mikecl713

basically same stuff as gm' stuff but not sure about the friction mofidiers

Road Rage

Yeah, that's right - Pennzoil and Texaco both make lubes to GM's spec, but they sell for a lot less. Neither makes an FM version.

- gernby is probably sick of hearing this, but the GMS FM was developed for the NV1500 light truck tranny used in S-10's or whatever they are called days (Colorado? Sahara? Hoboken?). Kind of paradoxical that it finds a home in a precision scalpel like the S2000.

buzilanga

I'm in about to change the gear oil on my S, it a S from the states up in penselvania. Now it's in the caribean. Never gets colder then 25C at night, think that is around 80 F or so. What oil should I get to put in my tranny? The GM, redline or the honda? Cuase the honda I need to order, redline I think too, maybe the gm they have here but I doubt it.

p0pe

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Road Rage
Gernby: Excellent anecdote, certainly should be of interest to MY03 and earlier folks.

p0pe

Picked some up today from Bumper-to-Bumper.. was around $10/quart. How much did you guys pay from the dealer?

tron1

I replaced my Honda MTF this weekend. After approx. 6,000 mi. the oem fluid looked very good, nice amber color, with no crude on drain plug. Replaced with Redline MTL and shifting (after 100 mi.) feels just like it did before the fluid change. But at least I have a good 100% high quality syn oil in the tranny. My plan is to change fluid yearly.

tron1

I replaced my Honda MTF this weekend. After approx. 6,000 mi. (the orig. fluid was changed 6k mi. ago with oem MTF) the oem fluid looked very good, nice amber color, with no crud on drain plug. Replaced with Redline MTL and shifting (after 100 mi.) feels just like it did before the fluid change. But at least I have a good 100% high quality syn oil in the tranny. My plan is to change fluid yearly.

Asura

The MT-90 is giving me relatively high operating temperatures for this early in the summer. I notice that during traffic, I see indicated peak temperatures north of 240 degrees on my transmission temp gauge. This has lead to grinding. Note: the fluid was changed ~700 miles ago with no event driving on it. I am changing over to the GM synchromesh FM.
I just wanted to verify that the GM part number is #12377916.

Gernby

I don't know the part number, but it will say "Friction Modified" in big letters on the label.

rateds2k

Going to try this this weekend. Local chevy dealer delivered it to me at a cost of 8.84 a quart. I post after this weekend's auto-x on impressions.