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Old 08-14-2014, 02:03 AM   #115
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Originally Posted by poptart View Post
Dude, I found your source. He put 1 quart of ATF into the engine and was told people used to use that to degunk.
That's a big difference from running straight ATF as a total substitute for the proper oil. We need a expert tribologist, but I bet he would say it's entirely conceivable the engine would suffer premature wear from this accident. It's not like it got driven 30 miles with
10w30 instead of 0w20, transmission fluid is far from meeting the manufacturer specified lubrication.
Congratulations Columbo. I wasn't hiding the source. The implication for the OP would be that the short duration of exposure to ATF instead of oil in his car was not likely to be detrimental.
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