Your car is one of your most
important possessions because it gets you from one place to another easily.
Compare this to public commuting, you’ll be saving plenty of time to travel
from home to any other place. Thus, it is very important to make sure that your
car is always in good condition to avoid any travelling inconveniences along
the way.
This being said, you need proper
maintenance and one of which is the maintenance of your transmission. You
should know when it’s time to get a transmission service done. A common service
is called the transmission flush. It is a preventative maintenance procedure to
keep the health of a car.
A flush transmission
service is a procedure where all transmission fluid is flushed or removed from
your car’s engine. A special machine is used to flush out all the grime from
the old oil. Transmission flush can also remove sludge and debris, cleansing
your transmission. After the flush, 100 percent new transmission oil is applied
and allowed to run through your car’s engine.
Many car owners ask about the
effectiveness of a flush transmission service. Some say that flushing a car
with improper equipment will do more harm than good, making the process
ineffective, so to speak. Why? As it turns out, the improper equipment may
cause the grime and sludge to let lodged somewhere else. Hence, the old
transmission oil is not completely flushed from your car’s system. Also, with
the wrong machine used, valves and seals may be damaged during the procedure.
Nonetheless, there is no question
that if a transmission flush is performed by a professional automotive repair
company, the procedure is effective. The transmission flush will clean your
engine from any residue, which in turn will improve the performance of your
engine as well as its lifespan.
Then there is the question of which one is better, a
transmission flush or change oil. A transmission flush is more expensive than
change oil, but there are cases when you need to do one over the other. What is
the difference anyway?
A change oil service drains the
oil as well, but there is no machine used for this, only gravity. Thus, all
residues and contaminants are not removed. It is sad to say that only 20 to 40
percent of the grime and sludge are removed compared to a transmission flush
where 100 percent of the oil debris are removed.
The question of what transmission
service to take will depend on the current state of your transmission oil. This
should be checked by the car expert. But for the most part, a change oil is
done more often compared to the transmission flush.
Atlantic
Automotive Inc
824
East Fletcher Avenue, Tampa, FL 33612
813-936-1510
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