A&Q about 350Z
Q:
I'd like some second opinions on this stuff. I was thinking of adding Lucas Transmission Fix / Additive stuff to my 2001 ford taurus. I have heard that its good to add even before I have problems for preventitive maintenance. Is it just a $10 bottle of snake oil?
A:
As with all aftermarket additives, they dont work. The best preventative mantineance for a transmission is periodic fuild changes. About every 20,000 miles is a good practice.
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I went and bought it anyway, I figured it can't hurt.
But I had the fluid flushed by the dealer at ~25000 miles and I'll be doing it this summer again at about 35000 miles.
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I used that stuff after a trans fluid and filter change, and it made my transmission slip like the Pittsburgh Penguins!
Not good at all!!
I had to do a second fluid change and flush to get it out, at which time the slipping stopped, and the trans worked well, again.
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Your going to hear mixed reviews. Some people will worship it, some will say it cuased their tranny go slip and go crazy. Some logic behind this is not all transmissions are designed to use the same qualities in a fluid, some use the fluid to reduce friction while others use fluid to increase friction. General things like this just mask problems, kinda like using 90w gear oil in your motor to solve a oil leak.
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I did quite a bit of driving last night. Definitely helped my 1-2 shift at lighter throttle - it would shift very slow.
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I use and swear by the Lucas Oil Supplement in my higher-mileage (over 200,000) vehicles. But I did not have a very good experience the one time I tried the ATF formula; perhaps that trans was already too far gone.