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Dave hall
Dodge Dakota
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7/11/2002
08:20:26
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 Subject: Transmission / dealer question
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I recently had my 30,000 mile tranny service done at my local "5 Star" Dodge dealer. On paying I noted that the service receipt said that they had filled the tranny with ATF +3. I brought it to the service guy's attention that this transmission should have ATF +4. He went back and discussed this with the guy who did the service (supposedly) and came back to say that it was just a wrong entry into the system and that ATF +4 had been used in the tranny and ATF+3 in the transfer case (done at the same time). Since then the transmission seems to function the same as before, no better or worse that I can tell, but the gas mileage is significantly down. The city went from a poor 12.5-13 MPG to 11.3 and the highway from 18 MPG to 16.5. While some may be due to it being hotter the last couple of weeks and the A/C being run more, I doubt that would cause this big of a drop.
Thus my questions: Is there any way to check to see whether ATF+3 was added during this service? Would it require a full flush and fill to correct it if so? and do you think I am being paranoid and the mileage drop is not indicative of a fluid issue?
Thanks.
Dave
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patt fleming
Dodge Dakota
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7/21/2002
15:48:23
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i dont know of any way to tell the difference in fluids but i know one thing. you can put +4 in a trans that uses +3. but d.c. says never the other way around. if it takes +4 you better get it in writting from the dealer. who knows what he put in if they had to bull**it about it to figure it out. get it in writing from the dealer that the paperwork they gave you saying they put in +3 was wrong, that way if for some reason they screwed up and caused some damage that appears after your warranty runs up theyll have to fix the problem.
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