 Any recommendations for tranny oil ?, I want to change my tranny oil, what should I use ? |
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| levonfarra |
 Oct 1 2007, 12:37 AM
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| Cap'n Krusty |
Oct 1 2007, 03:40 PM
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Cap'n Krusty Group: Members Posts: 10,794 Joined: 24-June 04 From: Santa Maria, CA Member No.: 2,246 Region Association: Central California |
Gear oil doesn't wear out. If it's the wrong oil, it won't shift right. If it's full, and shifts OK, and the tranny's not so noisy you want to look at the scrap metal stuck on the drain plug magnet, you needn't bother to change it. If you decide to do it anyway, be sure you remove the fill plug BEFORE you drain the oil. No sense draining it only to find you can't refill it! The Cap'n
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| levonfarra |
Oct 1 2007, 03:50 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 173 Joined: 10-February 07 From: Encino, CA Member No.: 7,521 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(Cap'n Krusty @ Oct 1 2007, 02:40 PM)  Gear oil doesn't wear out. If it's the wrong oil, it won't shift right. If it's full, and shifts OK, and the tranny's not so noisy you want to look at the scrap metal stuck on the drain plug magnet, you needn't bother to change it. If you decide to do it anyway, be sure you remove the fill plug BEFORE you drain the oil. No sense draining it only to find you can't refill it! The Cap'n Most of the time it shifts good, however yesterday I went on a very curvey canyon road and twice I had a hard time downshifting into second gear, when the road straightened out the shifting was fine again. So I figured oil is low or old and either case it would be a good idea to change oil. |
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| rfuerst911sc |
Oct 1 2007, 06:09 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,158 Joined: 4-May 06 From: Dahlonega , Georgia Member No.: 5,980 Region Association: South East States |
QUOTE(levonfarra @ Oct 1 2007, 01:50 PM) QUOTE(Cap'n Krusty @ Oct 1 2007, 02:40 PM) Gear oil doesn't wear out. If it's the wrong oil, it won't shift right. If it's full, and shifts OK, and the tranny's not so noisy you want to look at the scrap metal stuck on the drain plug magnet, you needn't bother to change it. If you decide to do it anyway, be sure you remove the fill plug BEFORE you drain the oil. No sense draining it only to find you can't refill it! The Cap'n Most of the time it shifts good, however yesterday I went on a very curvey canyon road and twice I had a hard time downshifting into second gear, when the road straightened out the shifting was fine again. So I figured oil is low or old and either case it would be a good idea to change oil. This sounds more like worn engine/tranny mounts then gear oil. |
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