T-45 Trans Fluid

[WarHorse]

Well i recently had my trans worked on and the mechanic told me for some reason my trans had Auto Trans Fluid rather than manual trans fluid. was there a reason for this? or did the previous owner mess up?

What is the Trans fluid recomended for a T-45?

 

[vermilion]

ATF mercon V

 

[WarHorse]

so is thats what recomended and why?

 

[97GT4.6]

Well i cant remember the recommended oil, but a lot of people started running ATF and had a lot better results.

 

[Jrgunn5150]

ATF mercon V

That's the recommended fluid, I recommend Synchromesh.

 

[vermilion]

i couldnt find synchromesh in the parts store around where i lived. a couple of the people that looked there looked at me with "huh"

 

[Jrgunn5150]

It's sold by Penzoil, and Redline, as well as Royal Purple.

http://www.autozone.com/selectedZip,44147/initialAction,accessoryProductDetail/initialR,3039076/shopping/selectZip.htm

 

[vermilion]

i have the atf stuff in there now. i wont be driving it at the most maybe another month. so im going to leave it in there.

 

[novi281gt]

anyone having trouble with there reverse popping out alot? ... I have that problem all the time...

 

[WarHorse]

I had the revers problem and it went away after i started using the 5th revers method.

Well as i posted a while back i recently had the synchros replaced, and they filled my trans with MTF, would anyone know why my cars doing a bit of grinding at high rpm, only when the car is cold?

 

[97GT4.6]

anyone having trouble with there reverse popping out alot? ... I have that problem all the time...

Mine RARELY goes into reverse, and when it does,it pops out. Even first to reverse, its screwed up. But oh well. New tranny going in soon

 

[WarHorse]

TTT

Well as i posted a while back i recently had the synchros replaced, and they filled my trans with MTF, would anyone know why my cars doing a bit of grinding at high rpm, only when the car is cold?

 

[Jrgunn5150]

Because your car takes ATF....

 

[vermilion]

viscosity of the fluid in the cold is thicker.

 

[reivaxtorres]

the trans uses ATF because the lubricating properties of ATF is what our trans need. forgot the exact reason, but i think its because there are internals of the trans that need the ATF, gear lube (what is usually in the manual trans) just wont cut it.

 

[WarHorse]

Finally LOL thanks guys thats all i needed to hear, ima go get some royal purple trans fluid asap and swap it in.

is there an exact oil weight i need or whats it called?

 

[Jrgunn5150]

Finally LOL thanks guys thats all i needed to hear, ima go get some royal purple trans fluid asap and swap it in.

is there an exact oil weight i need or whats it called?

It's called synchromesh.

 

[WarHorse]

Thanks guys