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I've wondered about this myself. My Alfa Romeo specifies either gear lube or ATF in the transmission. Early 164s used gear oil, but sometime around '93 or '94 they started specifying ATF. The transmission did not change. My car came with gear oil, but about 18 mos ago I had it replaced with synthetic ATF. Shift quality was *vastly* improved and I've not seen any ill side effects.
Since Saabs specify either gear oil or motor oil, it makes me wonder if ATF would be "close enough" as it is with the Alfa. I'm not too keen on running an experiment to find out, but it's interesting to note that others have tried. The tranny in my '86 S is not doing well, perhaps once I have the budget to replace it I'll stick in some ATF in the dying box just to see what happens... :)
-Justin
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Posts in this Thread:
- ATF in a 5-speed tranny??, JR, Fri, 4 Apr 2003 10:37:53
- Friction-increasing additives!, Andrew Szafran, Sat, 5 Apr 2003 02:32:15
- Re: ATF in a 5-speed tranny??, Saana88 , Fri, 4 Apr 2003 19:10:23
- Before I'd try ATF, Russell Giuliano, Fri, 4 Apr 2003 15:54:39
- Re: ATF in a 5-speed tranny??, Justin VanAbrahams , Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:46:50 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: ATF in a 5-speed tranny??, t, Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:32:10
- Re: ATF in a 5-speed tranny?? Pinion bearing ouch, JohnK, Fri, 4 Apr 2003 11:59:49
- Re: ATF in a 5-speed tranny - not mine!, Steve O, Fri, 4 Apr 2003 10:57:45
- Re: ATF in a 5-speed tranny??, Russell Giuliano, Fri, 4 Apr 2003 10:50:22
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