# Tranmission Fluid Change

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/tranmission-fluid-change/39379>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** focus, transmissions, fluids, ford\
**Created:** [November 12, 2009, 2:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tranmission-fluid-change/39379 "2009-11-12T02:40:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![rs44313](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9a140/32.png) [@rs44313](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rs44313)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 2:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tranmission-fluid-change/39379/1 "2009-11-12T02:40:45Z")

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I’m a stickler for changing my transmission fluid every 30,000 miles. I stumbled upon BG’s PF5 Power Flush and Fluid Exchange System. Is this better than the “standard” fluid change?

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**Author:** ![Xebadaih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/d07c76/32.png) [@Xebadaih](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Xebadaih)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 2:48am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tranmission-fluid-change/39379/2 "2009-11-12T02:48:36Z")

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Does your owners manual recommend BG’s PF5 Power Flush and Fluid Exchange System? You really should stick with a drain and fill if your car has a drain plug, or a pan drop/filter change and refill rather than fancy flushes that pump detergents through your transmission.

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**Author:** ![BustedKnuckles](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bustedknuckles/32/25_2.png) [@BustedKnuckles](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BustedKnuckles)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 2:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tranmission-fluid-change/39379/3 "2009-11-12T02:50:35Z")

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Most flushes do not remove the pan to replace the filter and clean the pan. They just exchange the fluid.

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**Author:** ![transman618](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/transman618/32/24_2.png) [@transman618](https://community.cartalk.com/u/transman618)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 3:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tranmission-fluid-change/39379/4 "2009-11-12T03:13:47Z")

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Drop the pan, change the filter and refill every 25-30k and you will be fine.

transman

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**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 12:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tranmission-fluid-change/39379/5 "2009-11-12T12:09:05Z")

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You are doing just the right thing already. Don’t change a thing except make sure the pan is dropped and filter cleaned/replaced…