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From: moroney@jon.DEC
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Motor oil in the transmission?
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Date: Thu, 6-Dec-84 09:41:37 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec  6 09:41:37 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?  If it is OK, I
could have used this information a while ago, I had a beater which got
about 150 miles/quart of TRANSMISSION fluid. (!)  I could have used el
cheapo motor oil?  The transmission worked fine (until it ran low on fluid)
it just leaked.  (The car is currently getting another one)

"There's a madness to my method"		Mike Moroney
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