Valvoline mercon v?
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Valvoline mercon v?
I put Valvoline mercon v in my truck, it didnt say durablend on the bottle but it did say it was a syn blend. I cant remember if it was a dual rated mercon/ mercon v or a straight mercon v. Valvoline only shows a dual rated atf on their website now. I know on the front of the bottle it said for 1996 and newer Ford vechicles, and the lettering was green. I bought this stuff at Advance Auto parts but they have been out of it for awhile now. I sure hope this is a mercon compatible atf, anybody know?
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Valvoline has never offered a strictly "Mercon"-only product. Its always been a dual-rated ATF.
FWIW, I tried the Valvoline dual-rated stuff in my Ranger's 5R55E tranny, which requires "Mercon V", and I had less-than-satisfactory results with it. I changed it out and went with Castrol Mercon V and the difference was quite noticeable, in a positive sense.
FWIW, I tried the Valvoline dual-rated stuff in my Ranger's 5R55E tranny, which requires "Mercon V", and I had less-than-satisfactory results with it. I changed it out and went with Castrol Mercon V and the difference was quite noticeable, in a positive sense.
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I've been using the Valvoline Merc V with very good results in my F-150 4r70W tranny. I dropped the pan and cleaned it up and replaced the tranny filter at the same time.
Last night I flushed out the oem tranny fluid (82K miles on the stuff, I just bought it used)in my wifes taurus (AX4N). It was some of the blackest stuff I've ever seen. I dropped the pan, replaced the filter and cleaned up the pan, flushed in 14 qts of Valvoline Merc V, and now it runs great.
Last night I flushed out the oem tranny fluid (82K miles on the stuff, I just bought it used)in my wifes taurus (AX4N). It was some of the blackest stuff I've ever seen. I dropped the pan, replaced the filter and cleaned up the pan, flushed in 14 qts of Valvoline Merc V, and now it runs great.
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4r70w is what I got, did yours call for mercon or mercon v. I know ford says dont use a dual rated mercon but valvoline says its okay and I guess other people have used it with no problems but I dont want a tranny rebuild 30,000 miles down the road either. I still might switch back to regular mercon.
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Ford's tranny engineer, Mark K. stated that Ford's long term durability testing showed the 4R100 clutches going out long term (like 50,000 miles) when MERCON V was used.
So, this is not something that you will see right away (if at all).
So, this is not something that you will see right away (if at all).
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Another twist is that Ford now recommends Mercon V for all 4R70W trannies in the following vehicles, going all the back to '92:
CROWN VIC
MUSTANG
T-BIRD
GRAND MARQUIS
TOWN CAR
MARK VIII
COUGAR
See http://www.tccoa.com/articles/tranny/trfluid.html
(Note: TSB mentioned in the link has been updated and expanded upon by Article No. 98-8-7).
CROWN VIC
MUSTANG
T-BIRD
GRAND MARQUIS
TOWN CAR
MARK VIII
COUGAR
See http://www.tccoa.com/articles/tranny/trfluid.html
(Note: TSB mentioned in the link has been updated and expanded upon by Article No. 98-8-7).
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