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Synthetic ATF in 940 900

posted by  Steve on  Wed Apr 27 01:29 CST 2005
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Your mechanic is running on very old myths. I've switched some eight cars (five Volvo 740/940 and three GMs) to Mobil 1 ATF with ZERO problems. And I've dropped pans 100k miles later to find amazingly insignificant evidence of wear.

When M-1 first came out in the 70s, it contained lots of esters which had the effect of radically cleaning the engine. In some cases, this led to leaking seals since seal quality then was none too good. As a result, everyone thought "synthetic=leaks". They long ago fixed this problem and now use all-PAOs. The M-1 ATF never suffered from this.






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