- Location
- Newark, CA
So I'm on to the next area of baselining my XJ, the transmission and driveline.
From the looks of things so far in the engine it looks like regular maintenance was not a huge concern of the PO. So that means that the trans was neglected as well.
My question is this, should I have the trans flushed to push out all the old crap or perform multiple changes to get most of the of fluid out? It may even have the wrong, ATF +3 or +4, fluid in it. It was low when I bought it. I added 2 1/2 quarts of dex III and that seemed to resolve the shifting issue it had when it was cold.
The fluid looks brownish, but doesn't smell burnt. The rig has almost 170,000 miles on it. The documentation given to me was sparse, just some info on the lift kit and some maintenance done when the belt broke about 20,000 miles ago.
From the looks of things so far in the engine it looks like regular maintenance was not a huge concern of the PO. So that means that the trans was neglected as well.
My question is this, should I have the trans flushed to push out all the old crap or perform multiple changes to get most of the of fluid out? It may even have the wrong, ATF +3 or +4, fluid in it. It was low when I bought it. I added 2 1/2 quarts of dex III and that seemed to resolve the shifting issue it had when it was cold.
The fluid looks brownish, but doesn't smell burnt. The rig has almost 170,000 miles on it. The documentation given to me was sparse, just some info on the lift kit and some maintenance done when the belt broke about 20,000 miles ago.
