Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site watdcsu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watdcsu!haapanen From: haapanen@watdcsu.UUCP (Tom Haapanen [DCS]) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Motor oil in the transmission? Message-ID: <752@watdcsu.UUCP> Date: Fri, 7-Dec-84 12:17:21 EST Article-I.D.: watdcsu.752 Posted: Fri Dec 7 12:17:21 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 8-Dec-84 03:46:46 EST References: <155@decwrl.UUCP>, <353@amdcad.UUCP> Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 13 > 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. (Which is why it's sort of hard to shift when you start the car on a cold winter morning...) \tom watmath!watdcsu!haapanen