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Jan 25, 2003 | 01:31 PM

Rumplestilzchen

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Mobil Tranny Fluid

I've posted this question with another subject heading but no one has replied.

Has anyone had any luck with the synthetic Mobil Transmission fluid in a manual transmission.

If there is another post on this topic I apologize. I could not find it in my search.

Ray

Jan 25, 2003 | 02:27 PM

Sundance45

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Mobil Gear Oil

I have a 2000 2.5RS and have used Mobil 75W90 synthetic gear oil, since I got the car and also use it in the rear diff. I use Mobil Synthetic 5W30 motor oil in the engine. I have 25,000 miles on the car and it runs smooth and strong and clean. Highly recommended.

Jan 25, 2003 | 06:53 PM

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Just put Mobil1 75W90 synthetic in my tranny today (02 WRX). Initial reaction is that shifting is smoother, seems to just fall into gear. We'll see if it stands the test of time.

Jan 26, 2003 | 07:37 PM

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Car Info: 02 Impreza WRX sedan

It would be interesting to re-visit this topic when the MY02 cars are about five years old with at least 60k to 100k on the clock.

I have used Mobil 1 synthetic motor oil in two previous cars and current one after break-in, with good results. I plan on using Red Line 75W90NS gear oil in my 02WRX tranny as recommended by a Red Line rep via e-mail less than a week ago. I would probably use Red Line motor oil in my WRX but I get a decent price on Mobil 1 10w30 (wish it was 5w30) at Costco that I couldn't pass it up.

I wouldn't bother with synthetics unless I planned on keeping the car for many years. That's the case with my WRX daily driver.

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Jan 27, 2003 | 05:47 PM

Rumplestilzchen

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Thank's for the input

I put the Mobil 1 75W-90 in the tranny and the rear diff. Initially I couldn't notice the shifting but as I drove it, there definitely seemed to be some smoothness to it...something that the factory didn't provide.

We'll see what time tells. Overall I'm happy.

Thanks for the input.

Ray