Amsoil Gear Oil? or Mobil 1?

james accordino ssgacc at yahoo.com
Thu Nov 16 20:55:40 EST 2000


--- Stephen Bigelow <sbigelow at sprint.ca> wrote:
> Great stuff..........very pleased.
> 
> I _was_ going to use the Mobil 1 ATF, until I read
> the package.....
> 
> "Full synthetic.....exclusive of carrier oil"
> 
> Harumph.
> 
> You get what you pay for.
> 
> > i am very tempted to try the Amsoil route...
> > can anyone give me any warnings or suggestions..
> > i want this stuff to last a LONG time..

That's the idea with the SHC50.  Eaton Roadranger and
Mack both endorse it for full service life in
syncronized transmissions.  That's 500k miles!  Is
that a long enough drain interval?  And it's GL-4 as
well.  Just trying to verify viscosity performance in
cold weather with someone who's used it.

Jim Accordio



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