

| Subject: | Automatic Transmission Fluid and Gear Oil Comparrison and Feedback please |
| From: | Robert Stewart |
| Date: | Sun, 3 May 2009 17:54:13 -0400 |
I am about to change my Auto Transmission fluid and Gear oil, just wondering what people are using in their auto transmission. What product/viscosity they are using? How many quarts are needed for the ATF and then for the Gear Oil? I am looking at: Royal Purple Gear Oil - Max Gear Synthetic Oil (not sure which viscosity is best thought of summer and moderate temps) 75w/140, 75w/90, 85w/140 Which one is right for the automatic transmission on a van in high heat long driving conditions? Red Line ATF - High Temp Synthetic ATF http://www.redlineoil.com/products_gearlubricants.asp?productID=54&subCategoryID=18&categoryID=8 Gear Oil ( Red Line) - 75w/90 Gear Oil? Not sure which is what I am suppose to use? http://www.redlineoil.com/products_gearlubricants.asp?productID=38&subCategoryID=15&categoryID=6 Lucas Oil Gear Oil - 75w/90 http://www.lucasoil.com/products/display_products.sd?iid=47&catid=12&loc=show&headTitle=%20-%2075/90%20Synthetic%20Gear%20Oil Amsoil Gear Oil -75W-90 Long Life Synthetic Gear Lube Product Code: FGRQT-EA http://www.amsoil.com/storefront/fgr.aspx?zo=1132530 ATF - Automatic Synthetic Transmission Fluid http://www.amsoil.com/storefront/atf.aspx Here is an interesting test and white paper done by Amsoil so it could be biased but it does show how the their product after some tests does beat out the others. http://www.amsoil.com/products/gearlubes/WhitePaper.aspx ( you can read it here without downloading) It can be downloaded with this link: http://www.modernoils.com/g2457GearOilWhitePaper.pdf Can someone knowledgeable about gear oils read this and see if it's BS or makes sense. From what I could see it states the Royal Purple and Lucas oils have every high viscosity at high temperatures after a KRL 20Hr test but they claim that is not desirable to be compliant to the SAE J306 requirements for SAE90 Gear oil. I am a little lost and needs some interpret this please. I am just trying to make an educated decision here. Thank in advance. Robert NY 88 Auto With freshly rebuilt engine. Tranny Rebuilt 3 yrs ago.
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