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    Amsoil ATF changed recently?

    I could have sworn that the 100C cSt of Amsoil ATF was 6.8. I just looked and it is now listed as 7.6. Is my memory even worse than I thought, or was the formulation tweaked recently? Rumple
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    2002 Ford Explorer with Schaeffer's All Trans ATF

    I dropped the transmission pan on my 63,000 mile 2002 4.0L V6 Ford Explorer, replaced the filter and put in 12 quarts of Schaeffer's All Trans Supreme ATF. Very odd smell to it, sorta like fish. Anyway, while the transmission has given me no trouble and it shifts well, it shifts noticeably...
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    Amsoil in all my vehicles now

    I have switched over both my vehicles to Amsoil. I have a 2002 4.0L V6 SOHC Explorer and a 2007 Toyota Prius and both are now on what will be extended drain intervals with Amsoil. The Explorer is on 0W-30 SSO and a Wix filter while the Prius is on ASM 0W-20 with an EaO filter. The Prius is the...
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    Toyota Prius Factory fill ATF 18,000 miles

    Here is the UOA of the transaxle fluid for my 2007 Toyota Prius, this was at 17,995 miles. This is the factory fill which should be Toyota WS-ATF. Virgin Toyota WS is what I put back in at least. According to the manual, this fluid should last 100,000 miles but many are finding that an after...
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    Mobil 1 5W/30 5189 OCI in 2007 Toyota Prius

    Here is the Blackstone report for a 5,189 mile OCI of Mobil 1 5W-30 oil in a 2007 Toyota Prius with 17,873 miles total. I'm happy that copper, iron and silicon are dropping, and the TBN of 4.0 is great. The Prius is known for fuel dilution and I had 0.5% which dropped the flashpoint to 355F and...
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    What conditions give an OCI over 1 year?

    Imagine you have the magic wand of oil suzerainty - you can wave it and have whatever operating conditions you want. Under what set of conditions, if any, can one go more than one year for an OCI? The reason I ask is I have a lightly used 2002 Ford Explorer with the V6 4.0L engine. Is there any...
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    Amsoil SS0 0W30 in V6 Ford Explorer

    I recently did an oil change on my 62,000 miles 4.0L SOHC 2002 Ford Explorer to Amsoil SSO 0W-30* and a Wix filter. I now have ~300 miles on the oil. Fuel economy in the Explorer is very heavily dependent on the trip length, warm up time and traffic so any differences in fuel economy is lost in...
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    Pennzoil YB 5W30 1,473 miles 2002 Ford Explorer V6

    Pennzoil YB 5W30 1,473 miles on oil 2002 Ford Explorer V6 4.0L with 61,908 miles on engine. Previous oil had gone long (unknown by me, was wifes truck) and I wanted a short interval to clean up engine before switching to something better. The 1/4 quart makeup oil was some Mobil 1 5W30 that was...
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    Change it now, or let it run for a bit more?

    I have a 2002 V6 4WD Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer with 61,700 miles. I am the original owner. I recently got back "into" doing my own maintenance so before 1,300 miles ago my wife would take the truck in for an oil change after the 5,000 mile "change oil" message came on. The last oil that she...
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    Smell difference - Amsoil 75W140 vs. Lucas 75W140

    I recently changed for the first time the rear differential oil in my 2002 V6 Ford Explorer and quickly rechanged it from Lucas full synthetic 75W140 to Amsoil severe gear 75W140. I was throwing out the empty bottles and noticed that the "sulfurous" rotten smell of gear oil was significantly...
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    75W140 - Lucas out Amsoil in

    I recently replaced the rear differential oil in my 61,000 mile 2002 V6 Ford Explorer. Ford calls for synthetic 75W140 and I used Lucas synthetic 75W140 gear oil. The Lucas oil stated that it already had a limited slip friction modifier in it. However, I have been noticing some chattering from...
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    Quickie drain & fill of Mobil 1 Synthetic ATF

    My 2002 V6 4.0L SOHC Ford Explorer with 61,000 miles has never had any automatic transmission service. The 5R55W 5 speed transmission comes with a Mercon V factory fill and is one of those annoying "sealed" transmissions with no dipstick. Instead the pan drain plug has an inner, smaller plug in...
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    Changed Transfer Case ATF fluid

    I have a 2002 Ford Explorer with 60,900 miles that I purchased new back in the day. I recently got auto maintenance do it yourself bug and it's fun to be working on cars again. Ford spec'd Mercon in the transfer case rather than the Mercon V used in the automatic transmission. Since Mercon has...
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    Unknown Dealer sourced oil, 6,000mi, 2007 Prius

    2007 Red Std. (#7 package) Prius, 12,600 miles on vehicle, 6,00 on this oil. First oil change was at the dealer at ~6000 miles. When the maint. req. light came on I got around to changing the unkown dealer oil at 12,600 miles - so the oil had around ~6000 miles on it. I put in Mobil 1 5W-30...
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