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Voodoo.Priest · 08-12-2002, 11:32 PM

Where the heck did you get the Red Line tranny fluid? I can't find it any where. Not even Canadian Tire had it. I'm going on a little road tip at the end of the month so I wanna make sure I got everything good to go.

mr_sinister · 08-13-2002, 08:35 AM

you need to find a redline products distributor.. most general car places have never heard of the stuff.. you should check out their website to find one:

http://www.redlineoil.com/

secondly, i changed the transmission oil just before last winter (and then stored the car).. so basically that oil in the tranny has only been in there and used since spring..

mr_sinister · 08-13-2002, 08:37 AM

also, don't use redline MTL unless your tranny is really on its last legs.. use mt90

mtl doesn't protect the gears/synchros very well

Deep · 08-13-2002, 09:48 AM

JRP in Mississauga has it.

DerekDorifto · 08-13-2002, 11:01 AM

MT-90 costs 16$ per bottle (taxes included) at JRP - I had to pick up 4 bottles the other week. It's the one and only reason why I go to that shop.

project trueno · 08-13-2002, 05:57 PM

one question....how come on the back of the MT-90 bottle it says recommended for front-wheel drive manual transaxle...? or is there another type of Redline MT-90?

anyway just goto pacific mall, a shop named "Import Performance" (another S28..) has a couple of bottles...most tho are MTL, i only found one MT-90 so i grabbed it right away, but i passed by another shop and it has redline oil too, just go check, there isn't much automotive stores there

mr_sinister · 08-14-2002, 08:21 AM

as far as i know there;s only 1 kind of redline mt-90.. but i would double check the website to be sure

and most fwd manual transaxles can use the same kind of gear oil as a rwd manual tranny.. its all the same shiz..

although i have heard that honda trannies don't work well with redline oil (and other synthetic gear oils)

project trueno · 08-14-2002, 02:02 PM

ahhh i see thanks

reading the label on the back, it says: "This product is not designed for use in a rear-wheel drive differential which requires a GL-5 lubricant."

but then if you ppl driving AE86s and AW11s use it all the time, then i guess its ok

mr_sinister · 08-14-2002, 08:04 PM

i'm pretty sure that the warning on the bottle you quoted is talking about things like limited slip diffs that need slightly differetn oil properties..

neil85AE86 · 08-16-2002, 10:08 AM

"This product is not designed for use in a rear-wheel drive differential which requires a GL-5 lubricant."

..ae86 and many older RWD cars use GL-4, not GL-5 therefore that warning does not apply

Neil

project trueno · 08-16-2002, 11:37 AM

cool thx

btw MT-90 costs around 16 bucks tax included in Pac mall

project trueno · 08-17-2002, 01:27 PM

hahaha how did i get "import performance"?? somethings wrong with me..

anyway its called "Formula Import", and i see more MT-90 now