G'day All,
I have a 1989 Volvo with an AW70L Tranny (Toyota A43 Equivalent). I've started doing a bit of caravan towing, and the guys over on the Turbobricks forums rave about Mobil 1 ATF for severe service applications.
I live in Australia however, and Mobil 1 ATF is $22.30/qt here. I have been using Valvoline Maxlife ATF (which *says* is fully syn, but I don't really believe them). The Valv is about $9.80/qt by comparison.
I have a trans temp gauge, monster trans cooler, plus a Magnefine filter fitted. Is the Mobil 1 really worth the extra $$ or am I better off just changing the Maxlife twice as often (or am I being a fussy old woman)?
The transmission has ~420K/Km on it at the moment and I flushed it when I got it (2 years ago) and again a couple of weeks ago. I have a trans flush scheduled every 2 years when I do the brake fluid. I only do about 12,000K/yr but towing the van means a good proportion of that sees the fluid work pretty hard and get pretty warm. I figure a fluid replacement is cheap insurance, but at $22.30/qt I'd have to re-think that a bit.
I have a 1989 Volvo with an AW70L Tranny (Toyota A43 Equivalent). I've started doing a bit of caravan towing, and the guys over on the Turbobricks forums rave about Mobil 1 ATF for severe service applications.
I live in Australia however, and Mobil 1 ATF is $22.30/qt here. I have been using Valvoline Maxlife ATF (which *says* is fully syn, but I don't really believe them). The Valv is about $9.80/qt by comparison.
I have a trans temp gauge, monster trans cooler, plus a Magnefine filter fitted. Is the Mobil 1 really worth the extra $$ or am I better off just changing the Maxlife twice as often (or am I being a fussy old woman)?
The transmission has ~420K/Km on it at the moment and I flushed it when I got it (2 years ago) and again a couple of weeks ago. I have a trans flush scheduled every 2 years when I do the brake fluid. I only do about 12,000K/yr but towing the van means a good proportion of that sees the fluid work pretty hard and get pretty warm. I figure a fluid replacement is cheap insurance, but at $22.30/qt I'd have to re-think that a bit.