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| Jun 23, 2018 04:46PM | h_lankford | |
| Jun 23, 2018 04:01PM | scooperman | Edited: Jun 23, 2018 04:28PM |
| Jun 21, 2018 01:24AM | Alex | |
| Jun 20, 2018 10:36PM | Hunter2 |
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This description on Amsoil website for 5-30 manual transmission oil sounds like doubletalk. First they say it is for light viscosity, non-extreme pressure fortified settings, but then claims with "additive technology" it is "ultimate" and outperforms (regular) motor oils in that setting.
Manual Synchromesh Transmission Fluid 5W-30
Product Code: MTFQT-EA Manual Synchromesh Transmission Fluid 5W-30
Designed for manual transmissions and transaxles with synchromesh systems that require light viscosity, non-extreme-pressure fortified oil. Additive technology provides proper friction characteristics for smooth shifting. The ultimate in gear and bearing protection & outperforms motor oils in manual transmissions.
https://www.amsoil.com/shop/by-product/transmission-fluid/manual/
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brand names mean nothing. The company that bought your favorite brand 30 years ago owes you nothing, but they own the trademark. So they put that name on a plastic bottle that contains oil for modern Chinese cars, not your vintage car. In the UK, you might be good finding an oil for an auto engine with a shared transmission, not here. For street use, I get motorcycle oils. Those were made with high-shear chems that kept gears from pitting and putting metal schnitzels into the oil . Somewhere around 2000 I got lost in the alphabet soup of oil specs, now I just look for a rating of JASO-MA, which brings me to some Rotellas and Mobil-1s at wallieworld or expensive oil at bike shops. I use the expensive stuff in bikes. I like the Shell logo better, so that goes in the Minis and change it often.
https://www.widman.biz/mini_pics/classic-mini-oil.pdf
https://www.widman.biz/mini_pics/classic-mini-oil.pdf
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Joe Gibbs Racing BR1 15/50 break in oil then the JGR HR1 15/50.
Not cheap, but has all the proper chemicals and doesn't break down and go thin like some other oils I could mention.
Not cheap, but has all the proper chemicals and doesn't break down and go thin like some other oils I could mention.
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Mantra when we started playing with Minis in southwestern B.C. almost 30 years ago was Castrol 20/50....
Got to Australia 20 years later and asked what oil? Answer the cheapest 10-30 available...and change oil/filter every 3,000 miles. So I drove 25,000 miles around Australia. Motor used less that a pint of oil on a 70 day trip.
I did switch to 20-50 on getting the Mini to Canada and after going transcontinental return & San Diego return...on tear down, the crank & rod journals and tail all polished up std/std. Bearings looked great.
So what oils do you use & why...what research do you pay attention to etc.?
Got to Australia 20 years later and asked what oil? Answer the cheapest 10-30 available...and change oil/filter every 3,000 miles. So I drove 25,000 miles around Australia. Motor used less that a pint of oil on a 70 day trip.
I did switch to 20-50 on getting the Mini to Canada and after going transcontinental return & San Diego return...on tear down, the crank & rod journals and tail all polished up std/std. Bearings looked great.
So what oils do you use & why...what research do you pay attention to etc.?
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