Tranny Filter.Strainer????????????

[VXNIT]

ok, Daytona Isuzu says that the strainer will not need replaced since it does not filter and is made of a material that when tranny flush occurs will clean. This is great if true since no strainer, gasket or pan has to be removed for a flush and fluid change I am having done as soon as these puzzles are solved. IS THIS ACCURATE INFO? Any pics of this strainer?????????

[Francesco Rizzo]

I went to JiffyLube on Nova to get a tranny flush.. they did this reverse flush that "cleaned" the filter and tranny.. it hasn't stopped leaking since. I'm gonna try and do it myself with Joe's instructions

[nfpgasmask]

I dunno about that. When I did my tranny service, I dropped the pan and changed the filter and gasket. I'm sure a simple fluid change will help a lot, but I opted for the extra mile and changed the fluid and filter.

Bart

[Tone]

Since the filter in the pan only filters to about 60 microns, I probably wouldn't worry about it if they are doing a back flush. It is a pain in the arse to do it since the crossmember has to be dropped. I strongly recommend an inline tranny filter like the Transprotector which filters MUCH smaller particles - http://epntz-filter.com/sect1b.asp I used it on my VX, my ML55, the GF's VX, and a number of other owners rides. It's not on my website (Scott?) but email me and I can send you a paypal invoice.

[Joe_Black]

If you want to go the inline tranny filter route then take a good look at the Magnefine (http://www.emergingent.com/subpage1Magnefine.htm) product. They claim sub-micron filtration and have been adopted by a rather impressive number of OEM and Fleet operations. It's also detailed as part of a transmission TSB affecting a number of Ford vehicles in response to ATF contamination: Ford TSM 00-23-10 (http://www.thedieselstop.com/faq/9497faq/tsb/tsb/files/002310.pdf)

The most impressive thing about this product is the bypass feature which protects your transmission in the event the filter media becomes overloaded:

http://www.emergingent.com/Images/Filter_with_text.gif
Best of all, a current Internet special price of only $19.00! ;)

[Y33TREKker]

Best of all, a current Internet special price of only $19.00! ;)

Would we require the 3/8", 5/16", or 1/2" size?

[UtahVXer]

Tone,
Does the NTZ filter include the installation kit?
How often do you recommend changing it?