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Old Sep 27, 2008 | 12:33 AM
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amsoil has mt-90? didnt know that. im running amsoil severe gear 75w-90 right now. guess i better change.
Old Sep 27, 2008 | 01:40 AM
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yea just checked it. mt-90 is only sold by redline. its still 75w-90 here is the link read the fine print. id much rather royal purple 75w-90 than redline but thats just my opinion. anyone else have any opinions

http://www.redlineoil.com/products_g...7&categoryID=7
Old Sep 29, 2008 | 08:11 PM
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^ There's no need to change, what you're using now is fine, unless you just feel like throwing money away.
Old Sep 29, 2008 | 09:15 PM
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yea dude if i were you i would just keep the royal purple in it. im putting some in my tranny this weekend.
Old Oct 3, 2008 | 08:24 AM
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hey, check out my post, the same thing happened to me. I replaced my trans fluid with the 75w-90 and not the MT-90. My gears were scratching a bit, but i didn't think much of it. Once i realized the fluid was incorrect, i immediately purchased the Amsoil and replaced it within aproximately 3 weeks, Since then, its been scratching third gear only when shifting from either 2nd or 4th. Yesterday, the dealer decided that the trans needs to be pulled.

I'm a 2006 with 49,855 miles.
Old Oct 3, 2008 | 04:24 PM
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clutch usage fail.

please advise.
http://www.standardshift.com/faq.html
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