70hemicuda

so after a lot of searching around, between change and dont change the tranny fluid i decided to go ahead because my fluid smelt burnt, pretty bad too.
well yesterday i bought valvoline dex merc and got to it. drained the pan and holy s*** was that stuff BLACK. well i got really scared and just filled it up and it shifts so smooth now. in the process of a complete change of fluid and i was wondering when is the next time i need to drain? was gonna do it today but i saw wait 2 - 3 days and also 2 weeks. so any help will be awesome

xjsnake

I usually give it two tank fulls (~500 miles) between changes to give the trans time to adjust to the new fluid.

Mine started out black and very burned and is now a nice red. Took awhile to get it to that point but it's worth it.

70hemicuda

Okay so ill do it next week then. Thanks

xjsnake

That's what we're here for. Gotta fuel the addiction in others haha

70hemicuda

Haha very true. And also, when should i change the filter? After i get the fluid nice and red?

xjsnake

Eh, whenever is fine.

Honestly it's just a screen so changing it probably won't do much. I changed mine just because I had the pan off but after seeing what it actually looks like I wouldn't have bothered otherwise.