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Old 03-09-2011, 09:45 PM   #10
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Drives: silver '11 2SS LS3
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Originally Posted by Stingr69 View Post
Get the right fluid!!! The Mobil 1 synthetic ATF you want for your Camaro manual tranny is based on the older Dexron 3 ATF fluid that was specified on the bottle for OLDER GM automatic trannys. The bottle says otherwise I know. Ignore that!

Some of the confusion comes from Mobil changing the product offering recently. They used to have 2 synthetic ATF formulas (1 for DEX 3 specified on the bottle for older GM cars and 1 that was specified on the bottle for newer DEX VI cars) but it seems they only have one true SYNTHETIC formula now. The Mobil 1 synthetic fluid you want should have a definate smell (gear oil smell) to it unlike the original GM fluid that comes out of your tranny. You want the DEX 3 based formula that says on the bottle it is for OLDER GM cars, not the Dex VI version that is specified on the bottle for Newer GM cars.

Also - The current Mobil 1 DEX VI ATF version (specified on the bottle for newer GM vehicles) does not apper to be synthetic. This fluid will not help your notchyness and should not be used.

-Mark.
Okay, I'm really confused. Are any of these the "right" fluid?
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