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Old 06-17-2014, 02:09 AM
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Ford doesn't manufacture oil, who makes Motorcraft oil??
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Originally Posted by gas4ford
Greeting, all of you great f150 people. If you have a truck that calls for Mercon V, Would it be alright to use, say Super S Premium universal transmission fluid? This meets the reguirements for Mercon LV. What are you thoughts? Thanks guys & gals for your advice. ~Gas4Ford~
The different universal fluids are usually high quality synthetic fluids. But a fluid meant for LV cannot be used for other applications. Usually the Ford vehicles requiring LV are the ones excluded from universal fluids. Why is that? Because different additives can't be added to make a fluid Low Viscosity. LV is very specific and can't be substituted, are you sure you didn't get that backwards and LV is excluded?
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Originally Posted by kieran54
Probly a dumb question but i had my tranny fluid flushed 40 thousand km ago and they put valvoline maax life in. I now want to do a few pan drops then a filter change, can i switch to amsoil or do i need to stick with the same oil so i dont mix two different brands?
You can change to Amsoil by just droping the pan and doing the filter, because Amsoil's fluid is compatible. I would reflush you trans and put only Amsoil in if you wanted to go that way. PM me if you want some more info.
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Originally Posted by Jkurtz359

You can change to Amsoil by just droping the pan and doing the filter, because Amsoil's fluid is compatible. I would reflush you trans and put only Amsoil in if you wanted to go that way. PM me if you want some more info.
Ok do you think it would be ok just to do a few pan drops and refill with amsoil the tranny fluid in my truck only has 40 thousand km on it. I just dont want to pay for a flush again and dont have a extra set of hands to do the flush myself.
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Originally Posted by kieran54
Ok do you think it would be ok just to do a few pan drops and refill with amsoil the tranny fluid in my truck only has 40 thousand km on it. I just dont want to pay for a flush again and dont have a extra set of hands to do the flush myself.
Ya that should work fine.
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Ford doesn't manufacture oil, who makes Motorcraft oil??
Conoco/Phillips make Motorcraft lubircants.
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