gear oil

[ocska04]

alrighty here we go well im bout to change the transmission oil on my s14 and was wondering whats a good tranny oil to use i have an sr20det on my car and i heard people using mt90 for their tranny but dont know where to find it... was looking threw phase2motortrend and found they have redline tranny and gear oil they have heavy duty and light weight. what should i use?

[Koopa Troopa]

I use the 3.99 a qt Quaker State crap. I forget the viscosity but it kicks ass. I think it's an 80 weight.

[Irukandji]

Redline MT90 or regular Redline 75w90 works perfectly fine.
Amsoil is also great, along with Torco and Motul.


STAY AWAY FROM REDLINE SHOCKPROOF. First of all, it's GL5, which our trannys HATE. Secondly, it's pretty shitty.
I ran that for a couple months, what a waste of money. It's this gross red jam looking oil that feels like diluted glue. Once it's in your transmission it'll never let you forget it. I changed my transmission oil pretty often and everytime the oil would come out with a small hint of red. Fuck, that stuff was terrible.


You should be fine running any brand of gear oil as long as it's GL4, I'm just paranoid and like to run full syn.

[ocska04]

where can i find that redline mt90?

[hybrid_eg]

i'm running shockproof redline, but only for one reason, it helped my 5th gear syncro crunch greatly!!

I'm not ready yet for a rebuild of a trans because of 5th gear, but once the twinplate comes along, tranny is coming out and getting rebuilt.. meanwhile redline shockproof made it work like new for me so i'm pretty happy.

[sr20boostn20]

im using 1qt redline heavy shockproof 1qt redline 75w90 and 1/2 qt of redline light shock proof, it makes shifting feel smoother, and dosent take as long to warm up as the heavy shock proof

[ocska04]

is redline MT90 sold at autozone or ?

[hybrid_eg]

im using 1qt redline heavy shockproof 1qt redline 75w90 and 1/2 qt of redline light shock proof, it makes shifting feel smoother, and dosent take as long to warm up as the heavy shock proof

you got a serious cocktail mix in there!

[ocska04]

alright cause right now im using some shit from autozone its ummm just gear oil 75 90w and when ever i drive my car around every once in awhile its kinda ruff into gears so what do ya think

[Koopa Troopa]

Save yourself the money and just buy the Quaker State...

[sr20boostn20]

you got a serious cocktail mix in there!

lol it was funny when i was puttin it in, cause the heavy shockproof is red, the 75w90was yellow and the light shockproof was blue




all my honda friends are raving about gm synchromesh

[sr20boostn20]

where can i find that redline mt90?

online mail order maby?

[Tops*]

is redline MT90 sold at autozone or ?

Nope and most likely nope. I tried Autozone and NAPA a while back, they didn't carry Redline. I asked if they carried Royal Purple or Amsoil and of course I got the same answer. There's an Advanced Auto Parts coming into our city so hopefully they'll have everything I need.

[s13silvia123]

Nope and most likely nope. I tried Autozone and NAPA a while back, they didn't carry Redline. I asked if they carried Royal Purple or Amsoil and of course I got the same answer. There's an Advanced Auto Parts coming into our city so hopefully they'll have everything I need.

they only carry one redline product i thinks its for the fuel system somthing like that but as for oil NO.

i've use many tranny fluid and what works the best for me is Lucus gear oil. my tranny still runs smooth. and no grinds

Mobil sucks

penzoil really sucks

redline MT90 ok

royal purple ok

[chuonthis]

ocska04, looks like you're in SoCal. If you are, just go to Super Autobacs (http://www.autobacsusa.com/) in Stanton. Not the best prices but they have all the Redline fluids there.

[Dream240]

here:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=blended&field-keywords=redline%20mt%2090&results-process=default&dispatch=search/ref=pd_sl_aw_tops-1_blended_31881116_2&results-process=default

Autozone, Kragen, and PepBoys all carry it where I'm at.

GL

[ManoNegra]

ocska04, looks like you're in SoCal. If you are, just go to Super Autobacs (http://www.autobacsusa.com/) in Stanton. Not the best prices but they have all the Redline fluids there.

Or get on Redline's site and get a list of local distributors. How I found a shop a few blocks from my job that carries it. And, damn, use the frigging search function - this topic has been discussed since ealry 2000s.

[Koopa Troopa]

Quaker State...

I remember it now

Quaker State 80w90.

It's da bomb and all that.

[nissandr1ft]

I didn't care for the MT90 last time I had it in the car... it felt to lightweight for my tastes, and frinded 2nd/3rd more. I just put in Royal Purples gear oil, and it feels much better... all the grinds are gone, and the local pep boys stocks it. Its rated GL4, and GL5, but will not wear on our syncros.

[smelly240]

i run the gm oil - synchromesh... my roommate has it in his talon and i used it years ago in my galant vr4 (i have it at work so its free)

it isnt a api oil which means it doesnt get a GL4/5 but its great stuff -

also good are bg synchroshift (tried that in the talon before - but its more expensive for same results), and the amsoil.

anyone else using the gm oil? btw if anyone cares its called acdelco synchromesh now (had to order a case for the jobby place this week and they changed part #s on me)

[ocska04]

thanks for all ur replys and yeah i went on the redline website and found a distributor by my place and just bought some but yeah i didnt feel like driving to super autobach today but yeah its a good place

[Koopa Troopa]

So is the Quaker State at like 3 bucks a qt.

[GuardianLlama]

you can get all of the redline products at manning fuel in sun valley.

[98koukile]

The synchromesh is ok, I switched out to Redline when my speedsensor snapped and fell out.