Hey, welcome back. Ronini in the Car Doctor eight five five five six zero nine to nine zero zero Car doctorshow dot com. Ronn Innian the Car Doctor out on Facebook. Annian an A, I A and I think we covered all the bases. Let's get back to the garage doors and get into the bay. Let's go talk to Justin Harrisburg, PA. Justin, Welcome to the Car Doctor, sir, how can I help?

Hey, welcome back. Ronini in the Car Doctor eight five five five six zero nine to nine zero zero Car doctorshow dot com. Ronn Innian the Car Doctor out on Facebook. Annian an A, I A and I think we covered all the bases. Let's get back to the garage doors and get into the bay. Let's go talk to Justin Harrisburg, PA. Justin, Welcome to the Car Doctor, sir, how can I help?

Thanks? Thank you, Paul, I appreciate it.

Thanks? Thank you, Paul, I appreciate it.

You're very welcome. What's going on?

You're very welcome. What's going on?

I have a two thousand and five d W Jetta that started throwing a P zero for two zero code. I hoped to toll up to diagnostics and gave me the code. It's related to the catalytic converter. By clear the code out, the code doesn't come back on for sometimes a week, sometimes a month or two.

I have a two thousand and five d W Jetta that started throwing a P zero for two zero code. I hoped to toll up to diagnostics and gave me the code. It's related to the catalytic converter. By clear the code out, the code doesn't come back on for sometimes a week, sometimes a month or two.

Does your driving pattern change or very whether it's a week or a month, are you still are you? Are you a pretty consistent drive cycle pattern?

Does your driving pattern change or very whether it's a week or a month, are you still are you? Are you a pretty consistent drive cycle pattern?

Very consistent drive cycle? Okay, yeah, it's pretty much used for a work commute and that's about it. Since then, I've noticed that if the car sits overnight and it rains, I start the car up in the morning to go to work. Having sporadic miss fires and it's throwing the p Zier three oh one general miss fire codes both on cylinder one.

Very consistent drive cycle? Okay, yeah, it's pretty much used for a work commute and that's about it. Since then, I've noticed that if the car sits overnight and it rains, I start the car up in the morning to go to work. Having sporadic miss fires and it's throwing the p Zier three oh one general miss fire codes both on cylinder one.

Three and four.

Three and four.

Okay, there's a four. There's a four cylinder.

Okay, there's a four. There's a four cylinder.

Justin Yes, a four cylinder two point leader, non turbo.

Justin Yes, a four cylinder two point leader, non turbo.

Motor, all right, any other any other diagnosis.

Motor, all right, any other any other diagnosis.

Like I said, it only misfires when it's cold out. If I leave the car idle, it'll idle up for about five or ten minutes and then it's good. Okay, doesn't miss fire after that once the cars are warmed up to operating temperature.

Like I said, it only misfires when it's cold out. If I leave the car idle, it'll idle up for about five or ten minutes and then it's good. Okay, doesn't miss fire after that once the cars are warmed up to operating temperature.

This is a spark plug, spark plug, wire and singular coil vehicle, yeah okay. And this has the right a coil pack. And and this has the air pump mounted on top of the coil.

This is a spark plug, spark plug, wire and singular coil vehicle, yeah okay. And this has the right a coil pack. And and this has the air pump mounted on top of the coil.

Yeah yeah, the secondary air pump.

Yeah yeah, the secondary air pump.

Yeah, great place to put it. So what's probably going on here is you probably have impending coil failure, which is not uncommon. You know, it's got a misfire. Let's let's talk about that first. The misfire. You know, an engine misses why it's not running smooth and in simplest terms, it's going to miss for one of three reasons. Ignition fuel, mechanical. I really doubt this is a mechanical reason, not on an intermittent basis, not related to cold, damp weather fuel. Possibly, but you'd have to give me a reason and support that as to why ignition is the more common denominator. And I'd be willing to bet that if you got a little spray bottle of water, a little animizer fush fish fush, and very gently misted water in the area of the coil when the engine is running good, and give it four to six minutes to soak in water does some amazing things. I bet you it'll start to miss. And if that's the case, I take the air pump off, which you're probably gonna end up having to do anyway. There's I think it's a six millimeter Allan. There's three Allen's on that one two three. They come off, disconnect to pump that slides out. You'll be looking right at the ignition coil. There's a bracket that's a little bit of a pain in the neck to deal with, and you need a long Alan shank to get that back bottom bolt. But you'll be looking right at the top of the coil. Take a look at the coils where the tower comes up and it runs with wise across the you know, with of the car, so to speak. I bet you there's a crack in a coil. And if that's the case, it needs a coil assembly. Now you know how many.

