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T5 fluid grey with alum in it?? help

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lib88stang

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I drained the fluid out of my T5 tranny today and it was grey and had alum floating in it, not big pieces, but the fluid was foggy. I put almost 3 quarts of mercon dextron 3 in it. This isnt the original tranny and I dont know what year tranny it is, it is definitally a V8 T5, but Im not sure what year. The fluid I drained was 3 years old. IS this normal?
 

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Are you sure you didn't have gear lube in it? I know gear lube turns grey, but I've never heard of ATF turning grey.
 
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ATF turns grey because it has all the Syncro material ground up in it.
 
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