DanW
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.....And cue the commercial...I'm not surprised that you found the specs tight around minimum passing values. Most oil companies formulate to barely meet specifications with the lowest priced formulation possible to be priced competitive with each other and for OEM bidding. Fortunately, there are a very few companies that formulate to be far superior.
You are leaving something out....The formulation of ATF+4 is a tightly controlled one to earn FCA certification. It is known in the industry that FCA is very controlling of this. That's why your favorite brand doesn't say it is certified, but rather meets or exceeds. Which I'm sure it does, by a good margin. I'll be looking at their spec sheet next.
But the minimum here is VERY good and goes FAR beyond what stressors a manual transmission or transfer case could possibly produce.
Btw, your fav brand's ATF flash point is significantly higher than typical, but pour point is a little lower than typical. Viscosity is in the normal range and VI is lower than typical. Looks like they targeted the high end temps, which is really what I'd want in an automatic transmission fluid if I had an auto tranny. Cold flow at -63 covers anyplace I'd ever go, including Yellowknife. (I wouldn't go there unless as a guest driver on Ice Road Truckers!)
Unfortunately, it is more expensive than Redline at $17 a quart. Love the bag, but I'd save the 9 bucks on a transmission fluid change (just over 2 quarts in a manual) if going boutique. The bag isn't worth that much.
If we could just get Supertech in a bag like that!
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