Quick Tranny/diff fluid question
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Drifting
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Quick Tranny/diff fluid question
Once we swap our fluids and fill....theres always left over. Are these fluids susceptible to moisture like brake fluid?
Meaning....can I consolidate the few ounces from each bottle into one so I could use it during my next fluid swap?
I put in Redline in the tranny. Still haven't done my rear diff but I'm putting in the OEM stuff there.
Meaning....can I consolidate the few ounces from each bottle into one so I could use it during my next fluid swap?
I put in Redline in the tranny. Still haven't done my rear diff but I'm putting in the OEM stuff there.
Burning Brakes
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Once we swap our fluids and fill....theres always left over. Are these fluids susceptible to moisture like brake fluid?
Meaning....can I consolidate the few ounces from each bottle into one so I could use it during my next fluid swap?
I put in Redline in the tranny. Still haven't done my rear diff but I'm putting in the OEM stuff there.
Meaning....can I consolidate the few ounces from each bottle into one so I could use it during my next fluid swap?
I put in Redline in the tranny. Still haven't done my rear diff but I'm putting in the OEM stuff there.
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Drifting
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I have 2 track events coming up. August and October So...there are a few fluid changes on the horizon for me. I'm a bit of a greenhorn here with a vertical learning curve. But a fast learner.
From what you said (which was kind of the idea I was thinking), I'll hang on to the unused fluid and that'll save me a few bottles over the next few months. If I go longer than 4ish months or so, I'll start with fresh ones.
From what you said (which was kind of the idea I was thinking), I'll hang on to the unused fluid and that'll save me a few bottles over the next few months. If I go longer than 4ish months or so, I'll start with fresh ones.
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OP has a manual tranny and perhaps a different fluid, but recall that the shudder problems with the A8 turned out to be moisture absorption into the original two versions of the ATF. So apparently, brake/clutch fluid isn't the only thing that absorbs water.
OTOH, moisture absorption doesn't seem to have caused any problem for the stick shift guys.
OTOH, moisture absorption doesn't seem to have caused any problem for the stick shift guys.
