We have 36k on her now and the oil change place said its getting old, time to replace?

 

i would most techs... will say 30,000 miles some say 20-25k... i
will change mine every 15k just cause i do alot of city driving and plus sometimes not having the right people using my car. try using royal purple tranny fluid i noticed smoother shifts and easier to shift into reverse on cold starts.

 

Yeah.. like he said.. the norm is 30K miles, but the option to do it every 15K is there..

new fluid, as often as possible, keeps all these things like
new.. up to you
but definatley do it at every 30.. so.. yes.

 

ive got 20k on mine, i raely hadent crossed my mind to change it yet.
royal purple makes some good stuff.

whats involved in changing it?

witch one do you use?
http://www.rpmoil.com/index.php?main...33439d88236305

 

any special weight recomended for Royal Purple or Redline Tranny Fluid?
i just crossed 40k this past weekend, and this thread reminded me how i need to baby my "baby"
i have been very good about all the other maint, but damned if i didn't forget all about the trans..i push the tranny hard, any recomendations? I know people recomend Royal Purple and Redline, are they about the same quality wise? whats the recomended fill amount just shy of 2qts? sorry i dont have the spec handy. if no one knows off hand, i'll use the "search" and find it before i go to buy oil.
thanks!

 

If you search MT-90 there is a thread that has all of that info mostly on the redline MT-90. Thats what I have been running and it has been good so far.

 

yeah i saw that, itll go in there cuz shes hard on it

 

2 qt's (ok, really 1.9 qts.) of Redline MT-90

 

off topic..

you have a S-10 blazer with an LT1?!?!?? Awesome! Love that motor.. ok.. that is all..lol

 

so......... with the royal purple the 75W90 is what i would be lookin to get?

 

I'd change it after the first 15,000 miles. Then every 15k-30k thereafter. I'd do it based on how the shifting feels and the look of the oil at your 2nd change. If it shifts ok and the oil looks pretty clean on the 2nd change, then make the interval longer.

I changed at about 12k because it started getting a little difficult to shift. Wouldn't go into 1st quickly after idling in neutral at a light. Missed a couple 1-2 shifts because it was more difficult to get in gear, especially when cold.

Yes, 75w-90 is the correct spec, it's in the back of your owner's manual.

 

whats involved in changing it?

 

drain fluid, replace with new. Im finally doing this next week along with an oil change