Transmission fluid

[alvarezj]

Hi I need to replace my transmission oil and would like to use the royal purple synchromax oil but I am unable to find it locally. I did find royal purple 75w90 synthetic gear oil. Would that be a good replacement? It's a 2002 4.0 manual transmission

 

[Gilaguy23]

Help if you put what year your TJ is.

 

[alvarezj]

Help if you put what year your TJ is.

Sorry still half asleep. It's a 2002 4.0 5 speed manual

 

[cpwolf]

Hi I need to replace my transmission oil and would like to use the royal purple synchromax oil but I am unable to find it locally. I did find royal purple 75w90 synthetic gear oil. Would that be a good replacement? It's a 2002 4.0 manual transmission

Just curious, are you in a huge hurry? Amazon Prime at least in my area Texas, there's multiple options. O'Reilly has it in stock here, when I go to their website and put in Fontana, CA it's saying ship to store same day by 11:45am, so O'Reilly has it at a store locally to get out to other stores.

 

[TheBoogieman]

Redline MTL or MT-90 would be my choice.

 

[lumberjacklloyd]

After years of running 10w30, then years of paying $$ for Redline MTL, I have settled on Pro Honda 80/85w gear oil. It is readily available, more cost effective and most importantly not a high Sulphur type gear oil that eats away at synchros like GL5 gear oils.

My AX15 shifts better than it ever has at 177k.

 

[TheBoogieman]

After years of running 10w30, then years of paying $$ for Redline MTL, I have settled on Pro Honda 80/85w gear oil.

The key word being "settled".

My AX15 shifts better than it ever has at 177k.

Thank the years of using 10w30 and MTL for that.

 

[lumberjacklloyd]

The key word being "settled".


Thank the years of using 10w30 and MTL.

I trust the powersports engineers at Honda a lot more than the marketing people at Lucas, Red Line, Amsoil and Royal Purple.