| Disappointment with a Wix transmission filter [message #105576] |
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Matt Colie
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Registered: March 2007
Location: S.E. Michigan
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This is the story of a big disappointment with a previously first rate supplier.
I am waiting for parts from my transmission and as any failure like this requires that you find all the parts and do your best to determine that systems are still sound. Looking for parts and sparklies in the pan is a start.
I had to have the pan off. This is why the time is right to add a drain.
The good news to me. No sparklies or magnetic particles in the pan. Two pieces of snap ring that make a complete snap ring when mixed with the previously recovered parts.
The bad news. I brought in a Wix transmission filter kit. Wix has previosly been a first rate supplier. The cork gasket looks real nice, but the filter came in a bag that was marked "Made in China" and the same is on the filter body. That might not be bad, but the pick up tube of the Chinese part can not be as effective as what I took out. Look at the pictures and see for yourself.
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=36674&title=trans-filters&cat=500
That 3/8 of an inch make about a quart of transmission fluid that the Chinese filter will not pick up. The lack of a bent down also means that it is much more likely to aspirate (suck in air) at high flow rates with fluid level that might have been no problem with the prior filter.
I'm still going to use it, but I am going to watch it like a hawk.
Matt
Matt & Mary Colie - Chaumière -'73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
Electronically Controlled Quiet Engine Cooling Fan with OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
SE Michigan - Near DTW - Twixt A2 and Detroit
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