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Apr 2, 2008 | 12:55 PM

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Best ATF?

Whats the best make of transmission fluid..what would you go with im thinking castrol? not coastal

Apr 2, 2008 | 01:11 PM

LT1-DAN

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I like Valvoline Maxlife. It has worked great for me in all my cars.

Apr 2, 2008 | 01:33 PM

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I like Valvoline Maxlife. It has worked great for me in all my cars.

+1 on the V.M.

Apr 2, 2008 | 01:39 PM

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I'm happy with Royal Purple.

Apr 2, 2008 | 01:44 PM

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+1 for royal purple the pricey purple fluid

Apr 2, 2008 | 01:45 PM

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Royal Purple here, use it in Everything from my WS6, Bike, Grand Cherokee, 89 Turbo Grand Prix.

I even use the Engine oil and Diff fluid also. Hell I even use the Water Wetter in the rad on my bike!

Apr 2, 2008 | 01:46 PM

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ive been using the castrol and it works fine.

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Apr 2, 2008 | 01:54 PM

LT1-DAN

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DEX/MERC is recommended for most GM, Ford, Toyota and honda. It should tell you on the bottle.

Apr 2, 2008 | 01:59 PM

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it was sayin it was for fords. mercon 6 is for GM's i guess..5 is for fords??? idk im confused

Apr 2, 2008 | 02:09 PM

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You can use it if it is Mercon V.

Apr 2, 2008 | 02:10 PM

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GM is Dextron.

Apr 2, 2008 | 02:49 PM

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If you have been running DIII I would recomend you stick with it. The later versions contain some synthetic and are more slippery. When I swapped mine out I immediately felt softer shifts from the new formula. 49K on car and tranny at the time. If your a new car with it from the factory or run it from day one in a rebuild I would think the new is better. I don't recommend swapping over though.

Apr 2, 2008 | 02:50 PM

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so i can use mercon V?? LOL

Apr 2, 2008 | 02:51 PM

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The tranny was just re-done..thats what the builder said to use in it....

Apr 2, 2008 | 02:54 PM

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Yes!! but why not just get the DEXTRON-3?

Apr 2, 2008 | 02:55 PM

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yuo can use mercon 5 but it's moer expensive I believe. mercon 3 should work just fine. "ATF" is ford's fluid i believe

Apr 2, 2008 | 02:55 PM

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i just picked up some castrol..the trans builder told me to use mercon V..But isnt that for Ford vehicles

Mercon V is the newer specification for Mercon - Ford has been using Mercon V
in their vehicles for 8+ years.

You should be using a Dexron III. I've had both my tranny (FLT) and T.C (Yank)
folks tell me to use Dexron III. GM began factory-filling Dexron VI in April 2005.

Apr 2, 2008 | 03:01 PM

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yuo can use mercon 5 but it's moer expensive I believe. mercon 3 should work just fine. "ATF" is ford's fluid i believe

ATF=Automatic Transmission Fluid.

Apr 2, 2008 | 03:06 PM

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The tranny was just re-done..thats what the builder said to use in it....

thats what he told me to use so thats what i bought.. i just wanted to make sure i dont wanna have trans problems again..should i return it for the DEXTRON 3?