What fluids do you guys use

[Shawn_of_the_Dead]

Like I said...what are you running in your cars.

Motor Oil: Valvoline 10W-30

Gear Oil: Not sure...what weight?

Tans Fluid: Not sure here either.


I will know after I yank em out and stick fresh fluid in there. I just wanna know what you run and if you think it helped with shifting, rear quiter....things like that. Also, I know about auto parts store fluids...I am looking for input on others like Royal Purple, Torco, Redline...you get the idea. I am leaning towards the Torco cause my negihbor swears by them, and he is running a high HP subie. Say's they make everything alot smoother. I just wonder if anyone is using it in their 240's.

[wootwoot]

-Mobile one 10w50 I think; whatever the "suv/truck" oil is.(k&n oil filter, filter type should be added to this too so everyone start listin that shit!)
-Royal Purple 75w90 in for tranny/diff, soon to be switching to Redline.
-Redline Water Wetter coolant additive.

[Muzzy]

Castrol Syntec 10W-30 with a Mobil 1 filter....bigger and better then K&N

[Dousan_PG]

motor: mobil 1 15w50
trans: redline mt90
diff: redline 90w140

[S14DB]

Engine: Mobil 1 10w30 NISSAN OEM FILTER
Trans: Redline MT90
Diff: Mobil 1 75w90

[Irukandji]

Motor Oil: Mobil 1 10w30

Gear Oil: Redline Shockproof 90w250

Diff Oil: Redline Shockproof 90w250

[420sx]

engine :Royal Purple 10w30 OEM sr filter.
tranny: MT90 redline .
diff: castrol 85w90 gear oil.
brain and body: water,oxygen, proteins and carbs.

[TheTimanator]

engine: mobil 1 10w30, Royal Purple when I change it myself.
OEM or Mobil 1 filter
trans: Redline MT90
VLSD: Redline MT90 (i think)

Never heard of Torco

[dct223]

engine: mobil 1 10w30
tranny: Mobil 1 gear oil 75w90
Diff: some random brand for welded
vlsd: mobil 1 gear oil 75w90

[xka24detx]

mobil 1 syn 10-30

[TheSquidd]

Engine: Whiskey
Trans: Aunt Jemeima
Brain: Beer.

Seriously though, the cheap stuff. Which would probably attribute to all the engine problems I've been having.

[420sx]

^ you should use coastal muahahah

[Evil98silvia]

I use Motul or Mobil

[docrice]

Engine: mobil 1 10w30
Diff: Lucas 85/140 (probably not the best choice, but its what i had when i put the diff in)
Trans: Valvoline 75w90 synthetic...dunno if i really like that

I've tried a few different fluids (2 weights of lucas, valvoline, etc) in my trans and i haven't really found anything off the store shelf that I liked particularly, probably going to switch over to redline or motul for next season...

[bardabe]

Eninge: MObil 1 Synthetic 10W-40
Tranny, Redline 75-W90 Gear Oil
Diff: Redline 75W-90 Gear oil.

that;s what I used on my Z back in the say and it ran jsut fine, smooth, no noises, at all. Still haven;t got a chance to try it out on my S13 btu We'll see. :bow:

[DeBastaard]

10W40, cheapass oil.

Don't want to spend 40euro's each 5000km's on my CA18DET...

[Muzzy]

damn evil...u use motul???


am i the only one who uses casrtol syntec??

[cheez80]

mobil 1 15w-50, oem oil filter

trans use redline mt90

diff... *shrugs* hahaha

[harlockssx]

Oil- Royal Purple 40W synthetic...it doesn't get cold here in Okinawa, along with a Japanese Mobil-1 oil filter.

Trans- Redline 75W90

VLSD Diff- Redline 75W90

10W30 is WAY too thin for a turbo motor, especially an SR in my opinion. I used to run 15W50 Omega, but it was breaking the bank at $20 a quart! Unless you're in a very cold environment, I wouldn't use those lighter weight oils. My 2-cents.

[mrmephistopheles]

what is with everyone running redline in their missions?

Me, I prefer
10w40 to 15w50 synthetic for engine (usually mobil1)
75w90 dino oil for mission (been told by friends that redline causes premature trans failure, so *I* don't use it.
90w140 for diff (dino or synthetic, whatever). Heavy is good for 2-ways that see abuse.

[Evil98silvia]

I didnt like redline in my tranny either, took forever to warm up.

