Resolved Question: Having transmission problems. Someone told me to put brake fluid in my transmission fluid?
I have a 1999 Ford Escort SE and it was just bought a month ago from a used car dealer. My transmission fluid is brown with a little bitty tint of pink to it. When I drive, it doesn’t feel quite right. It feels like the gears are slipping and the car doesn’t give me as much power as it used to. I’ve had a few people look at it. Some say the fluid desparately needs to be changed, some say it’s bad but not horrible. I’m afraid that if the pan is dropped, they’ll find metal shavings it in. Recently someone told me that if I got the fluids changed, the transmission would either be perfectly fine or die immediately if it had nothing to grip onto. He suggested putting a half pint of brake fluid into my transmission fluid. I thought it sounded odd..
