John Q. Mormon

Hello all:

I drive a 81 mile round trip commute everyday. I drive from 500' sea
level to about 4500' for work. Mountain driving. Several lights and
stop signs.

Because of my constant downshifting (It's a automatic), I was thinking
about getting the fluid chnged around the 20,000 mile mark instead of
waiting for teh service reminded to come on around 30,000 miles.

Any thoughts regarding this?

jim beam

John Q. Mormon wrote:
> Hello all:
>
> I drive a 81 mile round trip commute everyday. I drive from 500' sea
> level to about 4500' for work. Mountain driving. Several lights and
> stop signs.
>
> Because of my constant downshifting (It's a automatic), I was thinking
> about getting the fluid chnged around the 20,000 mile mark instead of
> waiting for teh service reminded to come on around 30,000 miles.
>
> Any thoughts regarding this?

yes. i think you should pay attention to the owner manual and follow
the service schedule it specifies. transmission oil may be subject to
the same recreational or wallet-lightening temptations as engine oil,
but you need to manfully resist those temptations john - you're not
driving detroit garbage, and you're not stuck in the 1950's.

Dano58

On Nov 23, 10:19 am, John Q. Mormon <john_q_mor...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all:
>
> I drive a 81 mile round trip commute everyday. I drive from 500' sea
> level to about 4500' for work. Mountain driving. Several lights and
> stop signs.
>
> Because of my constant downshifting (It's a automatic), I was thinking
> about getting the fluid chnged around the 20,000 mile mark instead of
> waiting for teh service reminded to come on around 30,000 miles.
>
> Any thoughts regarding this?

Yes, stop manually downshifting the car. Brakes are cheaper than a
transmission.

Dan D
'07 Ody EX
Central NJ USA

Tooomy

"jim beam" <spamvortex@bad.example.net> wrote in message
news:ggbtm3$t4c$1@news.motzarella.org...
> yes. i think you should pay attention to the owner manual and follow the
> service schedule it specifies. transmission oil may be subject to the
> same recreational or wallet-lightening temptations as engine oil, but you
> need to manfully resist those temptations john - you're not driving
> detroit garbage, and you're not stuck in the 1950's.


I guess this is a US thing, loads more cars have devices and displays
telling us to change oil and transmision fluids.

Bit of a battle in the UK we're often advised 2 year services or 20k
(sometimes up to 25K) miles by the makers BUT as this is to look good in
pence permile costs and as companies buy a LARGE percentage of new cars it
's advised sometimes to service more often than what the dealers/makers
say - stories of gearboxes u/s and turbos in petrol and diesel blowing up
just after warranty runs out are not great
Even some Toyotas have an issue with heavy oil consumption due to their
l-o-n-g service intervals

In my CRVs handbook it does mention circumstances where you might wish to
change fluids or filters more often than standard - If you're concerned then
go ahead,but I agree about letting the auto be an auto

jim beam

On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:39:18 +0000, Tooomy wrote:

> "jim beam" <spamvortex@bad.example.net> wrote in message
> news:ggbtm3$t4c$1@news.motzarella.org...
>> yes. i think you should pay attention to the owner manual and follow
>> the service schedule it specifies. transmission oil may be subject to
>> the same recreational or wallet-lightening temptations as engine oil,
>> but you need to manfully resist those temptations john - you're not
>> driving detroit garbage, and you're not stuck in the 1950's.
>
>
> I guess this is a US thing, loads more cars have devices and displays
> telling us to change oil and transmision fluids.
>
> Bit of a battle in the UK we're often advised 2 year services or 20k
> (sometimes up to 25K) miles by the makers BUT as this is to look good
> in pence permile costs

ok, so invest a few bucks and get some oil analysis done. testing beats
scheduling any day. if the oil analysis says to change sooner than the
schedule, change sooner. if not, you're safe to continue. fear of the
unknown is where trust issues arise, so eliminate the unknown.


> and as companies buy a LARGE percentage of new
> cars it 's advised sometimes to service more often than what the
> dealers/makers say - stories of gearboxes u/s and turbos in petrol and
> diesel blowing up just after warranty runs out are not great Even some
> Toyotas have an issue with heavy oil consumption due to their l-o-n-g
> service intervals
>
> In my CRVs handbook it does mention circumstances where you might wish
> to change fluids or filters more often than standard - If you're
> concerned then go ahead,but I agree about letting the auto be an auto

Tony Hwang

John Q. Mormon wrote:
> Hello all:
>
> I drive a 81 mile round trip commute everyday. I drive from 500' sea
> level to about 4500' for work. Mountain driving. Several lights and
> stop signs.
>
> Because of my constant downshifting (It's a automatic), I was thinking
> about getting the fluid chnged around the 20,000 mile mark instead of
> waiting for teh service reminded to come on around 30,000 miles.
>
> Any thoughts regarding this?
Hi,
Looking at the hydraulic fluid(color and smell) will tell you.