[Al_S14]

Engine: Castrol 5W30 Full syntec
Coolant: Honda Type 2 blue coolant
Tranny: Redline Mt90
Diff: whatever i got on hand


Edit: yeah i did notice redline takes few mins to warm up .... but only in cold weather so cant relly complain.

[kandyflip445]

Engine: Redline 10w30
Tranny: Penzoil Syncromesh
Diff: Whatever is on the shelf. It's an open diff. Damn POS.

[420sx]

10W30 is WAY too thin for a turbo motor, especially an SR in my opinion. I used to run 15W50 Omega, but it was breaking the bank at $20 a quart! Unless you're in a very cold environment, I wouldn't use those lighter weight oils. My 2-cents.


what the hell are you talking about?? makes no sence, how is 30weight too thin for a nearly stock sr? so im guessing the idiots at the factory recomend that weigth for no reason :hahano:

[crazy9ceguy]

Motor Oil - Motul 15w50 bitches
Trans oil - Motul 75w90
LSD Oil - Motul 75w90

Booya!

[mrmephistopheles]

what the hell are you talking about?? makes no sence, how is 30weight too thin for a nearly stock sr? so im guessing the idiots at the factory recomend that weigth for no reason :hahano:

He's referring to prolonged engine life from having more viscous oil while doing spirited driving.

[Dousan_PG]

ive been using redline for over 3 years
tranny failure? never
and you know kevin i track the cars often and daily drive.
NEVER had tranny issues.

[Evil98silvia]

Noone said it destroyed trannies, just takes a while to warm up in cold weather. :coolugh:

[Irukandji]

Eh I was running shockproof heavy duty for a while, and it took about 5 min to warm up on driving, and maybe 15 min idling.

Yeah it sucks when it's cold, but shifts very well when its warmed up.

I recently flushed out all my fluids since it was due anyways. (swapped out the shockproof because my car is 90% dd and 10% track).



Now:
Engine:Mobil 1 10w-30 w/ Lucas Oil Stabilizer
tranny: Redline MT90
diff: Redline 80w140

[decksy]

engine: mobil 1 15 50
tranny: mt90
diff: uhh mobil 1 75 90
brakes: super blue

[ranisron]

93 240SX on stock KA 163K and going strong.

Engine: 10W-30 valvoline high mileage (I know, it's ghey, but when I used some full syn oil, I had a pretty bad oil leak :( )
Filter (Oil): Usually Nissan OEM. I used Bosch premium filter for this winter since I got to the dealership service dept. too late that one Sat afternoon.
Tranny: Lucas stabilizer + valvoline 95W-140? I can't remember, but it has high variance in temperatures... Takes forever to heat up in the winter time.
Diff: open diff has whatever the shit in there since I purchased the car (VLSD is sitting at home oilless)
Radiator: no brand name coolant.

Altima U13 with stock KA and ... 111K and going strong:
Engine oil: Mobile 1 syn 10W-40, whatever the oil that last 12,000 miles
Filter: Nissan OEM
Tranny: Valvoline 80W-1XX Syn Blend
Diff: is within the tranny --> open diff anyway.
Coolant: Redline water wetter + regular premix coolant

[turbofreeky]

mobile 10w30

[kaotic]

Motor - Torco 10w30
Trans - Torco RTF 80w90
Diff - Torco 80w90 w/ LSD Additive!

i have found that torco makes my sr run better than ever... I use to run castrol syntec "one" or wut ever it is.. im now on my second oil change using torco and I can really tell a difference.. esp when it comes to the tranny and diff... I talked to kaaz awhile back and the dude told me the next best thing to kaaz fluid is torco.. its amazing stuff, same price as everything else.. but i have to pay for shipping... still, very worth it..

[ZK]

I think people should mention what motor they have when mentioning motor oil.

I used to run on my S13 SR20DET
motor: 5W40 Redline synthetic
Transmission: OEM 75w85 Nissan manual tranny fluid
VLSD diff: Redline 75W90
brake fluid: Motul RBF600

[Dousan_PG]

Noone said it destroyed trannies, just takes a while to warm up in cold weather. :coolugh:


read kevin's post

(been told by friends that redline causes premature trans failure, so *I* don't use it.

[MasterOFDrift]

Engine Mobile 1: 10w30
Filter: K&N ka24 filter bigger is better
Tranny: Royal Purple
Differential: Kaaz fluid --> royal purple 90w140

[Evil98silvia]

read kevin's post

oops. Yeah it'll destroy trannies when people bang through the gears while its cold haha

[Muzzy]

crazy9ceguy...yea motul is great i guess...but damn....to do a full fluid change its like 200 bucks isnt it????

