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auto tranny color and smell ??

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Old 08-05-2011, 09:53 PM
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auto tranny color and smell ??

My tranny works just fine, But the oil is like a clear red and smells pretty bad, and iv already flushed it twice in the past 6k miles ,, Any ideas or is this normal on the rangers
 
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Get a better tranny cooler. How are you doing your flush?
 
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Old 08-06-2011, 12:55 AM
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Alright, like get a better stock one orr aftermarket,, And ill just drop the pan and lit it drain
 
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Not sure what "smells pretty bad" means, but our tranny fluid won't smell like "Old Spice"!!!! lol
From the color you say the fluid is, I doubt it's been over heated, so if you have the factory tube & fin cooler I doubt it's bad, but as has been said, there are smaller, more efficient, temp controlled, flat plate coolers to be had.

Dropping the pan & refilling it, only removes about 40% of the old fluid, as most remains in the valve body, torque converter, cooler & lines, only to contaminate the new fluid you added to refill the tranny pan.

Here is how the Dealer used to get nearly all of the old fluid out, before they got their Routunda flush machine.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/6...-pump-out.html
 
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