RE: Synthetics in NV3500

From: dakota_5sp_v8 (Dakota_5sp_v8@zracer.com)
Date: Tue Jan 12 1999 - 20:09:52 EST


the NV3500 takes a proprietary oil that only MOPAR sells. Funny thing is I
looked through the service manual's maintenance schedule and it does NOT
call for a change throughout 120k MI plan B. However, it does call for the
manual trans that comes with the v6. I bought the oil and plan on changing
it because I have scratched a few times.

Joel

-----Original Message-----
From: Pedro J. Diaz [mailto:pjdmd@mho.net]
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 1999 2:16 PM
To: mail list, Dakota
Subject: DML: Synthetics in NV3500

Someone mentioned that they had noticed that people started having
problems with their tranny once they started using synthetic.
I perused the DML archives, and didn't find much on this.
I asked the tranny guru at a local Dodge dealership, and he arrogantly
reprimanded me for even thinking of using synthetics, " the Chrysler
engineers designed it to run with a certain type of fluid, do you think
you know more than they do?" Thinking this man is nothing but an
engorged phallus, I don't quite believe him.
So, I'll ask the experts...

What do people use out there, and what's the conventional wisdom on it?



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