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c5 Trans oil

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dave

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I'm a new C5 owner so I'm still learning. Having had a C3 and C4 I realize the C5 is a different animal. Todays question is why the manual trans. has ATF rather than gear oil?
 
If I had to take a wild guess, I would say because the ATF is thinner and likely has cooling properties that thicker gear oil can't provide via a transmission cooler.

BTW, I put in Royal Purple and it made a noticeable difference in smoothing out the shifting.
 
dave said:
I'm a new C5 owner so I'm still learning. Having had a C3 and C4 I realize the C5 is a different animal. Todays question is why the manual trans. has ATF rather than gear oil?
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Better lubrication properties and flow for closer tolerances in gear cut,more use of caged needle bearings,roller bearings,(More bearing surface than ball bearings,= less ware,longer bearing life and ability to take the Stress and Torque of guys like RichZ that just have to make them Meaner and Meaner!!:hehehe::hehehe:) friction surfaces on syncro cones are made from a material similar of friction plate surfaces of Automatic transmissions,I've never had to many Muncie's go 100,000+ miles without at least a input shaft bearing and a couple syncros!!:rofl1::rofl1::rofl1:

:thumbsup: :D

Rich Z said:
If I had to take a wild guess, I would say because the ATF is thinner and likely has cooling properties that thicker gear oil can't provide via a transmission cooler.

BTW, I put in Royal Purple and it made a noticeable difference in smoothing out the shifting.
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I'd say your right on running cooler too!!:thumbsup:
I've got Royal Purple in All my 6 sp's too,:thumbsup:Slick sh*t ain't it,I can drop the hammer and power shift mine 2-3-4 and make'er jump like a frog in every gear like I could my 68 427 Tri-Power Roadster!!:crazy03::crazy03::crazy03:
 
Thanks for the reply. The answer makes sense. I've heard a lot said about Royal Purple. Being a long time fan of Amsoil, do most consider Royal Purple a better choice than Amsoil atf for 6sp?
 
........one thing to watch, older model C5 transmissions have paper blockers, the sythenetic oil will destroy the blockers. I think 2000 was the year it changed. Someone may know for sure the exact year it changed.

Just an FYI
 
I changed both my tranny and rear end oil with AmsOil and have been please on my '03 Z06.:welcome:
 
Brad@TheCorvetteShow said:
........one thing to watch, older model C5 transmissions have paper blockers, the sythenetic oil will destroy the blockers. I think 2000 was the year it changed. Someone may know for sure the exact year it changed.

Just an FYI
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I've heard that about the C4's 4l60e as well. Never heard why, but that they tend to have issues with non GM synthetic oil.
 
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