn Method."

In order to flush all of the Dexron out I have to change transmission ATF twice. 10 quarts. This ain't piddly chump change.