The Car Connection's resident mechanic, Doug Flint, wants you to resist the next time a quick lube shop tells you that you need your transmission fluid/differential oil/transfer case fluid/etc. etc., changed. Resist their scientific-looking pH strips and the repair guy's claims that the [insert fluid name here] fluid is just a little too [insert color here].

Doug Flint, in his infinite mechanic's wisdom, finally tells us what we've all been longing to hear ,but were too afraid to believe -- the only thing those repair shops are flushing is your wallet.

Read on for his advice on fluid exchange intervals and advice on resisting even the hardest of extra service sells.

[Source: TheCarConnection.com]

TCC's Doug Flint: Dear auto repair facilities: flush you! originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 19 Apr 2006 12:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

With an oil change and transmission fluid swap out of the way, it's now time to exchange the oil transfer case lube for some fresh stuff. For those of you with manual transmission, you'd follow most of the same steps to service that unit, so please don't feel slighted (there will be a few in-depth posts on manual transmission service in another month or so).

(Click on through the jump for the full walk-through)!

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Autoblog Maintenance 101: Transfer case fluid change originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 01 Apr 2006 13:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.