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Originally Posted by R2
I believe I recall you mentioning trying out many other oils before settling on Pentosin. Was one of them Redline MTL? I've got that in there now, and it feels ok, but I'm not overly sold on it yet. It seems like Pentosin is reviewed better, but not many have done the MTL route it seems.
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I haven't tried a full fill with MTL...only a couple of blends. The 1st one was MTL/Honda MTF (the thinner one). That was just an experiment to see how the transmission would act with a thinner than stock fluid. I used that blend because that's what I had on the shelf at the time. This worked much better for the 1-2 shift, but once warmed up, there was a slight catch on the 2-3 shift.
The 2nd one was 1L MTL and 1.3L MT90 (I believe I said 1.3L MTL/1L MT90 in another post, but I checked my records, and that was incorrect). This one worked pretty good...almost as good as Pentosin except for the 1-2 shift when cold (still far better than the stock fill). I drive my car year 'round in Canada, and the outside temp had to be well below freezing before the 1-2 shift got miserable.
Redline has recently changed the viscosity rating on the MTL. I'm not sure if there is any actual difference in the fluid, but the stuff I bought last summer was 70W80. More recent bottles (and now the website) list it as 75W80 (same as Pentosin).