doing a full royal purple treatment

[R350Zz33]

im a little over my second oil change so i got all the stuff i need for my oil change 6 quarts of royal purple motor oil and the mobile 1 oil filter(smallest filter ive seen ).

i have a question i wanna put royal purple transmission fluid in my car is it ok for my transmission ?

[evildky]

not sure if royal purple makes atf (I don't own any automatic's so it's not somehting I pay attention to) a full synthetic oil which is intended to reduce friction, an automatic transmission relies on friction and hydraulic pressure to work, so I doubt there is any atf that will reduce internal friction, I knwo B&M trick shift on older non computer controled transmissions firmed up shifts, to firm up shifts on the Z33 you need a computer

[CPS]

I don't believe Royal Purple makes a Matic J transmission fluid, so I wouldn't risk it. Your vehicle does not take regular ATF fluid (aka Dexron).

[BusyBadger]

I've got no ideas about ATF either. Check out the products from Redline. I've used it for my gearbox & diff in my S13 and always been happy with the results.

[joker350gt]

well i dont know about atf but i know that if you add grounding wires your car will shift smoother and throtle response will be improved

[rmezz13]

I wouldn't worry about the transmission fluid anyway, your car is pretty new man. I wouldn;t upgrade until its time to change.... wasting money IMO

FWIW i use Mobil 1 and works just fine. I don't see the point in paying an extra $2/qt for the purple stuff. Mine performs the same as it would with Royal Purple... Its just a name... Now high power, purely race car then we need specifics but not this..... IMO

[marlin29311]

I wouldn't worry about the transmission fluid anyway, your car is pretty new man. I wouldn;t upgrade until its time to change.... wasting money IMO

FWIW i use Mobil 1 and works just fine. I don't see the point in paying an extra $2/qt for the purple stuff. Mine performs the same as it would with Royal Purple... Its just a name... Now high power, purely race car then we need specifics but not this..... IMO

+1 - you don't need to change the transmission fluid - it won't do anything for your car...

...and you aren't going to feel the difference in a production car with using mobil 1 vs RP - you aren't constantly running the car at high RPMs like on the track, and for the times you do rev the car up, mobil 1 is more than capable to feed the need...

[R350Zz33]

im just putting the best in my car and royal purple is better the mobile one one of my friends use to send in his oil to be tested and royal purple was always better. and someone told me that all atf is ether matic j or dexron

[marlin29311]

im just putting the best in my car and royal purple is better the mobile one one of my friends use to send in his oil to be tested and royal purple was always better. and someone told me that all atf is ether matic j or dexron

So if you're doing the best for your car, why don't you buy new tires?

Seriously, you're not going to feel a difference and there will be no difference (except for a lighter wallet) between M1 and RP for the way you drive.

[evildky]

im just putting the best in my car and royal purple is better the mobile one one of my friends use to send in his oil to be tested and royal purple was always better. and someone told me that all atf is ether matic j or dexron

I used to run royal purple in my cars, but you can get full synthetic mobil 1 in 5 quart jugs at walmart for half the cost, so I swithced

the 2 basic types of atf (at least at last I checked) was type F and dextron/merrcron, but the B&M for instance si a bit thicker which is why it firms up shifts, I'm sure there are some other finite differences as well

[350Engineer]

I dont know why everyone is hating. If you want to change your transmission oil by all means go right ahead. I track my car so I change it every 10K miles. On my first change I used the royal purple and it was great. You wont notice a difference until you really heat up ur transmission, thats where regular oils will give up and shifting could be a problem. Royal Purple is really good under these conditions. For my 2nd transmission oil change i used Motul, it is even better but really expensive $15 a quart, but i would say its worth it. I am assuming you have a manual transmission so I hope you got the royal purple 75W-90 gear oil. Have fun changing ur oil its a little annoying pump oil into ur transmission sideways.

[xjmxstac]

I dont know why everyone is hating. If you want to change your transmission oil by all means go right ahead. I track my car so I change it every 10K miles. On my first change I used the royal purple and it was great. You wont notice a difference until you really heat up ur transmission, thats where regular oils will give up and shifting could be a problem. Royal Purple is really good under these conditions. For my 2nd transmission oil change i used Motul, it is even better but really expensive $15 a quart, but i would say its worth it. I am assuming you have a manual transmission so I hope you got the royal purple 75W-90 gear oil. Have fun changing ur oil its a little annoying pump oil into ur transmission sideways.

It's Richie. 0 track time. And he needs ATF.

[Watermelonwarrior]

I dont know why everyone is hating. If you want to change your transmission oil by all means go right ahead. I track my car so I change it every 10K miles. On my first change I used the royal purple and it was great. You wont notice a difference until you really heat up ur transmission, thats where regular oils will give up and shifting could be a problem. Royal Purple is really good under these conditions. For my 2nd transmission oil change i used Motul, it is even better but really expensive $15 a quart, but i would say its worth it. I am assuming you have a manual transmission so I hope you got the royal purple 75W-90 gear oil. Have fun changing ur oil its a little annoying pump oil into ur transmission sideways.

