Why Not to Change Your Transmission Fluid

Why Not to Change Your Transmission Fluid, DIY and car repair with Scotty Kilmer. How to check your transmission fluid. Here's why changing your transmission fluid can cause damage. When you should change your automatic transmission fluid. The truth about changing really dirty transmission fluid on your car. How an automatic transmission works. Car advice. DIY car repair with Scotty Kilmer, an auto mechanic for the last 51 years.

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[lindafoxwood]

Great video as always :) . My first motor was a lawn mower - loved that motor - I was 8 years old in 1965. It blew a pistol ring. I ordered a new ring from the Sears catalog and rode my bike 4 miles to get the ring for $1.22 back then. My father was very encouraging at the time: "You broke the lawn mower? You better fix it before I get back from work." Sad day for me. Over all I learned to just buy broken things for nothing and fix them up. Best life story for me. My father however thinks I'm a genus now because I can fix anything without buying parts. :) . He is now 93 and a WW2 veteran. Glad I am part of his family tree. I now work at John Deere. HEhe.

[aberjamm]

Scotty: the guy who will talk about caption topic for 30 sec then move on to 47 others 👍🏼

[phillipbonner]

You said it Scotty don't change we don't want you to change we like you just the way you are.

[peterst-ski]

"pain in the bad car"and mercedes benz picture pops up.Hahahaha

[VitruvianVictor]

thinking about getting a car? well you’re doing it wrong

[paradoxbrothers]

Now let's see, you have a pain in the butt car
*shows Mercedes*
love that 🤣

[Cocytus]

My mechanic where I live in MA is pretty much a Scotty with a different name, and he says too that you shouldn't change the transmission fluid in the American cars from the old era

[daniellebrant]

I just changed mine for the first time at 147, 000 miles. It was black. No issues as of yet!

[magus]

1 year ago "you wanna change your transmission fluid regularly" today "never change it!"

[kenashby]

I like Scotty he is correct and has great advice on Cars & Trucks & SUV's and rocket Auto machines, !!! But In near 50 years of working on these machines, Depends on the situation (Vehicle) of course Mileage and Overall condition , I have found that draining the transmission fluid and changing the transmission filter Will improve transmission function and has on Every vehicle done in these years . Exception is A Total Wreck Auto Transmission ! Fact is nobody can get ALL old transmission fluid out of the transmission without disassembling the transmission, there will be Old transmission fluid left in the torque converter . Metal shavings from Wear, plug up the transmission filter over time and should be changed . There is a magnet in Most All Auto transmission cover pans that collect some of these metal shavings metal dust from the transmission fluid, But not all of it, when you take the cover pan off you shall see these metal shavings / dust stuck to the magnet. IMO and findings . But You Can't Improve A Total Wreck Auto Transmission .

[classicjose]

Watching your videos make me happy when I'm feeling down scotty 👍👍

[talesnevertold]

Scotty, a daily dose of your "tude" helps me get through the day!

[tonyp]

Never change Scotty. Appreciate ya just way you are.

[yepperdeedooda]

Okay now that I'm getting a new car and everything and I'm going to have to change everything myself this actually is very helpful because I had to do this for my dad's old car because he didn't even know how to do this and he wouldn't take his car into the shop. He says they ripped him off and don't just make more problems with the car so he has to keep coming back and paying them more.

[Blacked_OutMedia]

Me: thinking about buying a new transmission. Scotty: NO RUN IT TILL IT BLOWS TO PIECES!

[stevesperry]

Trans fluid debates give me anxiety. I have a 2002 Ford Ranger that runs great. I did a trans flush at 68k miles and I'm about to hit 163k and I haven't touch the trans since. It shifts fine and I'm not sure to flush, drop and refill, or leave it alone.

[kylephillips]

Me: *breathes *
Scotty: You’re doing it wrong!

[hardtofindagood]

You don’t have Scotty’s notifications on? You’re doing it wrong.

[josephcushman]

If it were serviced at proper intervals you need to change filter and oil .
I service trans at what it says in owners manual .