markuszoom5
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- Mazda 5 Sport
I have read a lot of things about tranny fluid on this board. It should look red and not brown. Red is good and brown is burnt. Your tranny might be toast if it smells bad. Well I have 36,000 and I just pulled out the dipstick for the first time. The fluid was brown and smelled bad. My car is only 3 years old. I bought it brand new. So then I checked my wife's Honda Civic 2007, which she also bought brand new and has 35,000 (she does not drive much). The car is 7 years old. Well, her fluid has never been changed, and the car is now out of warranty. The fluid was bright red and had almost no smell to it, whereas my fluid was dark brown and smelled like crap. It was really bad. So then I went online to educate myself about tranny fluid.
Well, I hope this is not a shock to everybody, but apparently the color and the smell says nothing about tranny fluid life. Only mileage decides the condition. And, also it appears that a flush/drain is not going to help much if the filter is clogged. So does the MZ5 have a tranny filter? Who would even replace that, because the dealer only does flushes. So who is the master expert here and who really knows for sure how this tranny is supposed to be treated?
It looks like I will have to call Mazda to find out, anybody know?
Check out this link that I found.
http://www.agcoauto.com/content/news/p2_articleid/141
Well, I hope this is not a shock to everybody, but apparently the color and the smell says nothing about tranny fluid life. Only mileage decides the condition. And, also it appears that a flush/drain is not going to help much if the filter is clogged. So does the MZ5 have a tranny filter? Who would even replace that, because the dealer only does flushes. So who is the master expert here and who really knows for sure how this tranny is supposed to be treated?
It looks like I will have to call Mazda to find out, anybody know?
Check out this link that I found.
http://www.agcoauto.com/content/news/p2_articleid/141