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A year ago I bashed the treansmission oil pan onto a rock sticking out of a dirt road in a remote area of Mexico. I was on my way home and the sun was in my eyes. I drove the 400' to the driveway and called a local mobile mechanic. He removed the pan, welded the crack and then presented me with a quandary.
Fill the trans with regular ATF, drive 200 miles get synthetic fluid, and then change it, or let the car sit and somehow hope to get fluid (4 mile walk to the nearest parts store--and no guarantee they could even order it)
So I clenched my teeth, and drove the '95 spirit and purchased 8 quarts of MoPar/Mitsubishi approved fluid, and then had it changed. I drove the car for around 10 miles and then had a second change performed, but not the filter.
Since then, the car has been driven 12,000 miles.
But I am still worried. Should I expect an early demise for this low-mileage transmission (75,000 miles)?
Or should I get more synthetic fluid and have it changed yet again?
I am still in Mexico, there are few cars woth automatic transmission and fewer still parts houses that even know about synthetic fluid.
Fill the trans with regular ATF, drive 200 miles get synthetic fluid, and then change it, or let the car sit and somehow hope to get fluid (4 mile walk to the nearest parts store--and no guarantee they could even order it)
So I clenched my teeth, and drove the '95 spirit and purchased 8 quarts of MoPar/Mitsubishi approved fluid, and then had it changed. I drove the car for around 10 miles and then had a second change performed, but not the filter.
Since then, the car has been driven 12,000 miles.
But I am still worried. Should I expect an early demise for this low-mileage transmission (75,000 miles)?
Or should I get more synthetic fluid and have it changed yet again?
I am still in Mexico, there are few cars woth automatic transmission and fewer still parts houses that even know about synthetic fluid.