![]() I guess there is some waste of the new fluid during the flush? All in all everything went well and I am pleased with the service the dealer did. back after all was done, so it took 17qts. for the BG machine and I wanted to be sure I had enough for them. because the dealer said they would need at least 16qts. fluid and the cost for the dealer to do the service. Total cost to have the Transmission flush done and fluid replaced with Amsoil Signature Series Fuel-Efficient Synthetic Automatic Transmission Fluid was $245.20 That price includes the cost of 18qts. ![]() In closing, yes, the flush IS safe, just make sure to play it safe and use quality synthetic transmission fluid and also make sure to provide for a break in period just like if the truck were brand new so as to avoid any possible transmission damage. A person will have a flush performed, usually with other needed maintenance and they will immediately begin hammering on their vehicle thinking they are good to go because they have performed all their scheduled maintenance and the next thing you know they are throwing transmission codes and slipping the tranny, etc. While this seems to be rare with the Raptor, I have seen it many times. This is because that built up residue is not a bad thing, it actually helps the clutches grab and hold to each other and when you clean everything out and start fresh, you have clean clutches that are at risk for slipping. The biggest reason is because once you have performed that flush and cleaned out all of the built up residue on the clutches in the transmission, you MUST, let me repeat, you MUST take it easy on the transmission for the first 50-100 miles and it wouldn't hurt to take it easy on it for up to 500 miles. That being said, one of the main reasons that using cleaning agents causes damage is NOT from the cleaning agents themselves hurting anything. Especially when using Amsoil transmission fluid. But it is highly unlikely that you will have any issues at all with their flush. The second point I want to make clear about this is that when the dealership is performing maintenance to your vehicle according to their service instructions from Ford, which is the case here, you are fully covered in case anything were actually to happen to the transmission. This is actually the best way to fully flush the transmission fluid. Their machine is designed to perform a "Hot Flush" and do so in such a way that it continually moves the warm fluid (with the cleaning agent included) through the transmission, not allowing it to sit in the transmission. There IS a fine line there, but in short, no, the dealership flush will not hurt your transmission.
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