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      02-28-2014, 08:58 PM   #64
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Originally Posted by 808MGuy View Post
I'm assuming that if your car has been sitting for a long time, you don't have to do anything special to drain the fluid since it should be below the 90 deg temp indicated but what about after the initial fill and running it for 1 minute at 2k rpms? How long did it take to cool back down to below 104 deg? Just asking because I don't have a pyrometer and don't really want to go out and buy one just for this since it's not exactly a cheap tool to buy. Maybe if it was useful for other things but it will likely be one-time use if you only use it to change DCT fluids.
If your engine is cold when you start working on it (that morning), just drain the fluid, pour new in, run it, and then refill. It's not going to heat up substantially in that one minute.
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