riptide Member 733 Member For: 13y 11m 11d Gender: Male Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posted 12/05/12 05:51 AM Share Posted 12/05/12 05:51 AM riptide had it, his was all the time thoughWasn't me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypnodoc It's All In Your Mind Gold Donating Members 2,198 Member For: 21y 2m Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 25/05/12 01:55 PM Share Posted 25/05/12 01:55 PM Mine has been serviced with Tranzmax Z, shifts are fine when cold but it does the rev hunt until it warms up which it never used to do. Started a little while after having it serviced. It bugs the hell out of me but Simon advised it's fine and all the autos he's ever owned have done the same thing? Is it the torque converter locking/unlocking? I worry it will cause premature wear. It's really noticeable in 5th at say 80km/h up a slight incline, yo-yos about 250RPM.Mine did the same with Transmax in it. Changd it back to the factory Life Guard 3 weeks ago and the issue is gone, chanes smoother and no hunting anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossnall Bronze Donating Members 72 Member For: 12y 8m 27d Gender: Male Location: Bundaberg, QLD Posted 25/05/12 10:33 PM Share Posted 25/05/12 10:33 PM (edited) I'm gonna try the Transmax. Guy at work's neighbor is the Castrol rep for Bundaberg and he's seeing how much he can do it for for me. Retail was $300 for 20L. Even that's a quarter of the genuine price. Worth a shot I reckon. A few guys on here have mentioned problems, but others love it and a few have big numbers coming out of their cars.Does anyone think if non-genuine is used it should be changed more regularly? Edited 25/05/12 10:34 PM by Rossnall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vevapower Waiting for the 1st N/A 12! Donating Members 2,533 Member For: 16y 10m 19d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 25/05/12 10:42 PM Share Posted 25/05/12 10:42 PM I've used ZF, transmax and now GW and to be honest the transmax was prob best followed by GW. If you have a built box I think the trend now is any top quality dextron 6 spec oil.im dyslexic and cannot turn off simple functions in tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riptide Member 733 Member For: 13y 11m 11d Gender: Male Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posted 26/05/12 02:54 AM Share Posted 26/05/12 02:54 AM I'm gonna try the Transmax. Guy at work's neighbor is the Castrol rep for Bundaberg and he's seeing how much he can do it for for me. Retail was $300 for 20L. Even that's a quarter of the genuine price. Worth a shot I reckon. A few guys on here have mentioned problems, but others love it and a few have big numbers coming out of their cars.Does anyone think if non-genuine is used it should be changed more regularly?If the non-genuine is full synthetic you would expect long life.Guys with genuine stuff are experiencing problems too so I suspect most of the complaints would have occurred regardless. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonjaz Donating Members 1,841 Member For: 16y 22d Gender: Male Location: CQ Posted 27/05/12 10:05 AM Share Posted 27/05/12 10:05 AM got new pan, external cooler is in the mail, just cant decide on fluid transmax, gw or lifeguard... I had transmax in my old bf and it felt ok but it did flare occasionally, hmm decisons decisions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 17y 1m 5d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 28/05/12 05:20 AM Share Posted 28/05/12 05:20 AM Thanks hypnodoc for the reply about hunting with Transmax. At least I know I'm not crazy, Simon has seen it in stock BFs since they were brand new, just that mine never did it before and I'm paranoid about milkshaking, hence got a new heat exchanger fitted. My shifts are still good so not as worried now but will look into genuine next flush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypnodoc It's All In Your Mind Gold Donating Members 2,198 Member For: 21y 2m Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 28/05/12 08:05 AM Share Posted 28/05/12 08:05 AM Thanks hypnodoc for the reply about hunting with Transmax. At least I know I'm not crazy, Simon has seen it in stock BFs since they were brand new, just that mine never did it before and I'm paranoid about milkshaking, hence got a new heat exchanger fitted. My shifts are still good so not as worried now but will look into genuine next flush.No worries SteveR. Mine stopped the hunting as soon as the Life Guard was put back in. If you want to go to the real stuff Precise or Precision Automatics in Osborne Park are the best for price and service, no new sump included as it was already steel. $530 for full flush and filter usuing Life Guard and fit new heat exchanger (I supplied the heat exchanger) others wanted as much as $850 to just do a dump and half fill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shyfrd Turboless Donating Members 5,992 Member For: 13y 10m 2d Gender: Male Location: Geelong, Victoria Posted 28/05/12 08:36 AM Share Posted 28/05/12 08:36 AM Lol! Dump and half fill..just half? Haha what stooges lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonjaz Donating Members 1,841 Member For: 16y 22d Gender: Male Location: CQ Posted 28/05/12 08:42 AM Share Posted 28/05/12 08:42 AM Can anyone tell me the difference in all these containers?Red Lid bottle is ford spec =$55 in AustraliaBlack Lid bottle is bmw jag benz spec =$23.50 in USAwhite lid bottle is range rover spec =$32 in UKAll prices are for 1L bottles off ebay I assume they are exactly the same stuff just marketed in different bottles in different countries??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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