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View Poll Results: what kinds of tranny fluid do you use????
Redline mt-90
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gm synchromesh
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synthetic off the shelf
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non synthetic of the shelf
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5-spd tranny fluid

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Old 11-24-2004, 09:35 PM
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tranny fluid

What kind would you guys use in ur trannies
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Old 11-24-2004, 10:47 PM
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I have AMSoil 75w90 in mine. No problems so far, but I am sure my tranny will die from shifting abuse one day in the near future. AMSoil is good because it is supposed to be OK with limited slip diffs.
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Old 11-24-2004, 10:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Red92MaxSE
I have AMSoil 75w90 in mine. AMSoil is good because it is supposed to be OK with limited slip diffs.
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No problems so far, but I am sure my tranny will die from shifting abuse one day in the near future.
waaaaaaaaaahhhhhh
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Old 11-24-2004, 10:53 PM
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nice how you post a pic of my clutch, flywheel and fluid, instead of your clutch, flywheel and fluid...
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Old 11-24-2004, 10:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Red92MaxSE
nice how you post a pic of my clutch, flywheel and fluid, instead of your clutch, flywheel and fluid...
I didn't have the camera for when I did mine



oh and you forgot the seals
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Old 11-25-2004, 03:32 AM
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lol, ive been hearing alot from the honda dorks bout the gm synchromesh, but considering its coming from a honda driver i dont really rely on that information, i currently have valvoline fully synthetic tranny fluid in there with no probs, but i wanted to switch to something better, perhaps it'll be amsoil instead of redline mt-90.
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Old 11-25-2004, 12:57 PM
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Redline MT90
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Old 11-25-2004, 01:35 PM
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redline mt-90, just because its more easily accessible. Plus amsoil 2000 gear oil will be going out of production soon
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Old 11-25-2004, 01:42 PM
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RL MT90 for low power applications
RL Shock Proof for ludicrus power applications
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Old 11-25-2004, 11:17 PM
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Amsoil. Couldn't find MT-90 locally.
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Old 11-26-2004, 04:28 AM
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ok...perhaps ill go witht th redline instead, now to find a local dealer.
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Old 11-26-2004, 12:00 PM
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If I wear You Id use Redline Syntec, When Me and my friend were switching out his clutch on his sentra thats what we used.
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Old 11-26-2004, 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by MrGone
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waaaaaaaaaahhhhhh
You know you only need 5 quarts, right?
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Amsoil Synthetic

Yes you only need about 4.75 quarts. It will start to overflow but you need to buy 5 quarts.
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Old 11-26-2004, 12:36 PM
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Wait I thought MT90 eats the gears in the Tranny, arent you supposed to use mt75???
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Old 11-26-2004, 01:23 PM
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mt-90, gl-4 based gear fluid
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Old 11-26-2004, 02:51 PM
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Wait I ment GL3, yeah Gl4 thats the stuff thats bad for Nissan Trannys, they were talking about it on the Nissan forums a while back, Like it eats the metal or its too corosive, they said GL3 works a lot better, cant remember the exact reason
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The Nissan Service Manual recommends GL-4.
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Old 11-26-2004, 04:41 PM
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^yeah, it's gl-5 that's bad for nissan trannies. which is what my mechanic put in. without asking me whether i wanted him to do it. and then told me it WAS the right fluid and would stop my diff. bearing problem. last time i go there.
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Old 11-26-2004, 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Ni_Nos_Maxima
Wait I ment GL3, yeah Gl4 thats the stuff thats bad for Nissan Trannys, they were talking about it on the Nissan forums a while back, Like it eats the metal or its too corosive, they said GL3 works a lot better, cant remember the exact reason
its gl-5 thats bad. owners manual states gl-4 based oil
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Old 11-26-2004, 11:16 PM
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Originally Posted by 505max94se
You know you only need 5 quarts, right?
I think one was added to the picture for MrGone's own pleasure

It was extra from his 5th gen, I think.
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Old 11-27-2004, 12:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Red92MaxSE
I think one was added to the picture for MrGone's own pleasure

It was extra from his 5th gen, I think.
2 of them weren't completely full
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Old 11-27-2004, 12:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Larrio
its gl-5 thats bad. owners manual states gl-4 based oil
it also states to use Dextron 2 in my automatic times change. my shop doesent have any thing GL 4 any more and i cant find it in the store

and who the bloody hell would use GM syncromesh in their transmission.....even for GM products GL5 works better
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Old 11-27-2004, 01:36 AM
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Ahh thanx for clearing that up, chinas messing with my knowledge, Havent been doing crap related to cars out here
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Old 11-27-2004, 06:35 PM
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I originally wanted Amsoil but couldnt find it in time, so I got the MT90.
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Old 11-28-2004, 09:38 AM
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ok, im gonna go with 5 qt's of 72w90 gl-4 redline syntec. i need to special order them from discount auto, but ohh well....
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Old 11-28-2004, 09:50 AM
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Next time look in the fluids/lubricates section
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