M6 trans fluid?
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Synthetic doesnt get along well with the carbon fiber blocker rings (01 and up M6's I think?) - there was just an article in HPP about that I think. Use Dexron 3.
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Damian:
<strong> DO NOT use synthetic fluid in your T-56. It's to thin, and your syncro's will die quickly. Any standard Dextron III or equivalent will work fine, they are all the same.
Josh </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I used synthetic and the tranny started to grind.Ended up blowing third gear syncro.Now I run reg tranny fluid and it shifts alot better.Will never use synthetic again in tranny <img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="gr_images/icons/mad.gif" />
<strong> DO NOT use synthetic fluid in your T-56. It's to thin, and your syncro's will die quickly. Any standard Dextron III or equivalent will work fine, they are all the same.
Josh </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I used synthetic and the tranny started to grind.Ended up blowing third gear syncro.Now I run reg tranny fluid and it shifts alot better.Will never use synthetic again in tranny <img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="gr_images/icons/mad.gif" />