Yeah, great place to put it. So what's probably going on here is you probably have impending coil failure, which is not uncommon. You know, it's got a misfire. Let's let's talk about that first. The misfire. You know, an engine misses why it's not running smooth and in simplest terms, it's going to miss for one of three reasons. Ignition fuel, mechanical. I really doubt this is a mechanical reason, not on an intermittent basis, not related to cold, damp weather fuel. Possibly, but you'd have to give me a reason and support that as to why ignition is the more common denominator. And I'd be willing to bet that if you got a little spray bottle of water, a little animizer fush fish fush, and very gently misted water in the area of the coil when the engine is running good, and give it four to six minutes to soak in water does some amazing things. I bet you it'll start to miss. And if that's the case, I take the air pump off, which you're probably gonna end up having to do anyway. There's I think it's a six millimeter Allan. There's three Allen's on that one two three. They come off, disconnect to pump that slides out. You'll be looking right at the ignition coil. There's a bracket that's a little bit of a pain in the neck to deal with, and you need a long Alan shank to get that back bottom bolt. But you'll be looking right at the top of the coil. Take a look at the coils where the tower comes up and it runs with wise across the you know, with of the car, so to speak. I bet you there's a crack in a coil. And if that's the case, it needs a coil assembly. Now you know how many.

Miles are on the car, one hundred and seven thousand.

Miles are on the car, one hundred and seven thousand.

Ever, do plugs.

Ever, do plugs.

I just bought the vehicle less than a year ago, okay, and I don't have any previous maintenance history on it.

I just bought the vehicle less than a year ago, okay, and I don't have any previous maintenance history on it.

All right, So if it's you're gonna have to do plugs and wires. This is the one where the plugs and the wires are underneath the intake planum, right right, pretty simple to do. There's a minimum amount of things that you have to disconnect. You do need You will need to buy a long Alan socket set. The two screws in the back of the upper planum that fold over or hidden in their kind of heart to see, but if you look, they're there. When I do this job, I actually have two Alans. I actually have two long islands because I have two different sets. I have one with a ball end and one with a straight end. But my point is what I'll do is I'll break all of them loose with the long shank, and then I'll take the ball end and I will put that on the two that are hidden. When you see this, you'll understand if this comes down to where you've got to change plugs and wires, which I would recommend doing with the coil, so you know everything is fresh. Once you determine the coil's bed, I use those two alans to hold the screws in the manifold. Just the weight of the allen's laying there. We'll keep the screws from falling out, because if they fall out, it's gonna be a pain in the neck to put back in. All right, and you've got to be mindful that when you lift the planum off, you've now got an open area directly. You know, this is like let's go play with hand grenades over a crate full of puppies. Okay, you've got this open planum that if one of those screws falls out, guess where it goes? Right into the motor. See. Uh, you know, then that's done. So what I'll do is I'll bury gently lift it off. I take a piece of duct tape right across the planum. Now, I'm not worried if something, you know, falls drops, I've got some security there. The gasket that separates the two is probably good enough to reuse. They're usually rock hard and they don't change shape. If you want to get one, get one. They're not expensive. And you know, plugs, wires, and a coil pack. Make sure you use a good quality OE level coil pack. Take a look at some of the plugs from Denso there there are iridium TT's if they make it for that car work really well. I've used them on some of the other volkswagons. Good part number. Just just things to be mindful of and and that'll resolve the misfire, all right. So that's the misfire side of this equation. The catalytic converter fault. Catalytic converter faults happened because there's exhaust coming into the there's an oxygen sensor in the front of the cat, there's an oxygen sensor in the back of the cat. A catalytic converter, by definition of the law, has to reduce emissions seventy percent or better, all right. So they're looking at oxygen content going into the cat, oxygen content coming out of the cat. The cat has to store oxygen. If the cat doesn't store oxygen, it can't create the proper catalytic reaction and cause the and cause the emission levels to be reduced. So that being said, something is fouling out this cat. It could be the misfire, and it could be once you resolve the misfire and then possibly doing some sort of a fuel system cleaning may bring that cat back to life. But the problem is the cat's now working twice as hard with a miss that's been developing over time. Chances are you may have to put a catalytic converter in this car first. But let's fix the misfire fire first, all right, justin and then we'll then we'll talk after that. If the light continues to set, does that work?

