Re: Wrong Transmission Fluid

I've seen that kind of clutch burn out if the shop failed to soak the new 
clutch in AFT before they were installed.   If the clutches were put in
the 
transmission dry, they won't last more that a few hundred miles.  The use
of 
Dexron will make it shift horribly but I doubt that the use of Dexron
would 
"burn" the clutchs that fast.  Either way, the shop is at fault.  Not much

of a transmission shop if they don't know to use ATF+4.



"Kasper" <zroject5@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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>I understand that Dexron transmission fluid is not to be used in Chrysler
> front-wheel drive transmissions, and that the correct fluid to use is 
> ATF+4.
> I¹ve also heard that wear and damage can result from using the wrong 
> fluid.
>
> My ¹98 Town & Country transmission was recently overhauled by a local
> transmission shop.  About 200 miles later, the trans started having 
> trouble
> shifting and was slipping badly.  Rather than take it back to the same 
> shop,
> I took it to the local Chrysler dealer.  They took it apart and showed
me
> the disassembled transmission.  It appeared that the original shop did
> rebuild it correctly, replacing the clutches and gears.  But the
clutches
> were badly burnt and had to be replaced again.  It was then that I found

> out
> that the original shop used a Dexron/Mercon fluid instead of ATF+4.
>
> My question is:  Could using the wrong fluid have caused the clutches to
> burn out so quickly?   I don¹t see any other explanation.  Wouldn¹t this

> be
> considered negligence or incompetence on the part of the people who used

> the
> wrong fluid?
>
> Also: What is it about Dexron that causes damage to Chrysler 
> transmissions?
>
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