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I performed the automatic transmission flush & refill method (described in threads here and in the IPD flush kit instructions) on my 1995 850 non-turbo wagon with 160k miles. The old fluid was pretty dark even though it looked ok on the dipstick. I used a can of BG Quick Clean and almost 16 quarts of the Mobil 1 synthetic fluid before the fluid looked really clean pouring out of the top cooler line. (At nearly $8 a quart it sure wasn't cheap!) After it was all clean and back together I took it for an easy drive...
As I pulled into a driveway apron at a pizza place my plastic bumper scraped the ground pretty hard, I went in got my pizza. As I returned to the car I noticed the smell of ATF (it has that unmistakable smell, eh?) I figured it was the smear/residue under the hood. As I pulled down the street I looked back at the parking space I just left I saw a large bloody puddle and a streak following the path I took out of there... (Oh-no!) Oh, yes... I was roughly 300 yards away from an auto store and I used my momentum to get to the parking lot of the Advance Auto Parts store. (spewing fluid all the way) My lower hose clamp failed and was gone and the hose was loose! I hadn't touched the lower line, I guess it was just a frikken coincidence and the bump on the curb knocked it loose.?!!??%^$#@ And about $120 in fluid all over the street, and... i was "that guy" fixing his car in the store parking lot! cripes!
Anyhow... to my question.
The store was out of Mobil 1 and in my haste I refilled the tranny with dino ATF, not the Mercon fluid i meant to buy and my manual recommends. It is nearly a week later and I have just NOW realized (while taking out the trash/recyclables) that I refilled with the wrong fluid. Any guesses or advice on what I may have done to my tranny?
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-woodsytf '95 850 wagon 160k
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transmission flush mishap. have i made a BIG mistake or just a little one? [850][1995]