Changing Transmission Filter (First Time Ever)

[lumberjack890]

Yukon has 287k on it. Not the original owner. Is it safe to change the filter on the transmission and refill it with new fluid?

I know flushing it is a no go at this point


2001 GMC Yukon 5.3 V8

 

[PG01]

Yukon has 287k on it. Not the original owner. Is it safe to change the filter on the transmission and refill it with new fluid?

I know flushing it is a no go at this point


2001 GMC Yukon 5.3 V8

i wouldn’t touch it....i wouldn’t even think about it.... and i’d slap my wife if she even uttered the word trans....

 

[BG1988]

Yukon has 287k on it. Not the original owner. Is it safe to change the filter on the transmission and refill it with new fluid?

I know flushing it is a no go at this point


2001 GMC Yukon 5.3 V8

depends. if it was changed frequently or not what color is it right now?

 

[lumberjack890]

depends. if it was changed frequently or not what color is it right now?

Not changed frequently. Its brown with a hint of the red/pink

Still shifts like a dream

 

[PG01]

i wouldn’t touch it....i wouldn’t even think about it.... and i’d slap my wife if she even uttered the word trans....

Not changed frequently. Its brown with a hint of the red/pink

Still shifts like a dream

seriously, i wouldn’t touch it. asking for trouble imo. now if you told me it was changed at 60, 120, 180...etc sure go ahead... but you don’t know, it’s shifting fine.... now...granpappy always said.... if it ain’t broke

 

[lumberjack890]

seriously, i wouldn’t touch it. asking for trouble imo. now if you told me it was changed at 60, 120, 180...etc sure go ahead... but you don’t know, it’s shifting fine.... now...granpappy always said.... if it ain’t broke

That's why im thinking of changing it. It's shifts like new rn, but eventually something has to go wrong

 

[Rocket Man]

Imo changing the filter and replacing the fluid is exactly what you should do. Just don’t flush it.

 

[PG01]

Imo changing the filter and replacing the fluid is exactly what you should do. Just don’t flush it.

i see both sides of this Mark but with not knowing the history of trans and the mileage on the vehicle, i would be very wary of changing it. just my opinion.

 

[Rocket Man]

I mean it has 287k on a 4l60. It’s not going to last much longer imo either way so it probably doesn’t matter. I just have never heard of a filter change and adding the lost fluid that results from that causing a problem, I don’t see how it could. You’re just dropping the pan, replacing a filter that’s probably not filtering anymore, and replacing the fluid that was lost along with any bits of crud that’s laying in the pan. IDK. If it was me, I would do the filter. And save for a new trans.

 

[ivin74]

Not changed frequently. Its brown with a hint of the red/pink

Still shifts like a dream

I did the first trans oil change on my Silverado at 201k miles and no damage was done. The oil also looked brownish/red.

Took a 2000 mile trip right after and truck ran like it did prior to the oil change. I also don't drive my vehicles like I stole them.