OEM Gear Oil Emergency

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Mar 11, 2012 | 06:06 PM

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gpfury86

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Originally Posted by cmspaz

OEM or Redline Cocktail. Nothing else. The Mitsu fluid is a special GL4, you can't use regular GL5 in it or you'll destroy the gearbox.

Just go to Mitsu and buy a gallon of the ****, you can never have too much on hand, especially with the strict requirements on driveline fluid changes. $120 to make sure your car works is $120 worth spending.

120 for a gallon?!?! I paid 54 bucks for a gallon of diaqueen gear oil from the dealer and it was in stock.

Mar 15, 2012 | 04:38 PM

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Okay, my gear oil and stuff is arriving soon. I have another question. I was trolling around on the forum and I came across a super DIY fluid change thread. This was cool but he started to talk about the ACD pump and whatnot. Would the shop have drained this for a clutch upgrade? If so I didn't order ATF SP3. I got AmsOil 75w90 (I had trouble getting the redline for a realistic price) and