[crazy9ceguy]

naw i get it for free

[Var]

Somewhat irrelevant here i guess

LS6 Engine-Amsoil 5W30
6-speed Trans-Amsoil Universal ATF
Differential-Amsoil Severe Gear 75W90 (has limited additive slip in it)

For the s13 tranny..i would run Amsoil Gl-4 75W90 and Series2000 0w30 in the Ka/Sr

[crazy9ceguy]

is it ok to use this motul fluid in my vlsd and 5 spd tranny?

http://www.motorspot.com/dir.cfm?secid=4&subsecid=&start=1&end=1&itemid=

its the last product on the bottom of the page.

[wootwoot]

Somewhat irrelevant here i guess

LS6 Engine-Amsoil 5W30
6-speed Trans-Amsoil Universal ATF
Differential-Amsoil Severe Gear 75W90 (has limited additive slip in it)

For the s13 tranny..i would run Amsoil Gl-4 75W90 and Series2000 0w30 in the Ka/Sr


You're going against the owners manual man!!

[Var]

You're going against the owners manual man!!


For the vette you mean? It recommends Mobil 1 oil and Dex-cool for coolant. 2 products which i will NEVER use again.

So the owner's manual can kiss my ass.

[EchoOfSilence]

ATF in the tranny? why?

and what's with amsoil? never heard of it lol

[Muzzy]

u suk!! gfsdafdsf

[wootwoot]

For the vette you mean? It recommends Mobil 1 oil and Dex-cool for coolant. 2 products which i will NEVER use again.

So the owner's manual can kiss my ass.


I can understand the no go on the Dex-Cool since that is the spawn of satan in coolant form but why no Mobile One? I havent heard to much on Amsoil oils but I do know the quality is rather high. Any comments on their product?

This "ls6" 5w-30 is a specific oil made for that engine??? Maybe I'm just loosing my mind with all the engine codes but that IS the new z06's engine code is it not? I dont know domestics much so englighten me! Is this Amsoil oil synthetic?? Its funny to see you go against the grain though, so many Corvette owners I have dealt with have the frickin manual memorised and go by it as if it were the new testament for Christsake.



and yes atf in the tranny, Chevy is weird like that. The owner at my shop used it in his diff as well with a "lsd additive" I believe but I'm not entirely sure if I'm right or how recommended that is.

[Var]

I can understand the no go on the Dex-Cool since that is the spawn of satan in coolant form but why no Mobile One? I havent heard to much on Amsoil oils but I do know the quality is rather high. Any comments on their product?

This "ls6" 5w-30 is a specific oil made for that engine??? Maybe I'm just loosing my mind with all the engine codes but that IS the new z06's engine code is it not? I dont know domestics much so englighten me! Is this Amsoil oil synthetic?? Its funny to see you go against the grain though, so many Corvette owners I have dealt with have the frickin manual memorised and go by it as if it were the new testament for Christsake.



and yes atf in the tranny, Chevy is weird like that. The owner at my shop used it in his diff as well with a "lsd additive" I believe but I'm not entirely sure if I'm right or how recommended that is.

First off..98 and on Camaro and Transam + 97-2004 Corvette = LS1 (5.7L OHV V-8)
2001-2004 Z06= Ls6 (5.7L OHV V-8)
2005 and on Corvette = LS2 (6.0L OHV V-8)
2006 Z06=LS7(7.0L OHV V-8)

Oil analysis in the Lsx engines shows that Mobil One shows high metal wear compared to some better oils that are around the same price. These engine are designed to run super-hot oil temps and Mobil One thins out too much when this happens.

Amsoil is fully synthetic and they have a few different lines of oil available.
Amsoil, Redline, and German Castrol are the 3 top off the shelf oils when it comes to low metal wear in lab analysis of used oil samples. German Castrol says "Made in Germany" on the back and it used to be a black bottle with a green label, but now it's a black bottle with a gold label(Reformulated). Redline is the most expensive of these oils and performs about the same.

Mobil One actually falls in the same category as Amsoil as far as the basestock it's made from which is PAO(Categorized as Group IV). But they are completely different formulas and that's why Amsoil performs better. Most other synthetics like Castrol and Redline, and many others are highly refined petroleum basestock(Categorized as Group III) which is cheaper to process and use than the PAO basestock.

