I've been overseas for the last four years, and my Legnum has been in the care of my father, and apparently the local Mitsubishi dealer for all number of random services.
To cut a long story COVID, I have the car back again, and after a long road-trip where they got the car as far as Alice Springs, I now have my car back in the NT with some work that needs to be done.
The radiator, which I thought had cracked, turned out to have simply had a loose hose, but that's OK, the new all-aluminium radiator is in the post and will be here soon.
The rocker covers are leaking, the engine is absolutely filthy from years of a slow oil leak, but that's OK, some new gaskets are on the way and that will be replaced pretty soon.
What concerns me though is that the automatic transmission appears to be almost empty of fluid. There's definitely a slow leak from the transmission, and I have paperwork from the dealer who seems to have used a non-genuine fluid to flush and top up the transmission. I do have a recollection that only only only genuine Mitsubishi ATF SP3 fluid can be used, not just any fluid that claims to meet those specifications - but is my memory perhaps confusing this with the fluid for the AYC Diff?
Is it a problem to have used non-genuine fluid in the automatic transmission?
To cut a long story COVID, I have the car back again, and after a long road-trip where they got the car as far as Alice Springs, I now have my car back in the NT with some work that needs to be done.
The radiator, which I thought had cracked, turned out to have simply had a loose hose, but that's OK, the new all-aluminium radiator is in the post and will be here soon.
The rocker covers are leaking, the engine is absolutely filthy from years of a slow oil leak, but that's OK, some new gaskets are on the way and that will be replaced pretty soon.
What concerns me though is that the automatic transmission appears to be almost empty of fluid. There's definitely a slow leak from the transmission, and I have paperwork from the dealer who seems to have used a non-genuine fluid to flush and top up the transmission. I do have a recollection that only only only genuine Mitsubishi ATF SP3 fluid can be used, not just any fluid that claims to meet those specifications - but is my memory perhaps confusing this with the fluid for the AYC Diff?
Is it a problem to have used non-genuine fluid in the automatic transmission?