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Old Dec 19, 2009 | 06:53 PM
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Does anyone here use Lucas semi synthetic ATF? If so are you happy with it?
 
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Old Dec 19, 2009 | 07:49 PM
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I've never used Lucas ATF,but i would NEVER put Lucas anything in my engine again...Just my.02 worth
 
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Old Dec 19, 2009 | 07:56 PM
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I have not heard a lot of positives about Lucas in general. Have heard nothing about their ATF.
 
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Thanks for the responses. Lucas so far is the only semi synthetic I have found.
 
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Old Dec 19, 2009 | 10:30 PM
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I'm sure the Motorcraft has a blend, might want to look into that, its readily available at the dealer, gonna pay though.
 
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Old Dec 19, 2009 | 11:35 PM
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I've never used Lucas ATF,but i would NEVER put Lucas anything in my engine again...Just my.02 worth
please enlighten me. I like Lucas fuel tx. Am I missing something?
 
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Autozone sells a synth blend: AutoZone.com | 1 qt. Mercon V multi-vehicle synthetic blend automatic transmission fluid | 1 qt. Mercon V multi-vehicle synthetic blend automatic transmission fluid for $3.99/qt.
We used to use Coastal lubricants at the auto repair shop where I worked for almost 15 yrs after high school. I have had no bad experiences with their products.
It is also available at their Woodland store near you, Terry.
 
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Old Dec 20, 2009 | 12:04 AM
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Originally Posted by mueckster
Autozone sells a synth blend: AutoZone.com | 1 qt. Mercon V multi-vehicle synthetic blend automatic transmission fluid | 1 qt. Mercon V multi-vehicle synthetic blend automatic transmission fluid for $3.99/qt.
We used to use Coastal lubricants at the auto repair shop where I worked for almost 15 yrs after high school. I have had no bad experiences with their products.
It is also available at their Woodland store near you, Terry.
Thanks for that info. I will look into that. I was thinking of running regular merk V for 5 to 10 k and then flushing and running the blend. Filling this trans is not cheap.
 
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I've noticed Autozone pushes Lucas Oil like a drug dealer pushes drugs. An Autozone associate was really turning on the pressure to get me to buy some Lucas Oil fuel additive for the truck yesterday.

FWIW, I run Lucas oil in my Jeep's transfer case because it's not clocked level. It works awesome. Lucas oil travels up all those gears and keeps em wet. I haven't used it in anything else.
 
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You don't want to use additives in our diesel's oil. The oil drives those injectors. Additives and injectors don't get along to well. I know, that is not a very technical answer but the oil does a good job on it's own of protecting our engines. Why add an unknown into the equation?
 
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FWIW, I run Lucas oil in my Jeep's transfer case because it's not clocked level. It works awesome. Lucas oil travels up all those gears and keeps em wet. I haven't used it in anything else.
Lucas seems to climb and coat the gears real good,but I always wondered how well it lubes the shafts and bushings
 
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