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      Transmission fluid change/exchange

      New to me 2009 Aveo...112K miles. The transmission fluid was golden brown, but didn't smell burnt. Transmission shifts fine.

      I have drained it and refilled it (takes 2 qts on the nose) 5X so far, fluid is starting to get better, and I know that I am just diluting the existing fluid of 6qts by 2 qts at a time...so the question is..how many times does it take to get it to come relatively clean/red? I figure once it gets to the point of an acceptable I will drop the pan and change the filter.

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      I am in the process of doing the same thing.. just picked up a 2008 with 62k miles on it.. fluid was pretty dirty so I took off the pan and changed the filter.. going to keep changing it until I get a good color of red

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      Took about 6 drains to get it to a nice clean red. I did find NAPA had a replacement drain plug and crush washer, only place I would find. M10 1.5
      I used Walmart ATF, cheapest I could find that met the spec.

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      I was going to get Valoline ATF from Walmart tonight, but you say Walmart brand meets all the specs?

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      Quote Originally Posted by maxim1157 View Post
      I was going to get Valoline ATF from Walmart tonight, but you say Walmart brand meets all the specs?
      yes! mets the spec
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      Looks about right. I've done 5 drains (2 litres each time) and it's almost clean pink. I'm at ~100,000km, and my fluid was completely black.





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