All right, So if it's you're gonna have to do plugs and wires. This is the one where the plugs and the wires are underneath the intake planum, right right, pretty simple to do. There's a minimum amount of things that you have to disconnect. You do need You will need to buy a long Alan socket set. The two screws in the back of the upper planum that fold over or hidden in their kind of heart to see, but if you look, they're there. When I do this job, I actually have two Alans. I actually have two long islands because I have two different sets. I have one with a ball end and one with a straight end. But my point is what I'll do is I'll break all of them loose with the long shank, and then I'll take the ball end and I will put that on the two that are hidden. When you see this, you'll understand if this comes down to where you've got to change plugs and wires, which I would recommend doing with the coil, so you know everything is fresh. Once you determine the coil's bed, I use those two alans to hold the screws in the manifold. Just the weight of the allen's laying there. We'll keep the screws from falling out, because if they fall out, it's gonna be a pain in the neck to put back in. All right, and you've got to be mindful that when you lift the planum off, you've now got an open area directly. You know, this is like let's go play with hand grenades over a crate full of puppies. Okay, you've got this open planum that if one of those screws falls out, guess where it goes? Right into the motor. See. Uh, you know, then that's done. So what I'll do is I'll bury gently lift it off. I take a piece of duct tape right across the planum. Now, I'm not worried if something, you know, falls drops, I've got some security there. The gasket that separates the two is probably good enough to reuse. They're usually rock hard and they don't change shape. If you want to get one, get one. They're not expensive. And you know, plugs, wires, and a coil pack. Make sure you use a good quality OE level coil pack. Take a look at some of the plugs from Denso there there are iridium TT's if they make it for that car work really well. I've used them on some of the other volkswagons. Good part number. Just just things to be mindful of and and that'll resolve the misfire, all right. So that's the misfire side of this equation. The catalytic converter fault. Catalytic converter faults happened because there's exhaust coming into the there's an oxygen sensor in the front of the cat, there's an oxygen sensor in the back of the cat. A catalytic converter, by definition of the law, has to reduce emissions seventy percent or better, all right. So they're looking at oxygen content going into the cat, oxygen content coming out of the cat. The cat has to store oxygen. If the cat doesn't store oxygen, it can't create the proper catalytic reaction and cause the and cause the emission levels to be reduced. So that being said, something is fouling out this cat. It could be the misfire, and it could be once you resolve the misfire and then possibly doing some sort of a fuel system cleaning may bring that cat back to life. But the problem is the cat's now working twice as hard with a miss that's been developing over time. Chances are you may have to put a catalytic converter in this car first. But let's fix the misfire fire first, all right, justin and then we'll then we'll talk after that. If the light continues to set, does that work?

That works for me?

That works for me?

Okay, but you know where to find me, you know what's going on. That should give you enough to work on. All right, all right, Oh you're very welcome. I hope I didn't I hope I didn't draw this out too long. It's just it's a it's a it's a simple procedure that's just got a lot of detail to it. So I just wanted to make sure you got it. If you need me during the week, we're on at cardoctorshow dot com. I'll do what I can for you via email. You're very welcome, Good luck to you and hide everybody out there in PA. Eight five five five six zero nine nine zero zero. Run on any and the Car Doctor. We're back right after this. Welcome back, Run on any in the Card Doctor eight five five five six zero nine nine zero zero. If you want to call in and get in on the Card Doctor hotline, that is the twenty four to seven number. You can call that number eight five five five six zero nine nine zero zero anytime, day or night. That number is always active. There's always a messaging service on there when we're not on the air. This radio show is live Saturday afternoons two to four pm Eastern Time, So any other time, if you call and leave a message on eight five five five six zero nine nine zero zero, Fast Tario or executive producer will get you in Q and talk to you about your problem up here on air for everyone to hear, because that's what we want to solve your problem. We want to educate everybody. That's what this radio show is all about. Let's get over to Jesse, our next caller in Chico, California, with some questions about changing trans fluid on a twenty thirteen F one to fifty. Jesse, Welcome to the Card Doctor, sir.

