Redline MTL... Yummy

[Jean]

joe's sports was going out of business so i stocked up on some royal purple 5w30 motor oil and some how ended up with two atf oil(bottles look the same). Anyway since i have the oil will it be ok to put ATF in my tranny? I have a 91 g260 if that makes any difference. The answer is probably yes, but I just wanted to make sure it's legit

Look at the tranny case and see if it's got an ATF Sticker.

[pawi30]

I'm using redline "shock proof" in my transfercase. that shit is fucking nasty.

which one did you chose?

heavy , lightweight, or super light?

[nando]

which one did you chose?

heavy , lightweight, or super light?

heavy, I think. I still have the bottle, I can check later this week.

[nando]

Look at the tranny case and see if it's got an ATF Sticker.

it doesn't really matter, there's no difference between the two.. it was probably just cheaper for BMW to put ATF in the transmission. it will shift WAY better and likely last longer with gear oil in there instead. I would never put ATF in a manual transmission. Mine is a "green label" (ATF) and it's still purring at 260k with redline 70w80 MTL. :)

[SamE30e]

I'm running Amsoil Severe Gear 75W90 in my diff.

[TS87325IS]

green lable is for synthetic fluid , red lable is for atf , no lable is regular mtl , that is what the stickers mean on the transmissions , and yes some do make a difference what fluid you put in them , red line mtl is synthetic so it will go in a green lable or a no lable trans just fine , if it has a red lable , I would personally put atf in it, but to each his own.

[txtorquemade]

Just ordered from BavAuto

4 x 75w95 Redline diff fluid... ( I have two to do)
2 x 70w80 Redline MTF
1 x 5 liter Lubomoly engine oil 10-40w
clutch slave cylinder
3 Mann oil filters

[nando]

which one did you chose?

heavy , lightweight, or super light?

I checked, it's lightweight Shock Proof. still pretty gooey.

[8380 Labs]

i stumbled onto this thread while doing some research on changing out my trans and dif fluids.

did the transmission last year with the redline and that was a nice improvement. finally got around to doing the dif fluid today (redline also).

1) old dif fluid really does smell like a butthole.

2) this was probably the best bang for the buck things i've done to the car yet, it was a DRASTIC improvement. i have no idea when the fluid was last changed, but it stank and was pretty dirty looking.

i had issues at low speeds where the car would buck and i had to be very gentle with the clutch to drive smoothly. post-redline the issues are completely gone.

i still need to do a guibo and CSB, but i'm very impressed with the redline fluids thus far.

[Ian Bowers]

So, say I put redline MTL in my Getrag 240, and the shifting has gotten considerably notchier/poorer feeling in general. Transmission has an "ATF" sticker on the side -- refill with redline ATF, or the 70w80?

[gverelli]

^^Im in the same situation, feels like it got worse especially when its cold...? However, Im not sure if it has the ATF sticker

[87e30]

I much prefer the royal purple trans fluid in my car. I had redline but it didn't feel great. Granted I have a somewhat poor g260 (in my opinion) so it could just be my trans.

[8380 Labs]

So, say I put redline MTL in my Getrag 240, and the shifting has gotten considerably notchier/poorer feeling in general. Transmission has an "ATF" sticker on the side -- refill with redline ATF, or the 70w80?

^^Im in the same situation, feels like it got worse especially when its cold...? However, Im not sure if it has the ATF sticker

mine is also a bit notchy until it gets warmed up, but once it does it's nice and smooth.

[Ian Bowers]

Mine doesn't get smoother as it warms up, if anything, it gets a bit worse. :( It use to be super smooth with whatever was in it, and now it actually gives me hassles going into gears.

[gverelli]

^^ I may change to OEM stuff and see how that feels because I am not happy with the MTL, it shifted perfectly before and it seems much notchier