"Lee Ayrton" > wrote in message
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> Here's one, though: The guy at the lube shop claimed that the red dye
> in ATF fluid is designed to give up and turn brown about the same time
> as the additives in the fluid give up. Anyone know if that's true?
>
One thing you always want to keep in mind, is how much education and
ambition it takes, to work in a lube shop. Now with a dealer technician,
maybe they send him to a service school once in a while, and maybe he
actually studies the material instead of using it as a chance to party every
night on the boss' dime, but how much in-service training do you think lube
shop guys get?

He's got one thing right though. If the fluid is any color but red, you do
want to change it.

Earle