Just curious if anyone has tried the new Amsoil ATL? Im thinking about using it in my sisters Yukon Denali. Looks like a great low visc atf.
Amsoil ATL : Anyone try it yet?
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Should be a bullet proof Amsoil fluid.
I would not think twice about using it. I have a friend that bought an 01 Aztek that I will probably install for her in the trans.
But no I have not tried it. I have put the ATF fluid through it's paces over the last 14 years in many different vehicles and it is very impressive. I ran it in my Dad's 91 voyager trans from 0 miles on a rebuild to 85K and the fluid looked like it could go for another 50K.
I would not think twice about using it. I have a friend that bought an 01 Aztek that I will probably install for her in the trans.
But no I have not tried it. I have put the ATF fluid through it's paces over the last 14 years in many different vehicles and it is very impressive. I ran it in my Dad's 91 voyager trans from 0 miles on a rebuild to 85K and the fluid looked like it could go for another 50K.
Just changed the Transmission filter and filled up my 2006 Impala SS with it, 71/2 quarts worth. Had 30,000 miles on it and decided to give it a try. Can't say that I notice any real difference, but have used Amsoil products since 1984 and have never found any better lubricants. Car shifts flawlessly and now I know I have top notch ATF in it and won't service it again till at least 80,000 miles. The new low viscosity fluid is Dex IV compatible obviously. Recommend it highly.
My daughter has a 08 Scion TC running WS fluid, and the fluid is horrible looking. From my experience anyway, front wheel drive cars are harder on fluid for some reason. Been trying to talk her into ordering some ATL for it, but she don't make a whole lot of money and I AM NOT going to buy it for her. She actually owes us money and i'd like her to buy some for me while we're at it.
I'm really getting an itchy trigger finger to order a couple cases, but i haven't yet. Got to do the Tundra, and i think our 08 gmc savanna should take the same fluid.
I'm surely not going to buy OEM stuff over Amsoil. Especially where the info i've gotten suggests neither are full synthetic, and likely just a blend.
I'm really getting an itchy trigger finger to order a couple cases, but i haven't yet. Got to do the Tundra, and i think our 08 gmc savanna should take the same fluid.
I'm surely not going to buy OEM stuff over Amsoil. Especially where the info i've gotten suggests neither are full synthetic, and likely just a blend.
Everything is more compacted, runs hotter. Generally they will only have a ATF-to-water cooler in the radiator, so the temperature will be at LEAST coolant temp, often times higher.
The only RWD vehicles left around now are trucks/SUVs, heavier duty stuff built for carrying loads, and have at least an auxiliary ATF-to-air cooler and some have only a large Air cooler.
My car has a largish air cooler only with a thermostatic bypass when it is cold.
The only RWD vehicles left around now are trucks/SUVs, heavier duty stuff built for carrying loads, and have at least an auxiliary ATF-to-air cooler and some have only a large Air cooler.
My car has a largish air cooler only with a thermostatic bypass when it is cold.
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Originally Posted By: AzFireGuy79
Just curious if anyone has tried the new Amsoil ATL? Im thinking about using it in my sisters Yukon Denali. Looks like a great low visc atf.
I'm running their formula just before the recent change and it is excellent and I absolutely wouldn't run anything else. Usually when Amsoil makes a change to their formulas it's for the better, so I imagine it just got even better.
Just curious if anyone has tried the new Amsoil ATL? Im thinking about using it in my sisters Yukon Denali. Looks like a great low visc atf.
I'm running their formula just before the recent change and it is excellent and I absolutely wouldn't run anything else. Usually when Amsoil makes a change to their formulas it's for the better, so I imagine it just got even better.
I'd like to see the proof that it is better...
140,000/miles and 10 years on Amsoil ATF in RWD 700R4 and, unbelievably, it looks and smells just like the day I poured it out of the bottle. It has aux cooling and filtration that has helped make that possible.
Amsoil ATL is not made to be better than the newest version of Amsoil ATF, it is different. It is lower viscosity (among other things) for the transmissions that specify the lower viscosity fluid such as Dexron-VI, Toyota WS, etc.
In a FWD car the ATF is also lubing the differential. ATF coolers in the radiator are in the outlet end of the radiator which is much cooler than the inlet.
The Toyota WS is a very long life fluid. I wouldn't worry about changing it unless the fluid had been damaged for some reason. You might treat your daughter to a $22.50 lab test of the fluid (Blackstone's price) to find out exactly what's what. If the Scion is leased, fuggedaboudit.
In a FWD car the ATF is also lubing the differential. ATF coolers in the radiator are in the outlet end of the radiator which is much cooler than the inlet.
