Synthetic oil in Transmission?
11-11-09, 06:44 AM
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Synthetic oil in Transmission?
Since I`m new to the 2nd generation RX,I have a few questions for you guy`s. Have any of you switched over to Synthetic fluid in the transmission?
11-11-09, 07:25 AM
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The 2007's and newer come factory with synthetic. I don't know about prior models, but most feel synthetic is better than dino.
11-11-09, 05:19 PM
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yes I have an '05 and I have Royal purple in the transmission, transfer case and diff.
11-12-09, 06:11 AM
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11-12-09, 06:21 AM
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Scottydog
All ATF is synthetic.
No Scotty,it isnt
11-12-09, 06:23 AM
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yes I have an '05 and I have Royal purple in the transmission, transfer case and diff.
Is their any performance difference? Re;shifts etc.? I just changed mine again with the Toyota fluid. But I also added a bottle of lube guard,and its shifting better now than before. I just dont like the lazy shifts these transmissions seem to have.
11-12-09, 04:58 PM
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The "lazy shifts" are due to programming and little else.
11-13-09, 08:03 AM
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The "lazy shifts" are due to programming and little else.
I think in my case,that was only part of the problem.My fluid was never changed until I purchased it @ 59,079 miles.
11-14-09, 07:02 AM
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Have it flushed out & put in a 100% synthetic oil.
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Synthetic oil in Transmission?
