This is an instance where I'm not agreeing or disagreeing with anything that has been said...only offering a piece of info I heard when attending a class at a trade school in Pittsburgh:
I took a class called "Tribology" which is the study of lubricants.
The teacher there told us that if you have an "older" automatic transmission that is coated internally with varnish and you use a "flush" type solvent on it, it will remove the varnish and then your seals will begin to leak as the varnish was what was keeping the older seals from leaking.
I was never a fan of Quaker State oil 'cause it "was" a parafine based oil outta Pennsylvania and I saw what it did to my Grandfather's Ford LTD...loads of gumballs!
However, I've been told that neither Quaker State nor Pennzoil comes from Pennsyvania anymore and is therefore no longer a Parafine-based oil. If this is true (pretty sure it is!) then I wouldn't bother flushing since the previous owner changed oil every 3k miles and the oil isn't parafine-based anymore so there shouldn't be sludge buildup internally.
P.S.<------Mobil 1 SuperSyn User here!
Last edited by Jolly Roger VX'er : 12/22/2003 at 06:51 AM
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