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Originally Posted by elemgee
Oil cooler? (I put one in my 96 and never had a problem); in-line filter?, frequent flushes?, synthetic fluid?, other?
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The (second) transmission in my silver has over 100,000 miles, 20,000+ with me in the driver's seat. No external filter nor auxiliary cooler present.
I've put 50,000+ miles on the teal, the transmission in which may be original. I added a mid-sized aux cooler in series with the radiator cooler when I bought it, and it came with a factory canister ("campaign") filter which I've changed once.
Interestingly, on cold mornings the aux-cooler-less silver always takes much longer to attain 4th gear than the teal.
No transmission troubles in either car to date. I use ordinary EconoSludge transmission fluid (no real brand preference) and change it often; drain-and-fill, not flush. Both are daily drivers and I don't pamper or abuse them. Guess I've been lucky.
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