Okay, but you know where to find me, you know what's going on. That should give you enough to work on. All right, all right, Oh you're very welcome. I hope I didn't I hope I didn't draw this out too long. It's just it's a it's a it's a simple procedure that's just got a lot of detail to it. So I just wanted to make sure you got it. If you need me during the week, we're on at cardoctorshow dot com. I'll do what I can for you via email. You're very welcome, Good luck to you and hide everybody out there in PA. Eight five five five six zero nine nine zero zero. Run on any and the Car Doctor. We're back right after this. Welcome back, Run on any in the Card Doctor eight five five five six zero nine nine zero zero. If you want to call in and get in on the Card Doctor hotline, that is the twenty four to seven number. You can call that number eight five five five six zero nine nine zero zero anytime, day or night. That number is always active. There's always a messaging service on there when we're not on the air. This radio show is live Saturday afternoons two to four pm Eastern Time, So any other time, if you call and leave a message on eight five five five six zero nine nine zero zero, Fast Tario or executive producer will get you in Q and talk to you about your problem up here on air for everyone to hear, because that's what we want to solve your problem. We want to educate everybody. That's what this radio show is all about. Let's get over to Jesse, our next caller in Chico, California, with some questions about changing trans fluid on a twenty thirteen F one to fifty. Jesse, Welcome to the Card Doctor, sir.

Thanks Ron, I really really enjoy your show.

Thanks Ron, I really really enjoy your show.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I'm just confused on when to do that. I've gotten three different recommendations from the Ford dealer, and then I know my maintenance guy says something totally different. So I just wanted to find out what you would recommend What.

I'm just confused on when to do that. I've gotten three different recommendations from the Ford dealer, and then I know my maintenance guy says something totally different. So I just wanted to find out what you would recommend What.

Do you think? What are some of the recommendations you're hearing.

Do you think? What are some of the recommendations you're hearing.

Well, one he's got thirty one thousand on it now and I have it the oil change. That's a dealer. So the service writer the last time I was in a couple of weeks ago, said oh, we should do the transmission next oil change. Then another guy I talked to he said, oh, we should do it about sixty thousand. I know my book says something about like one hundred and fifty thousand, right, And I used to have before this one. I had an O six f one fifty and the recommendation on that one on the transmission with every thirty thousand. Yeah, I'm just confused.

Well, one he's got thirty one thousand on it now and I have it the oil change. That's a dealer. So the service writer the last time I was in a couple of weeks ago, said oh, we should do the transmission next oil change. Then another guy I talked to he said, oh, we should do it about sixty thousand. I know my book says something about like one hundred and fifty thousand, right, And I used to have before this one. I had an O six f one fifty and the recommendation on that one on the transmission with every thirty thousand. Yeah, I'm just confused.

Okay, let me see if we can unconfuse you here. First of all, this is not normal transfluid. It is, but it isn't. This is mercon LV. This is their extended life fluid. It's not cheap, but it's not expensive when you compare it to the price of a new vehicle or transmission. The one hundred and fifty thousand mile change your transmission fluid concept, yeah, is ridiculous to me. I don't understand that for a variety of reasons. Jesse. Let's be practical. If this truck has fifteen thousand miles on it, it's got to be ten twelve years old. Would you would? Would you would?

Okay, let me see if we can unconfuse you here. First of all, this is not normal transfluid. It is, but it isn't. This is mercon LV. This is their extended life fluid. It's not cheap, but it's not expensive when you compare it to the price of a new vehicle or transmission. The one hundred and fifty thousand mile change your transmission fluid concept, yeah, is ridiculous to me. I don't understand that for a variety of reasons. Jesse. Let's be practical. If this truck has fifteen thousand miles on it, it's got to be ten twelve years old. Would you would? Would you would?

Would?

Would?

Let's see, if you're doing how many miles a year?

Let's see, if you're doing how many miles a year?

Do you go?

Do you go?

Ten thousand, fifteen thousand, fifteen? Okay, so in ten years you're gonna have one hundred and fifty thousand miles on it in ten years. Would you spend three four grand in today's money to put a transmission in that truck? Or would you go buy a new truck.

Ten thousand, fifteen thousand, fifteen? Okay, so in ten years you're gonna have one hundred and fifty thousand miles on it in ten years. Would you spend three four grand in today's money to put a transmission in that truck? Or would you go buy a new truck.

I'd buy a new truck, right, so ergo.

