oops .... forgot to change the oil
I've never been overly concerned about oil changes although I am pretty good about changing the oil in my F350 with full synthetic every 25k km. However, some of our other vehicles can get a little ne...
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valhalla360 wrote:ppine wrote:
Changing the trans fluid, diffs, and transfer case is how you make a vehicle last. Trans every 30k, the others about every 50-75k.
I think I've changed a transmission once. I've never changed a diff.
Never had a transmission or diff failure. Regularly get north of 200k miles before selling the vehicle still running fine.
This is cover around 35yrs of driving for me and the wife.
Unless you cook the transmission fluid on a hard haul, it's just not a big issue in modern vehicles.
Lordy!
Not including the engine oil I've changed out all the fluids in mine several times over, both diff's, transfer case, tranny fluid and 2 filters, power steering fluid, two complete flushes of the coolant system, complete brake lines flushes......
You guys actually make me feel pretty good about how well I take care of her :B
