They talk about "Friction modifiers" and such things that will help your
appreciation of MTL (not MTF)


"Huw" > wrote in message
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>> Is MTF the same as ATF just renamed to avoid conversations such as
>> this? ;-)
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> No it is not. It has a different friction coefficient to aid smoother gear
> changes and it has far better shear stability. This type of oil is now
> fairly universal as factory fill. Even Land Rover have changed over and
> now refill older boxes with it at service time.
> This type of oil was pioneered by Ford when they had reliability problems
> with their MT75 gearboxes [or was it MT94?]. Changing to a special oil
> formulation ensured increased reliability and was the precursor to many
> others following the same route. It made a huge difference.
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> A few of the available MT oils are honey coloured although some are red
> and appear identical to ATF in appearance. They are fully miscible with
> ATF but should NOT be used in automatic transmissions.
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> Huw
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