mrshabo

i went to the local shops (autozone,r&S) and they don't carry redline. Anywhere i can buy it cheap? How many bottles do we normally use for our tranny?

MadMaxSC400

Is that the syn transmission fluid that works in place of T-IV?

mrshabo

not even sure what T-IV is lol

MadMaxSC400

transmission oil

THE_CEO

our lexus tranny uses only toyota type 4 fluid...they said if you switch to anything else it would harm the trans....how ever im sure they were speaking about regular toyota type 4...how ever there may be a synth that is approved for our car...but i would just keep it with the type 4 fluid if i were you...but again to each his own...im just saying this because i know of lexus owners who have 300,000 to 400,000 miles on their cars and they use regular fluids...if most of us get to 300,000 miles on our cars we will be extremely happy..so i see no need to change from regular to synth...but again to each his own.

CEO

mrshabo

i've read post that people who changed to redline shift a lot smoother. if this is true how could this harm the tranny?

THE_CEO

i never said that redline would tear up the tranny....i just said that i was told dont put anything else in there but type 4. Now for synths...i said i dont know anything about them RedLine might be ok but again i dont know anything about it....

CEO

mrshabo

thanks for the info ceo .


does anyone have redline in their tranny? how is it?

Skulinex

I used to use a MT-90/MTL mix or MT-90 itself in a mazda mx-6.. it was great stuff but the only reason why I used this was because other synthetic gear oils contain sulphur, which would eat up the brass bearings in the transmission of that specific car.. I dunno if this would apply to the SC though..oh btw, this is for 5-speed, mt-90 is a gear oil, not for automatics..

mrshabo

yea i know. i got a 5 speed. Skulinex do you know where i can get it cheap? i hope this doesn't hard the tranny.

Skulinex

the best place I've found for it in price even with shipping, http://www.myoilshop.com/

bigdaddyrobb

I was told by my Toyota mechanics that any synthetic was okay to use in our 5 speeds. As long as it apporimates the smae weight oil, it will work so MT-90 is okay. I am running it and smoothed out my sometimes notchy third gear. Just what I was told by my co workers at Superior Toyota in Erie. I worked there for a year and a half and trust their toyota master mechanic opinions.

mrshabo

hey bigdaddyrobb did you flush your system? how many quarts did you put in?

mrshabo

what's the diff ebtween redline mtl and mt90. is it better to run pure mt90 or should i mix a bit with mtl

TGRich

I changed my tranny fluid with castrol sythetic last year and I noticed a small improvement. I noticed its being a little rough lately though so I plan to try the redline within the next couple of months.

I haven't heard anything bad about using the redline on our transmissions.