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Anyone recommend Synthetic ATF for 97 850 with 101K 850

posted by  someone claiming to be John on  Fri May 21 04:00 CST 2004 [RELATED]

Thanks Bricks, original owner used regular ATF








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    Anyone recommend Synthetic ATF for 97 850 with 101K 850

    posted by  Jack43 on  Fri May 21 09:50 CST 2004
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    I did my third flush on my 96 850T at 80K miles with Mobil1. Previous had been dino. Amazingly, with no other changes on the car (3,000 miles later), my mileage crept up .5-1 mpg. Would appear to be a nice demonstration of friction reduction, I surmise. I'm sticking with Mobil1 for future flushes.








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    Anyone recommend Synthetic ATF for 97 850 with 101K 850

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    posted by  Shatz on  Fri May 21 07:43 CST 2004
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    My RWD 960 wagons have both received synthetic AFT. One got Mobil 1, the other AMSOIL. Flush the tranny real well with a 2 or 3 quarts to get all that dino crap out of there.
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    John Shatzer, '97 V90 @ 105K








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    Anyone recommend Synthetic ATF for 97 850 with 101K 850

    posted by  GordonN on  Fri May 21 06:49 CST 2004
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    I had my ATF flushed by the dealer every 30K miles until I decided to do it myself at 120K. I used Mobil 1 synthetic ATF, and for 7k miles since then have been very pleased with how smoothly it shifts. It is still nice and red, no leaks, no problems. So, yes, I would go ahead and make the change to synthetic.
    Gordon
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    86 240 DL 120K; 98 V70 XC 125K(Bilsteins, ipd strut tower brace & sway bars, Wetterauer chip)








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      Anyone recommend Synthetic ATF for 97 850 with 101K 850

      posted by  someone claiming to be bl on  Fri May 21 15:54 CST 2004 [RELATED]

      Yea, the syns are, IMHO, worth the extra $$. The most compeling reason is that guys who have transmission temperature gauges and run Mobil 1/Amsol see a 20-30 degree drop in fluid temps. That is very significant as to friction reduction as is the noted > mpg. As the 850's have no internal tranny filter, consider adding an in line Magnafine filter after the flush.

      bl







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