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nickschlemer
 Post subject: Tranny fluid opinions
PostPosted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 2:36 pm 
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Hey everyone,
I was wondering everyones thoughts on best tranny fluid to run..
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u will get a 1000 opinoins on this
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I run Royal Purple full synthetic 75w140.
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i had a car tranny i ran lucas trans oil 90w i think its been a while since i bought it the guys told me it was a heaveir oil and would be good for what i do
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weddle told me not to run a synthetic oil in a vw transaxle. they said it doesn't let the syncronizers "wear in". but i guess if you are not running anything new, or as long as its not new to your trans, it wouldn't matter as much.

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Roy
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Weddle told me the opposite. They recommended synthetic for gearboxes using their parts.
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huh sounds like we got a delima to synthetic or not to synthetic that is the question??
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I use synthetic mystik !!! :eek:

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[quote='nickschlemer']huh sounds like we got a delima to synthetic or not to synthetic that is the question??[/quote]

Nick,

I would call your builder and see what he recommends you run in the transaxle that HE built for YOU.

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All I know is that you run your new tranny with regular gear oil to let it break in, then change it to synthetic oil if you want to run the stuff....My 2 cents. I just run regular gear oil, works fine for me.

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nickschlemer
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Mine is all weddle aswell. I think i will start with regular gear oil then switch to synthetic when it needs a change.
thanks for the opinions
Nick
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Put " Slick 50 straight shift transmission additive" in mine. It made a noticeable improvement in shifting.

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[quote='Strong']Put " Slick 50 straight shift transmission additive" in mine. It made a noticeable improvement in shifting.[/quote]

Shhh.....don't say that! LOL sometimes a man need to keep his secrets. :lol:

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