Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site amdahl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!amdahl!ems From: ems@amdahl.UUCP (E. Michael Smith) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Motor oil in the transmission? Message-ID: <710@amdahl.UUCP> Date: Mon, 10-Dec-84 14:03:58 EST Article-I.D.: amdahl.710 Posted: Mon Dec 10 14:03:58 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 12-Dec-84 05:45:40 EST References: <155@decwrl.UUCP>, <353@amdcad.UUCP> <752@watdcsu.UUCP> Organization: Amdahl Corp, Sunnyvale CA Lines: 22 > > Huh? I thought you were only supposed to put transmission fluid in > > transmissions. Is motor oil (the non-slippery stuff) REALLY OK for > > transmissions? > > You must be talking about ATF (Automatic Transmission Fluid). As > those of us who have worked on manual-trans cars know, REAL > transmissions use oil. However, the transmission oil should normally > be considerably heavier grade than the standard motor oil. Yes, REAL transmissions use oil. ( I must confess that I never do think about automatics when talking about transmissions...) For some obscure reason, the ****** HONDA ****** takes 10W-40 motor oil in the tranny. For most cars with real transmissions the grade in 90w. Not so for HONDA. In any *MANUAL* transmission watch out for slippery oil. (Come to think of it, my old Honda motorcycle used 10w-40 in the tranny also... I wonder if this is a trait of motorcycles that Honda caried over into cars ... hmmm) -- E. Michael Smith ...!{hplabs,ihnp4,amd,nsc}!amdahl!ems No one would dare claim these opinions.