I use Castrol Syntec - Synthetic ATF. It meets Dextron II and others etc,. I prefer this synthetic because from the first time I used it the trans smoothed out and the fluid stays "red" from change to change indicating to me it clearly handles heat more efficiently. Harold McElraft - 3354 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Palatinus, Joe" <jopalatinus@xxxx> wrote: > > In my automatic I put the regular dextron II bloody red fluid. I was fairly sure there was only one transmission fluid to get. I have had not problems thus far (only 10,000 miles though) Is there some better fluid to put in? I am almost certain the owner's manuel even stated that dextron II was the fluid to use. > > Joe P. > VIN 1767 6808 > > > >Wait a sec. > >Are you telling me that you are not supposed to put RED <automatic > >transmission fluid in there? > >Then in my hast, and ignorance, I added the Dextron II (the bloody red stuff) - which thanks to Dave I just realized was a> mistake! > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/