Re: trans fluid

From: Christopher Albers (Christopher.Albers(at)bubbs.biola.edu)
Date: Mon Mar 20 2000 - 11:55:57 CST


ceharvey(at)thegrid.net writes:
>There has been some talk about transmission oil, so I would like to but
>in
>my 2 cents. Go with synthetic oil. This stuff is great. I ran a car
>with
>90w in the trans and it worked fine (i.e. it is particular about what it
>would do and when it would do it). But then I used synthetic and it
>does
>every thing I ask of it without troubles. Yes it is expensive but you
>only
>need at most 2 quarts, about $14.

The only problem with this is the presence of detergent in synthtic
oil. I can't remember the exact reason, but I believe that detergent
oil can cause damage to a Rootes tranny.

CNA



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