What Fluid is in your T5?

Realmongo

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I am getting ready to swap out my clutch. I am thinking about a synthetic Dexron II/Mercon or syntehtic B&M. What is everyone else having good luck with?

 

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Mobil 1 ATF

 

srothfuss

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Since my car is all stock (w/ 108K miles) I have been running regular ATF from Valvoline

Edit: That was before my dad got a hold of my car and blew my poor T-5 into pieces

 

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ATF type F in mine.

 

HISSIN50

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Redline D4.

 

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royal purple synchromax.i think this is another topic that's been beat to death recently.

 

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I think you'll be very happy with GM SynchroMesh. It's what is recommended by Tremec for the TKO-500 & 600 and works really well for smoothing out shifting.

 

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Lucas Sure-Shift Semi-Synthetic ATF...........wow that's a mouthful

 

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redline d4 ATF

 

KDK1988GT

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"Saturn" Tranny Fluid.... smells totaly different and works better than any other fluid I have ever seen

 

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I used Mobil 1 and now it leaks

May want to consider regular fluid if it has alot of miles

 

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trents99 said:

I used Mobil 1 and now it leaks

May want to consider regular fluid if it has alot of miles

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We're talking transmission, not engine.

 

trents99

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maverick0716 said:

We're talking transmission, not engine.

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I know. I changed mine to the Mobil 1 synthetic ATF. I've heard where high mileage motors could leak when switched to synthetic so I assume trannys may too.

 

HISSIN50

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the dynamics are much different in the trans, and the trans is much smaller than a motor. ATF (even conventional) has a lot of detergent in it, which means there is little sludge issues inside the trans like there can be inside a motor.

 

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I have always used regular ATF for Borg Warner T-5's and GM Syncromesh for Tremec specific tranny's.

 

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royal purple atf. smothed out the shifting over whatever fluid was in it when i bought it.

 

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After reading good things on this forum about Redline D4, I tried to find some locally today....no luck.

Are there any other fluids anyone has tried that they think are comparable? Maybe just any synthetic ATF?

 

89MustangGX

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Nothing at the moment -- mine is sitting on my garage floor.

When it goes in my car -- I will probbaly try Amsoil since I have some laying around.

 

Realmongo

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Well this has sparked some interesting information. Seems most 5.0 Stangers run some kind of synthetic ATF in their T5.

 

HISSIN50

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Bob, unless you live in the sticks, someone should sell some Redline. you can call them and they will tell you who the authorized dealers are.

I am not one to stray from what is recommended, so any synthetic that meets the oem recommendations for Dexron/Mercon should work fine. You can see that people run all sorts of funny stuff and they say it works fine.

good luck.

Adam, is the auto going bye-bye?