Moe7 Posted December 16, 2003 Report Share Posted December 16, 2003 I have a question regarding the tranny fluid that the previous owner used in my Tiptronic transmission. If you could respond here or IM me that would be great, thanks. Morgan AIM: Morgan1774 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skold Posted December 16, 2003 Report Share Posted December 16, 2003 you can call lexus of dublin and ask for DAve huff, he is awesome with vws he has liek 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slow4now Posted December 17, 2003 Report Share Posted December 17, 2003 Whats your question, maybe a "non-expert" can help. smile.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moe7 Posted December 17, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2003 well the owner before me used Mobile one tranny fluid.. and from doing a bit of research i found out that we are only supposed to use the Audi dealer supplied fluid (mineral based??) in our tiptronic trannys. Our trannys are supposedly sealed units but a lot of people change the fluid around my mileage anyway and it helps quite a bit (60k). i'm just trying to figure out what kind of damage (if any) having the mobile one fluid fluid in there will cause. i am already planning on getting the fluid replaced at the dealer in a few months but i was just looking for some reassurance that i wasn't hurting my tranny till then. the fluid has already been in there for about 2k miles and it shifts/drives perfectly fine. new trannys are ridiculously $$$ installed so i want to be sure i'm not doing any permanent damage. i think i'll call the dealer tommorow but i'm pretty sure i know what they'll say.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwilli1647545487 Posted December 17, 2003 Report Share Posted December 17, 2003 I think I can answer this, even if some of my information isn't 100% accurate. I have been warened away from Mobile 1 syth in a lot of different trannies. I have heard it is because that these particular trannys use Brass (?) syncros. This includes the V160 MKIV Supra transmission. Supposidly the Mobile 1 can damage the brass. Supposidly some other fluids cause swelling of transmission seals on the V160 as well, but I have never heard of this in other transmissions. I wish I could find the link where I read that... it may have even been for the Ford Probe 2.5l transmission. Regardless, only 2k miles I doubt it caused any major issues. Just put some dealer recommended fluid in it. HTH, Howard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwilli1647545487 Posted December 17, 2003 Report Share Posted December 17, 2003 http://www.probetalk.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1701064342&highlight=Transmission+Fluid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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