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From: ems@amdahl.UUCP (E. Michael Smith)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Motor oil in the transmission?
Message-ID: <708@amdahl.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 10-Dec-84 13:38:48 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec 10 13:38:48 1984
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> >At 50k miles I did the regular tune up stuff.  Being a fanatic about
> >lubrication, I put in long drain oil.  I also put this in the tranny.
> ................
> >                                               The slippery stuff is
> >wonderful for your engine.  Just keep it out of the transmission!
> 
> Huh?  I thought you were only supposed to put transmission fluid in
> transmissions.  Is motor oil (the non-slippery stuff) REALLY OK for
> transmissions?  What about automatic transmission?

I can only speak for HONDA manual transmissions.  They take motor oil.
I would guess that engine oil would demolish an automatic ...
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E. Michael Smith  ...!{hplabs,ihnp4,amd,nsc}!amdahl!ems

No one would dare claim these opinions.