Another interesting thing about Amsoil is that over time, most oils get thinner and Amsoil actually thicker. Amsoil also sells oil filters that are good for up to 25k miles. Some local taxi cab drivers around my area use Amsoil since the first oil change and they change only once every 35k miles. A few of them have 500k+ miles on their original engines with no leaks and have never taken the oil pan off. Of course being a cab driver you can get away with this because the mileage put on those engines is very quick.. Less heat cycles means the oil lasts longer.

For more info on oil check out this website

http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/


DEXCOOL
When i first bought my car with 39k all the coolant looked rusty. Flushed out the Dexcool for about 20 minutes with a garden hose into cooling system. Refilled with only one quart of green coolant, one dose of Redline Water Wetter, and tap water. Been workin great since and it's still clean 8K miles later. I was only compelled to check my coolant after a customer came in with a late model Chevy Blazer with a clogged heater core(less than 50k miles) and rusty ass looking coolant. Then i realized i must have the same crap in my car..and sure enough. The end.

[harlockssx]

what the hell are you talking about?? makes no sence, how is 30weight too thin for a nearly stock sr? so im guessing the idiots at the factory recomend that weigth for no reason :hahano:

Too much blowby...and 10W30 means the oil IS a 10 Weight (that's why the W is after 10) that works as well as a 30 weight in the higher temps/pressures. My catch can never has had any accumulation, what about yours?

[dct223]

u are mistaken, the W for motor oils stands for WINTER for SAE multi viscosity oils on the market.

[420sx]

im not talking about that, im saying 30 weight is plenty for a low mileage blacktop. if u have a higher mileage engine higher viscosity would be ok i guess like 40, the thicker it is the more wear it does if its a new block.

[koukispec]

engine = mobil one full synthetic
trans = redline MT90
Diff = Kaaz

hows the redline shockproof fluid? i never tried it before and right now thinking of trying it, whats the differents between the MT90 and the shockproof, o btw all these fluids go into a redtop sr and a s14 tranny

[Dousan_PG]

shockproof iirc is the redline u dont wanna use on the tranny that chews shit up
stick w/ the MT90

[Irukandji]

Eh I used the shockproof for 6-7 months. It's GL-5, so it'll corode your transmission if theres condensation in the transmission (could happen in cold weather). I loved it at the track because shifting felt so fluid, but it wasn't too friendly on my synchros. Sometimes I couldn't even shift into 2nd ... When i was changing my fluid, my tranmission drain plug had small metal flakes on the tip (it's magnetic). That shit was never there when I was putting the shockproof in, so I'm guessing the shockproof shit is pretty bad on the trans.

Sooooo I swapped it out for some MT-90 and all my problems were gone.


Sparknotes: If you car is DD, dont get shockproof.

I also ran shockproof on my diff.... no complaints, but I just ended up flushing it out for redline 80w140.

[Irukandji]

engine = mobil one full synthetic
trans = redline MT90
Diff = Kaaz

hows the redline shockproof fluid? i never tried it before and right now thinking of trying it, whats the differents between the MT90 and the shockproof, o btw all these fluids go into a redtop sr and a s14 tranny



don't mean to double post, but it wont let me edit my previous one...

Shockproof is 90w250
MT-90 is 75w90 IIRC.

Stick with your MT90 like DousanPG said.

[Var]

Shockproof is avaliable in 3 different weights.

Heavy, regular, and superlight.

75W250, 75W140, 75W90

[DRFT]

quick question, the vlsd only takes 2 quarts right?

[S14DB]

quick question, the vlsd only takes 2 quarts right?
1.5 :hs:

[shermantank]

I see number of people are using Redline 75w140 gear oil in their Diff, just wondering if that is regulear 75w140 or 75w140NS, I'm looking for new gear oil for my clutch type 2 way Diff, and I was thinking about the NS with some LSD additive in it !! I didn't want to strat new topic so any thought on this !!

[Dutchmalmiss]

does that lucas stabilizer really make a difference?

[BOROSUN]

ENG: CASTROL 10W30 high mileage
Tran: redline mt90 gl4
diff: valvoline 75w90

[Neejay]

ka24e (160k miles)
Engine: Castrol 10W40
Tran: ATF (automatic)
Diff: whatever is in there now

Can I use different fluid types in my automatic tranny? And I need to figure out how to change my diff fluid (open diff).