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From: ems@amdahl.UUCP (E. Michael Smith)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Motor oil in the transmission?
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Date: Mon, 10-Dec-84 14:03:58 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec 10 14:03:58 1984
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> > 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

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