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Old Aug 11, 2009 | 12:27 PM
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ATF. what kind should i use?
im gonna do the a/t flush soon and was wondering what atf you guys use.

at autozone they have coastal, valvoline synthetic, and castrol synthetic.
anyone use any of those??
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Old Aug 11, 2009 | 01:54 PM
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Look in the owner's manual, see what kind/standard it requires, then use that.
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look in the owner's manual, see what kind/standard it requires, then use that.
diamond atf sp iii
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Old Aug 11, 2009 | 08:04 PM
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i know what kind of atf im supposed to use. i guess a better question is what brand do you auto guys use? and do you use regular or synthetic?
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i put in the mitsu diamond fluid, though royal purple's ATF says its good for any trany requiring diamond sp iii, so it just comes down to cost
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Old Aug 12, 2009 | 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by robyn402
i put in the mitsu diamond fluid, though royal purple's ATF says its good for any trany requiring diamond sp iii, so it just comes down to cost
i was lookin at their website. i think i might use the royal purple.
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You could use our 100% synthetic

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are there any retail stores that carry these synthetic atfs? i know autozone has synthetic but i think its chevron stuff. lol
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