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AMSOIL
ATF Keeps Transmissions Running Cool
Quick lube operators and owners know vehicle
transmissions rely on automatic transmission fluid to perform many important
functions.
Most quick lube customers don’t have the
technical information they need to understand the importance of top quality
transmission fluid. Typically, they know that they want their cars to run
trouble-free for a long time.
AMSOIL
Synthetic Automatic Transmission Fluid (ATF) provides the best protection
available for today’s automatic transmissions, which generate more heat, have
smaller oil sumps, decreased air flow as a result of improved body aerodynamics,
increased fluid turnover and higher horsepower engines. All of these factors
contribute to hotter running transmissions, particularly in hot weather, towing
and RV applications.
Heat has the greatest impact on the life of a
transmission. The higher the operating temperatures the shorter the service
lives of the transmission and the transmission fluid. Oxidation increases,
viscosity breaks down and additives degrade. In fact, for every 20°F temperature
increase above 175°F, transmission life is cut in half.
Conventional automatic transmission fluids
fail in the high temperatures encountered in modern automatic transmissions,
quickly oxidizing and sacrificing wear protection. Because synthetic automatic
transmission fluids have significantly slower oxidation rates, they provide
superior wear protection. In fact, AMSOIL
Synthetic Automatic Transmission Fluid resists breakdown at temperatures up to
100°F higher than conventional automatic transmission fluids, keeping wear to a
minimum and increasing transmission service life.
To ensure protection for hot operating
transmissions, General Motors recently upgraded its DEXRON®-III automatic
transmission fluid specification, requiring fluids to maintain performance in
the THOT (turbo hydramatic oxidation test) for 450 hours, up from 300. AMSOIL
Synthetic Automatic Transmission Fluid resists thermal and oxidative degradation
and passes the new GM THOT test requirements even after 900 hours.
AMSOIL
Synthetic Automatic Transmission Fluid is recommended for virtually all domestic
and foreign automatic transmission applications, including GM, Ford, Chrysler,
Allison, Caterpillar, Voith, ZF, Honda and Toyota. It is ideal for hot weather
towing and hot running RV transmissions, protecting equipment and keeing it
running cool and trouble-free.
Recommending AMSOIL
ATF for customers, along with AMSOIL
XL-7500 Synthetic Motor Oils, gives quick lube owners and operators another way
to provide customers the best in engine wear protection and longer vehicle life.
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