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Old 04-19-2013, 07:24 AM
Dukelipedia Dukelipedia is offline
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Hello,
I have a stock '94 ranger 3L 4x4 5speed w. 8.8 rear

I want to swap all the fluids out because i'm pretty sure they're all original (19 years, 97k miles)

I have gotten conflicting advice on what to replace what's in there with.

I was originally thinking all synthetic (75w-80 for the diffs) and (royal purple synchromax for trans and transfer case)

but a lot of people have said not to use synth in a car as old as mine?

help!!
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Old 04-19-2013, 07:37 AM
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Default Re: what oils to use?!

synthetic wont hurt a thing. the biggest thing is to make sure you use the correct type of fluid. For instance, the 5 speed calls for automatic transmission fluid.
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Old 04-19-2013, 10:06 AM
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synthetic wont hurt a thing. the biggest thing is to make sure you use the correct type of fluid. For instance, the 5 speed calls for automatic transmission fluid.
Agreed, on tranny go with motorcraft but other areas you can go with whatever type just make make sure it's the correct weight.

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Old 04-19-2013, 10:08 AM
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Read your owners manual.
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Old 04-19-2013, 10:27 AM
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I use 10W-30 in my crankcase. But for me specifically I use high milage becaude I have 256,xxx miles on my 3.0L FFV

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