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Old 11-14-2005, 08:10 AM
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Whdn do you first change your tranny oil??
when?? in how many KM??
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Old 11-14-2005, 08:11 AM
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look in your owners manual. I think it's like 30k miles. My car is at 32k and I've changed my tranny and diff oil 3 times.
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I changed mine with Redline ~ 3,000 Miles. the redline make a noticeable difference in the shifting smoothness...plus I wanted to change it early to maybe remove any tiny metal particles that could have been trapped in the transmission from manufacturing.
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Old 11-14-2005, 10:16 AM
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I changed to Royal Purple at 8k miles (trany and diff) and change ever 10-12k miles or Once a year.
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See Sig. It does smooth out shifting.
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ha, I was just thinking about this topic earlier in the day.

KY: got the specs on that Royal Purple? (what kind you put in each...)

I know I could search but it comes up with a Bagillion different threads...

thanks!
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I was looking for my tranny fluid place on my car and i couldnt find it ! im gonna look in the manual tomorrow
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ha, I was just thinking about this topic earlier in the day.

KY: got the specs on that Royal Purple? (what kind you put in each...)

I know I could search but it comes up with a Bagillion different threads...

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I just have the Royal Purple Max Gear Syn fluid in the trany and diff. I bought 4 qts and have about .75 qt left over.

the trany took almost 2qt I think and the diff took just over 1qt. So far 2100 miles on the fluid and better than ever.
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Be sure to read this

https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...ghlight=tranny
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Redline for trans and dif at 10k miles.
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