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Originally Posted by dwm5f5
so how often is everyone changing their mtf? I changed mine a few months back, though, it still feels better with amsoil than with the original crap...
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I have a rule of thumb along with AMSOIL's recommended...
AMSOIL Recommends that If the original fluid is petroleum, you can go up to 3 times as far as OEM Recommended.
What you do have to watch for is that with your first change to AMSOIL, many engines and transmissions will retain enough fluid to degrade the new fluid. What I usually do and like to see people do, is only take the first change to 2 times OEM and 3 times after that..
Me... It's cheap to do... I just change everything once per year right at the end of June, beginning of July on half my vehicles and around December on the rest of them... Overkill ??? Maybe...but I/we put a ton of miles on... I call it cheap insurance.
What is amazing is that so many people think that OEM Fluids cannot be deviated from...
I sold a Local Honda owner some MTF for his vehicle the other day and he was worried about using something besides OEM as it "may" void his warranty because AMSOIL has not "Certified" their fluid for the new 2008 Honda fluids..
After looking in his manual and it said that he could use a 10W-30 or 10W-40 motor oil if the Honda Fluid was not avaialable, He gladly purchased the AMSOIL MTF Fluid and took it to the shop behind him right away..
Said he noticed the improved shift just driving it back around the block to his shop.
Doc