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darkhorse96

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I changed my mustang transmission fluid about a year ago with castrol atf mercon fluid. It was red when I put it in. Today I drained a little and it was gray. Is this normal after only one year?
 
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I changed my tranny fluid a few days ago for the first time. About 4qts came out, so it was the old recommended fill level, so it's been in there a while, probably since it was new 60,000 miles ago. It came out cherry red.
 

PULMEOVR

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Mine also came out cherry red after 45,000 km (~28,000 miles). Stock fluid - whatever Ford uses as OEM.
 

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Someone probably used gear oil and the ATF is picking up and mixing with the gear oil.
 

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The oil should have been red. If you didn't do the fill and it wasn't OEM, something was wrong.
 
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