The Toyota WS is a very long life fluid. I wouldn't worry about changing it unless the fluid had been damaged for some reason. You might treat your daughter to a $22.50 lab test of the fluid (Blackstone's price) to find out exactly what's what. If the Scion is leased, fuggedaboudit.
Originally Posted By: Ken2
Amsoil ATL is not made to be better than the newest version of Amsoil ATF, it is different. It is lower viscosity (among other things) for the transmissions that specify the lower viscosity fluid such as Dexron-VI, Toyota WS, etc.
In a FWD car the ATF is also lubing the differential. ATF coolers in the radiator are in the outlet end of the radiator which is much cooler than the inlet.
The Toyota WS is a very long life fluid. I wouldn't worry about changing it unless the fluid had been damaged for some reason. You might treat your daughter to a $22.50 lab test of the fluid (Blackstone's price) to find out exactly what's what. If the Scion is leased, fuggedaboudit.
Well, Amsoil's ATF has proven itself and i expect the ATL to do the same. The ATF was fully compatible with T-IV fluid as well as many others, and it proved to be stellar in comparison.
Most front wheel drive cars might lube the differential at the same time, but i know most of the camry's & corolla's do not. They have a seperate differential inside the trans that must be serviced regularly in addition to the trans. The Scion TC has the same powertrain as the camry 4 cyl, so i would assume it's the same way. Dunno for sure though.
From a few WS used analysis, it is not holding up like I think it should. OP claims it starts shearing badly at 30k miles, and to me this is NOT a longlife fluid. And from what i've read, it's not synthetic either; only a blend.
All my rigs get plenty of attention in the maintenance area, and i would like to see my kids be the same way with theirs.
No; it's not a lease.
Amsoil ATL is not made to be better than the newest version of Amsoil ATF, it is different. It is lower viscosity (among other things) for the transmissions that specify the lower viscosity fluid such as Dexron-VI, Toyota WS, etc.
In a FWD car the ATF is also lubing the differential. ATF coolers in the radiator are in the outlet end of the radiator which is much cooler than the inlet.
The Toyota WS is a very long life fluid. I wouldn't worry about changing it unless the fluid had been damaged for some reason. You might treat your daughter to a $22.50 lab test of the fluid (Blackstone's price) to find out exactly what's what. If the Scion is leased, fuggedaboudit.
Well, Amsoil's ATF has proven itself and i expect the ATL to do the same. The ATF was fully compatible with T-IV fluid as well as many others, and it proved to be stellar in comparison.
Most front wheel drive cars might lube the differential at the same time, but i know most of the camry's & corolla's do not. They have a seperate differential inside the trans that must be serviced regularly in addition to the trans. The Scion TC has the same powertrain as the camry 4 cyl, so i would assume it's the same way. Dunno for sure though.
From a few WS used analysis, it is not holding up like I think it should. OP claims it starts shearing badly at 30k miles, and to me this is NOT a longlife fluid. And from what i've read, it's not synthetic either; only a blend.
All my rigs get plenty of attention in the maintenance area, and i would like to see my kids be the same way with theirs.
No; it's not a lease.
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I'd like to see the proof that it is better...
Now ...don't tell me. You'll want a white paper that endures peer review and is accepted by SAE for publication....
I'd like to see the proof that it is better...
Now ...don't tell me. You'll want a white paper that endures peer review and is accepted by SAE for publication....
I am being using AMSOIL Synthetic ATF since 1980, 29 yrs! (Some think synthetic ATF was only invented recently.) I have put it in every vehicle I have owned. Fill and forget it.
I put the ATF in my 2008 GMC at 1,100 miles and changed to the ATL at 15,500 miles, about 2,000 miles back. Why change, because I could. I have a friend that has a 1999 Yukon XL SLT with over 200,000+ miles on it and he installed AMSOIL ATF around 50,000 miles back around 2001 before he went on a trip to the west coast. Has never changed it since, he pulled the dipstick out to show me a few weeks back and it looked like it was just put in yesterday. He has no plans on changing it. He was switching over his recently purchased low mileage 2006 Dodge Cummings crew cab he purchased from an estate sale, mileage on truck around 30,000 miles.
I put the ATF in my 2008 GMC at 1,100 miles and changed to the ATL at 15,500 miles, about 2,000 miles back. Why change, because I could. I have a friend that has a 1999 Yukon XL SLT with over 200,000+ miles on it and he installed AMSOIL ATF around 50,000 miles back around 2001 before he went on a trip to the west coast. Has never changed it since, he pulled the dipstick out to show me a few weeks back and it looked like it was just put in yesterday. He has no plans on changing it. He was switching over his recently purchased low mileage 2006 Dodge Cummings crew cab he purchased from an estate sale, mileage on truck around 30,000 miles.
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