I have Motul in my transmission... An owner at one of the shops insisted and he gave me a good deal on it. The shifting seems a little notchy but once the car warms up its not a problem. Do you have the same problem?

[CPS]

We're talking about automatic here, guys.

As far as Nissan is concerned, let me loosely quote the owners manual and service manual: "Matic J is the only approved fluid for use in your automatic transmission. Use of any other fluid voids any and all warranties."

Matic J now supersedes to Matic S, so one of those two fluids must be used. Any other fluid voids the warranty, and Nissan will require fluid samples if there is any question.

[rmezz13]

We're talking about automatic here, guys.

As far as Nissan is concerned, let me loosely quote the owners manual and service manual: "Matic J is the only approved fluid for use in your automatic transmission. Use of any other fluid voids any and all warranties."

Matic J now supersedes to Matic S, so one of those two fluids must be used. Any other fluid voids the warranty, and Nissan will require fluid samples if there is any question.

Well there you go Richie... ^^^

I understand you wanting the best for your car, but you seriously should think it over, as i am only trying to save you some $ and still ensure you will have more than what you need out there. Mobil 1 full syn can be had at walmart for about $25 in a 5 quart jug (which is where i get it too evildky). Just my .02 man...

[Bubba1]

Well there you go Richie... ^^^

I understand you wanting the best for your car, but you seriously should think it over, as i am only trying to save you some $ and still ensure you will have more than what you need out there. Mobil 1 full syn can be had at walmart for about $25 in a 5 quart jug (which is where i get it too evildky). Just my .02 man...

So, He can't afford to buy replacement tires for his car, yet he's willing to waste money on automatic transmission fluid that he not only doesn't need to replace yet, but will probably void his warranty? Does anyone else think there's something wrong here?

[BusyBadger]

So, He can't afford to buy replacement tires for his car, yet he's willing to waste money on automatic transmission fluid that he not only doesn't need to replace yet, but will probably void his warranty? Does anyone else think there's something wrong here?

No, I'd say things were pretty normal.

[bmike818]

stay on topic guys....LOL

im a little over my second oil change so i got all the stuff i need for my oil change 6 quarts of royal purple motor oil and the mobile 1 oil filter(smallest filter ive seen ).

don't forget the crushable washer that you are supposed to change every oil change, it's less than a dollar.

i have a question i wanna put royal purple transmission fluid in my car is it ok for my transmission ?

so I guess that's a No on this one "my friend"

[R350Zz33]

i used drive up ramps and it was a real b**** changing the oil. took forever to get the plastic skid plate off but after that it was a breeze the putting it back on was a b****. and doing this as people are throwing snow at u sucks even more.

[Watermelonwarrior]

i used drive up ramps and it was a real b**** changing the oil. took forever to get the plastic skid plate off but after that it was a breeze the putting it back on was a b****. and doing this as people are throwing snow at u sucks even more.

Im not sure what you just said but I think your saying people throw snow at you when your changing your oil?...What?

[R350Zz33]

im saying that taking that plastic skid plate off was a real PITA and the drive up ramps dident really offer much clearance now i know for next time 2 jacks or a jack and some jackstands.

[240sx_Guy]

another fail for richie

[Bubba1]

another fail for richie

I'm almost afraid to ask what he does with the used oil?

[Bubba1]

Im not sure what you just said but I think your saying people throw snow at you when your changing your oil?...What?

Wouldn't you be tempted if you knew him...?

[Watermelonwarrior]

im saying that taking that plastic skid plate off was a real PITA and the drive up ramps dident really offer much clearance now i know for next time 2 jacks or a jack and some jackstands.

You don't have to take off the plastic skid. You just have to unbolt it in 1 or 2 places so that corner can hang while you take off the filter.

[R350Zz33]

i took it off to clean it up all salt stuck in it next time ill let it hang.we dump our old oil into empty containers and when we have alot we go to the landfill and properly dispose of it.im getting alot better gas millage now too.

[Rex]

I dont know why everyone is hating. ...

If you stay around long enough, you'll get to know/understand "Richie" and why his threads almost always take this kind of turn.

As someone else mentioned, I think you need to spend some cash on new rear tires.

[R350Zz33]

please stay on topic this is about an oil change. and yes i need tires for my 18's but im not gonna neglect my oil while i have working tires

[Logan76]

dude do you think roil purple will make a damn difference? I know cars with built motors making over twice the power of you that run damn pennzoil, give me a break dude. Go buy some new tires you damn fool.

[R350Zz33]

royal purple is doing me good already. i have already noticed better gas millage.