Hi All,
Does anyone have any recommendations for Auto Trans fluid for the TGD?
Mine's looking a bit brown, so a couple of changes won't go astray.
One hears of horror stories surrounding backwards-compatibility of modern trans fluid.
I was thinking perhaps of Castrol Transmax High Mileage as it claims to be biased towards having seal softeners and detergents.
Any horror stories?
Thanks,
Chris
TGD Automatic Transmission Fluid Recommendations.
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Re: TGD Automatic Transmission Fluid Recommendations.
Hi Chris
I too have heard the horror stories of people using later ATF variabts which were supposed to be backward compatible but caused damage. There was a massive kerfuffle about it with Mitsubishi Delicar 4x4 owners when I had one of those so personally I would stick with Dexron II .
Castrol here:
http://www.opieoils.co.uk/pv-965-castro ... 0wod4-AJhw
Or apparently the OE Elf brand here:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dexron-Power-S ... B007NZ14RI
I too have heard the horror stories of people using later ATF variabts which were supposed to be backward compatible but caused damage. There was a massive kerfuffle about it with Mitsubishi Delicar 4x4 owners when I had one of those so personally I would stick with Dexron II .
Castrol here:
http://www.opieoils.co.uk/pv-965-castro ... 0wod4-AJhw
Or apparently the OE Elf brand here:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dexron-Power-S ... B007NZ14RI
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Re: TGD Automatic Transmission Fluid Recommendations.
As mentioned dextron 2 and nothing else!!
Lots of Motors, mostly semi broken....
Re: TGD Automatic Transmission Fluid Recommendations.
Don't let the parts counter tell you that Dex 3 is an updated version of Dex 2. It's not compatible with the ZF box in the BX and will destroy it. Dex 2 only.
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2000 XM VSX 2.1 td Auto. Rouge Magenta.
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Is it just me or is everything shit?
1989 BX GTi 16 valve. Blanc Alpine. Completed the Citroen Classic Challenge Ecosse and 1337 miles without a hitch.
2000 XM VSX 2.1 td Auto. Rouge Magenta.
TGD saloon many years ago.
1990 Swift 'Corniche' 12/2 aka BXClub HQ.
Honda Firestorm. Gone, but not forgotten.
2015 Triumph Tiger Explorer XC.