Engine/Transmission (1998.5 - 2002) amsoil in my nv-5600!

[johncameron]

I changed my transmission oil for the first time today. I put 5-w30 HD amsoil full synthetic in after searching here on TDR. My transmission does shift a bit easire/smoother than before. I've gotta say that on my 2WD there is not too much room to work under there without any jacks, non-the-less I got the job done. I had 4. 5L of oil ready for the re-fill but I could only get 4 back in before it started to overflow out the fill plug. I figure when I drained it through the bottom cover bolt hole some stayed in the case, that's why I couldn't get the last . 5L in.



Anyhoo I'm happy with the results,



JC

 

[darkhorse]

I changed my transmission oil for the first time today. I put 5-w30 HD amsoil full synthetic in after searching here on TDR. My transmission does shift a bit easire/smoother than before.



Anyhoo I'm happy with the results,



JC

I put the same oil in my 6 speed this summer. It made a noticeable improvement in ease of shifting.

 

[Vaughn MacKenzie]

Hey John, just curious why you went with the 5w30 over Amsoil's new transmission lube for the NV5600.



Vaughn

 

[johncameron]

The reason I put 5-W30 in is I baught it almost a year ago! It was one of those projects I never got around to doing.



I noticed there were small gold colour shavings iin the used oil. I'm assuming it is brass? How much is normal (if any) for a truck with 110,000 miles? It was my first change also.



John

 

[jeepit]

John, Did you clean the magnet when the cover was off? Any particles on it?

 

[Vaughn MacKenzie]

The reason I put 5-W30 in is I baught it almost a year ago! It was one of those projects I never got around to doing.

Sounds just like me, I have Amsoil on the shelf from over a year ago too :-laf



I ran the 5w30 in my '01 for awhile and liked it. After that I tried the Redline MTL and liked it even better.



Vaughn

 

[johncameron]

I didn't take the PTO plate off to check. I guess I should have since there were shavings in the oil. I will definately next time!

JC

 

[SpicyJam]

I went away from from Amsoil 5-30 to thier new MTF fluid, now that made a huge difference. Glad you liked the 5-30 but I would bet that next time if you were to put the new Amsoil MTF you would find it even smoother... ... ... ... . just my 2 cents... ... . later Jim.

 

[johncameron]

I've got that stuff bookmakarked. I will go that way next time. Thanks for the info. I'll probably change it again in the spring and at the same time I'll clean the magnet.

Thanks everyone,



John

 

[TomGolden]

I've also been running the Amsoil Series 3000 5W-30 in my NV5600 for the last ~60K miles. I changed it about a year ago for the second time, but the next time I change it, I may go with the newer lube Amsoil now has.



I have been extremely happy with the shifting and performance of the 5W-30 so far.