im going to be changing my tranny fluid and filter tommorrow. I saw Mobil 1 ATF in autozone and was wondering if it can be used with our trannys.

http://www.mobiloil.com/USA-English/Moto...c_ATF.aspx


mercedes tranny fluid is $27 a quart Mobil 1 is $7 a quart?


since mercedes recommends mobil fluids in there cars is there any difference between the 2 or is the MB fluid more cause of the name.

I use Mobil1 ATF in both my auto and manual transmissions.

how many quarts needed when you change the filter and reinstall the pan?

4 quarts or 5 quarts?

It's more like 2-3 in the pan! The system holds 9ish but most of it is tied up in TQconverter and cooling lines and pumps/trans internals

No point in bothering to change the filter if you're going to leave 2/3 of the old oil in the system. The TC is just a 5mm allen key away from draining.

Total, it holds 8 and some change. But start at 5 and top up from there.

after fully draining i would just fill the ATF fluid to the back left of the valve cover where it has the tranny service tube is correct?

yep!

you might consider taking it to a shop for a full system flush!

I use M1 manual tranny fluid in my ZF 5 speed, since it has no corrosive EP, it works out quite well, I also use it on my transfer case and diff. Chevron also makes an excellent boron based manual tranny lube which is safe for soft metal synchros used in ZF manual tranny.