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Old 10-12-2008, 07:51 AM
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Default Whats the best transmission oil to use?
Wanna know fellas last rebuild before giving up doing a full measures necessary.
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Old 10-12-2008, 07:56 AM
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i use dexron vi, expensive but i figure im not changing it everyday either
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just use regular DEX III.
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Your owners manual says to use Dexron III which is the best way to go. It also says every 30k miles but i do mine about 20k miles its my DD and i dont push it very hard but it has 145k miles. Just change it every 20k-25k miles depending on how hard you run the car and you should be all set
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whatever brand dexron3 you want
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i always use the dex III
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What about synthetic oil?
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cheap **** from autozone works just fine
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