I'd buy a new truck, right, so ergo.

We now know why the marketing department decided one hundred and fifty thousand miles change of transfluid. We're going to sell a lot of cars in ten years. And I still believe that with all my heart. I just don't buy that fluids last that way. And I've had conversations with transmission builders and they tell me, point blank they're still faced with the same problems. It's about heat, it's about contaminant, it's about moisture, it's about all the things that they're all trying to correct with special fluids that don't seem to get corrected to the level that they want. In a perfect world, an engineer can design a fluid that will work. But unfortunately, all the roads are far from perfect than anyone that's driven on them, and sat in traffic are been doing ninety on the freeway trying to avoid getting hit by a truck can relate to that. So the one hundred and fifty thousand that's out the door. Okay, first trans fluid change, first fluid change of any kind. I like the thirty thousand mile rule, and I'll tell you why, point blank. Okay, is the truck still under warranty? Yeah, all right, how long is the warranty?

We now know why the marketing department decided one hundred and fifty thousand miles change of transfluid. We're going to sell a lot of cars in ten years. And I still believe that with all my heart. I just don't buy that fluids last that way. And I've had conversations with transmission builders and they tell me, point blank they're still faced with the same problems. It's about heat, it's about contaminant, it's about moisture, it's about all the things that they're all trying to correct with special fluids that don't seem to get corrected to the level that they want. In a perfect world, an engineer can design a fluid that will work. But unfortunately, all the roads are far from perfect than anyone that's driven on them, and sat in traffic are been doing ninety on the freeway trying to avoid getting hit by a truck can relate to that. So the one hundred and fifty thousand that's out the door. Okay, first trans fluid change, first fluid change of any kind. I like the thirty thousand mile rule, and I'll tell you why, point blank. Okay, is the truck still under warranty? Yeah, all right, how long is the warranty?

Well, it was an ionic used with thirteen thousand, and it's a factory certified, so the drive train goes to one hundred thousand.

Well, it was an ionic used with thirteen thousand, and it's a factory certified, so the drive train goes to one hundred thousand.

Okay. So if there's a problem with this, I'd rather catch it early, all right. So if there was something done wrong in the way of assembly, if there's a metal shard in there, if there's something coming apart, early in the life of the vehicle. Because new doesn't mean good, new means never ever worked. I just like to know early, all right. I vote for changing. I vote for changing the transfluid at thirty all right, okay, or thirty five, whatever your next schedule changes. I also vote for changing the transfer case and the differential fluids for the same exact reason, all right. Differential and drive line fluids other than transmission are kind of like the Rodney dangerfield of the automotive world. They just don't get any respect. And it's a case that those fluids, he'll do an awful critical job in maintaining that truck and keeping it on the road in the straight and narrow. You know, what breaks down seals is contaminant. What creates contaminant is lack of change moisture. The fluid changes its chemical makeup and starts to create failures. So in a nutshell, the vehicle that's maintained is the vehicle that doesn't have the problem versus the one that is. Jesse, I got to pull over and take a pause, sit tight, and when we come back, we'll finish this up. I'm running. Ay in the car doctor, we are back right after this. A thousand dollars card ain't worth nothing. Hey, welcome back. Why don't they mean? In the car doctor, We've got Jesse on the line from Chico, California. We're gonna finish our conversation here. Jesse, are you still there? You and you're twenty thirteen f one to fifty.

Okay. So if there's a problem with this, I'd rather catch it early, all right. So if there was something done wrong in the way of assembly, if there's a metal shard in there, if there's something coming apart, early in the life of the vehicle. Because new doesn't mean good, new means never ever worked. I just like to know early, all right. I vote for changing. I vote for changing the transfluid at thirty all right, okay, or thirty five, whatever your next schedule changes. I also vote for changing the transfer case and the differential fluids for the same exact reason, all right. Differential and drive line fluids other than transmission are kind of like the Rodney dangerfield of the automotive world. They just don't get any respect. And it's a case that those fluids, he'll do an awful critical job in maintaining that truck and keeping it on the road in the straight and narrow. You know, what breaks down seals is contaminant. What creates contaminant is lack of change moisture. The fluid changes its chemical makeup and starts to create failures. So in a nutshell, the vehicle that's maintained is the vehicle that doesn't have the problem versus the one that is. Jesse, I got to pull over and take a pause, sit tight, and when we come back, we'll finish this up. I'm running. Ay in the car doctor, we are back right after this. A thousand dollars card ain't worth nothing. Hey, welcome back. Why don't they mean? In the car doctor, We've got Jesse on the line from Chico, California. We're gonna finish our conversation here. Jesse, are you still there? You and you're twenty thirteen f one to fifty.

