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Amsoil MTF vs. Redline MTL

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Old 06-16-2010, 04:53 AM
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Amsoil MTF vs. Redline MTL

What's the verdict on this, the search feature brings up a lot of old stuff before MTF was around. -E
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Red line hi shock is great, the viscosity is like 50-250, pretty well covers the whole range, Ive used it and never had a problem on my old trucks.
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you mean the film thickness is like a 75w-250 (according to their website).
The actual viscosity is still a 75w-90.

but you bring up a good point. the ability of an oil to protect has a lot to do with the film strength. This is where a good (& real) synthetic are worth their weight in gold.... they can achieve superior film strength without having to make the oil thick as molasses.
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I'm using Amsoil MTF. Works well for me. Haven't tried Redline MTL so I can't compare.

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I am going to try some Amsoil, I should mention this is an NV5600 specific question and I am referring to the 5W-30 Synchromesh our transmissions require.
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