Murphy Slaw
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Amsoil for the win.
Again....
Again....
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Embarrasing if you ask me. Amsoil it will likely be for me even though i doubt it would ever get cold enough to freeze my fluid considering it never sits for more than 8 hours in the winter time and coldest last winter was -17 and coldest ive seen is -33I mean that ZF fluid was literally frozen. Pretty **** poor for a "lifetime fluid".
Embarrasing if you ask me. Amsoil it will likely be for me even though i doubt it would ever get cold enough to freeze my fluid considering it never sits for more than 8 hours in the winter time and coldest last winter was -17 and coldest ive seen is -33
I requested it in the comments of a video. He doesnt seem to do redline products at all. Never even mentions them. Perhaps because some are better? He was doing 0w20 cold flows and pennzoil platinum did much better than oe amsoil and xl amsoil but when he did the amsoil ss he switched viscosity to 0w40 pup vs 0w40 amsoil ss.I just cant see paying those dollars for something that doesn't perform, Amsoil is an easy choice. I'd like to see him do a redline amsoil flow test.
Mine has a slow 1-2 shift in cold if the atf temp is under 33f degrees. Coldest my atf got last winter was like 15f after work and i let it idle till the trans was 30 degrees since it was in high idle the whole time at around 1300 rpm id guess. Im going amsoil fuel efficient atf unless i find out more info on the motul atv lvSo I have about 40,000 KM on my truck. I live in Ontario, we regularly get -20 C in the winter. Should I have the ZF fluid changed to something like this Amsoil ASAP? I've noticed long and sloppy shifts, hard shifts etc when my truck is very cold. Once it's hot it usually shifts great, though in a parking lot at low speeds it can sometimes jerk going from 1 to 2.
Any thoughts? Is it worth it to change the oil out at this point?
I requested it in the comments of a video. He doesnt seem to do redline products at all. Never even mentions them. Perhaps because some are better? He was doing 0w20 cold flows and pennzoil platinum did much better than oe amsoil and xl amsoil but when he did the amsoil ss he switched viscosity to 0w40 pup vs 0w40 amsoil ss.
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So my 16 Longhorn has been running Redline D6 for about 5000 miles. 72K miles on the truck. Has started slipping when cold just after startup. Usually 1 to 2 and 2 to 3 shift. Pulling up to lights it dumps down into first gear until warm. Once warmed up it shifts smooth as butter. Temps are running normal.
I am concerned about this recent change within the past 1000 miles. I live in SC and mornings are not that cold. I only did one fluid swap and the pan when changing to Redline so most of the fluid is still OE.
We are out of town and will be driving 500 miles home this weekend. I am thinking of draining the fluid again and seeing if it clears up. Stay tuned!
sadly this is not the first report like this on d6 in the zf8, and we don't have any clue to the why. In fact I think this is the third time I have heard this now, Justin being the first. Now, you will have to decide on what to use to change it, I do believe amsoil hasnt had this issue, I believe multi use atf is the correct one but to be honest I am not sure which amsoil the zf guys are using. If a fluid change corrects this you should start a d6 and zf8 transmission thread with a warning. We also have guys running d6 with no issue, but now 3 times I think it is a thing.
This is why brand love is a bad thing, we need to be in formula love, as in formulas that work against whatever issue we are having. One brand might kill it at hemi tick, but not be the best choice in another application. If I had the zf8, I'd go with amsoil over redline just from what I have heard on the board. Who knows maybe that will change as well, but if amsoil works good then we have a real option to deal with the challenges of the zf operating temps. Do you have the thermo bypass for the 8 speed guys are running?