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Old 05-Jul-2006, 10:57 AM
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Thumbs up PENNZOIL® SYNCHROMESH transmission fluid

I would love to give this fluid a try. Does anyone have any contact on this fluid? Any Affiliate that sells this?

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I hear you can get it at Walmart.
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Cool bro, that's a good start. Thanks
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Old 05-Jul-2006, 05:59 PM
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Went to one Walmart, doesn't have it. But I read it in one of the TCC archive that Pennzoil is the same as GM Synchromesh. Whichever one I can buy I will use.
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^ yup...
Same as the AC delco one aswell.

GM dealership should sell it, as the one in barrie does.

Price i think is around 8-10 a litre.
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Originally posted by Cee_mon
^ yup...
Same as the AC delco one aswell.

GM dealership should sell it, as the one in barrie does.

Price i think is around 8-10 a litre.

The AC Delco bottle is the same thing as the GM synchromesh, just the AC label put on the GM label. Bought 3 bottles last week and seen it.

Decent fluid, didn't fix my grind tho lol
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GM synchromesh with the friction additive or whatever fixed my nasty first to second grind. A little expensive but its cheaper than a tranny. I paid $17 a litre.
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I went to GM 2 weeks ago and got 3L of their syncromesh tranny fluid, which turned out to be made by AC DELCO. It cost me a little over $32.

I looked everywhere for the pennzoil stuff because it's the same thing and supposedly a little cheaper but I couldn't find it anywhere.

It has completely covered up the 3rd and slight 5th gear grind I had in my B series tranny after about a day of driving.

I'm going to keep using this stuff and hopefully the grind doesn't come back any time soon.

(it wasn't the friction modified stuff)
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PENNZOIL® SYNCHROMESH, GM synchromesh, Texaco syncromesh, as well as AC Delco syncromesh. are all the same. Here's agood read on the subject.
http://www.stealth316.com/2-pennzoil-synchromesh.htm
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Old 06-Jul-2006, 09:38 AM
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I went to the GM dealer at Woodbine/7 (their shop closes at 9pm) and bought the Synchromesh Friction Modified, 3 bottles of 1 liter bottle and each bottle is like 14.99. Total came out to 50 something.

Dude was like, you buying this for a Honda? He said the only customers that come in and buy this fluid are Honda guys.

I will do a tranny flush+filter and also clutch fluid change next week. See how that goes.
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Originally posted by Nova_Dust


Dude was like, you buying this for a Honda? He said the only customers that come in and buy this fluid are Honda guys.

LOL right on.
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what good is this fluid???

btw nova i saw u last night on the 401 nova dust. im like hmmm who has bronze and white rims on a purple ek.....nice car man. i was the one chasing u in the white civic lol.
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DAMN!!!! it was you??? Awesome man. Nice to meet you.

Ya, whatever we did on the highway, no one needs to know haha.

You are missing a corner light?
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As for the fluid, this is formulated for GM truck transmission, some heavy duty stuff and apparently, it can fix/hide some grinding issues.
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Originally posted by Nova_Dust
As for the fluid, this is formulated for GM truck transmission, some heavy duty stuff and apparently, it can fix/hide some grinding issues.

charles please let me know how this works out... you aren't running an lsd right now, are you?

anyone think this stuff is worth a try in a jdm gsr lsd tranny? i have no grinds really, but its feeling a little stiff to put in gear sometimes...
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If its heavy duty then it must be thicker right? Would that not mean it is harder for the tranny to operate due to the thickness of the oil, and would it not result in some loss of power and/or lower gas mileage?
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charles please let me know how this works out... you aren't running an lsd right now, are you?

anyone think this stuff is worth a try in a jdm gsr lsd tranny? i have no grinds really, but its feeling a little stiff to put in gear sometimes...
If your tranny is fine, i wouldnt use this stuff, just use honda mtf. But If u have a small grind etc...then it does help.
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how much does this stuff cost? i have a slight grind in second gear, maybe i should try this stuff out.

yeah i'm missing a corner light, it still flashes but the running light burnt out.
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Amsoil MTF, at Dealer Cost, is only $8.10 / quart.

Try it ... you won't be disappointed.


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Originally posted by mikepasini



charles please let me know how this works out... you aren't running an lsd right now, are you?

anyone think this stuff is worth a try in a jdm gsr lsd tranny? i have no grinds really, but its feeling a little stiff to put in gear sometimes...
I have a clutch type LSD.

Tranny fluid should be done next week, I will post result.
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