I am ron, thank you, so you're welcome.

I am ron, thank you, so you're welcome.

You know, I would do the first fluid drive line, fluid change trans transfer case, both differentials. Thirty thousand miles. It's a good number. It gives you a baseline to work from. All right. The other rationale is in your case. Okay, the warranty goes up to one hundred thousand miles. But in a lot of cases, a lot of vehicles have powertrain warranty five years, sixty thousand miles. You know, if you waited until the sixty thousand mile mark, and you got in at sixty two thousand. Because we're all so busy these days, we kind of stretched things to the max in a lot of cases, you know, g Jesse, We're sorry, but you know, we pulled the pan down at sixty two thousand. It could be sixty thousand three miles and guess what. Oops, gee's this big metal thing which isn't supposed to be there. Gee, it's too bad you're out a warranty. If you'd gotten in at fifty nine thousand mills, we could have fixed this for you. And how many times does that conversation happen? Yeah, you know, and it's so ounce of prevention, pound to cure. Do it at all? Do them all at thirty All right, use the proper fluid and trust me, I'm I'm not saying this trying to sell a trans service. I've done this transmission. This is the six R eighty. You know where the dipstick is for this transmission?

You know, I would do the first fluid drive line, fluid change trans transfer case, both differentials. Thirty thousand miles. It's a good number. It gives you a baseline to work from. All right. The other rationale is in your case. Okay, the warranty goes up to one hundred thousand miles. But in a lot of cases, a lot of vehicles have powertrain warranty five years, sixty thousand miles. You know, if you waited until the sixty thousand mile mark, and you got in at sixty two thousand. Because we're all so busy these days, we kind of stretched things to the max in a lot of cases, you know, g Jesse, We're sorry, but you know, we pulled the pan down at sixty two thousand. It could be sixty thousand three miles and guess what. Oops, gee's this big metal thing which isn't supposed to be there. Gee, it's too bad you're out a warranty. If you'd gotten in at fifty nine thousand mills, we could have fixed this for you. And how many times does that conversation happen? Yeah, you know, and it's so ounce of prevention, pound to cure. Do it at all? Do them all at thirty All right, use the proper fluid and trust me, I'm I'm not saying this trying to sell a trans service. I've done this transmission. This is the six R eighty. You know where the dipstick is for this transmission?

No, because I can't, I don't think right.

No, because I can't, I don't think right.

The genius has put it down next to the exhaust pipe on the right side, just before the catalytic converter. So you need to get into like a thermal body. Suit so you don't get fourth degree burns, you know, when you're trying to check the fluid level with the engine hot. It's just absolutely ridiculous. And the whole rationale of dipstickless transmissions and hard to get through. That's a conversation for another day. Let's just suffice it to say, change the transfluid. Now, keep an eye on it. I would tell you at your fifty five thousand mile oil change, have them pull that stick, what color is the fluid, and if the fluid is still pink and rosy, roll the dice. My vote is to change the fluid every thirty to every thirty to thirty five thousand miles, and chances are you won't have to put a transmission in it and you'll enjoy it for the life of the vehicle. Jesse, I appreciate the call. I'm running ding in the car, doctor, I gotta go. Good mechanics aren't expensive, they're priceless.

The genius has put it down next to the exhaust pipe on the right side, just before the catalytic converter. So you need to get into like a thermal body. Suit so you don't get fourth degree burns, you know, when you're trying to check the fluid level with the engine hot. It's just absolutely ridiculous. And the whole rationale of dipstickless transmissions and hard to get through. That's a conversation for another day. Let's just suffice it to say, change the transfluid. Now, keep an eye on it. I would tell you at your fifty five thousand mile oil change, have them pull that stick, what color is the fluid, and if the fluid is still pink and rosy, roll the dice. My vote is to change the fluid every thirty to every thirty to thirty five thousand miles, and chances are you won't have to put a transmission in it and you'll enjoy it for the life of the vehicle. Jesse, I appreciate the call. I'm running ding in the car, doctor, I gotta go. Good mechanics aren't expensive, they're priceless.

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