Castrol fluid changes

[Dave Sherman]

I did a partial flush of the wife's car ('05 Subaru Legacy, 4 speed auto) several months ago, and used Castrol Multi-Vehicle ATF. I used it since it said it was compatible with Dexron III and Nissan Matic-J, which is what her car is happy with. I was surprised to find that now they have the import and domestic varieties, because I put it an ATF cooler this weekend, and changed the filter and fluid while I was at it. I'm guessing the import and the older stuff are not significantly different since they both meet Dex III and Matic-J, but should they mix OK?

 

[unDummy]

Current Import-MV is the same as the older stuff so it will mix well.
The domestic-MV is what is used for dex/merc applications. Domestic-mv labelling is by far the worst that I've seen. They should get rid of the 'M V' part of it.

Use the import multivehicle fluid.

 

[unDummy]

Current Import-MV is the same as the older stuff so it will mix well.
The domestic-MV is what is used for dex/merc applications. Domestic-mv labelling is by far the worst that I've seen. They should get rid of the 'M V' part of it.

Use the import multivehicle fluid.

 

[Dave Sherman]

Thanks! I went with the import MV.

 

[Mike_Murrell]

Here's a pointer to Castrol's ATF site. You can click on each type and compare the specs:

http://www.castrol.com/castrol/sectiongenericarticle.do?categoryId=9012211&contentId=7024042