I picked up my new balt with 2800 miles on it. how long should i wait before i start switching to synthetic fluids? ie, transmission, and oil?

 

whenever u want to

 

Mobil 1 is synthetic and it's loaded from the factory.

Switch to ROYAL PURPLE

 

i think he has the 2.4

 

yes i have the 2.4... ss/sc's come with mobil 1? i dont like royal purple. i use either mobil 1 or amsoil

 

You can make the switch anytime without issues.

 

does the same go with synthetic tranny fluid?

 

What type of tranny? Manual or auto? You don't have to change your tranny fluid for 100K miles

 

looks manual in the picture.

 

if you have a manual the best upgrade is to the fluid in the ss/sc tranny its a GM only fluid and the part number is floating around here. GM even recommends the upgrade

 

i dont have an sc i have a 2.4

 

yes i know but the best upgrade for your transmission fluid is the transmission fluid in the sc

 

cool sounds good then.

 

No it's not. I had RP max gear in my old IRL and it was 100X's better then GM's ****

 

you should wait until your motor is fully broken in before you switch over to synthetic. you can't break in a motor with synthetic.

 

from castrol themselves who makes the damn fluid...you can only get it from the dealer and there are no equivalents on the market and they make a synthetic gear oils....burmah bot0063 is the fluid for the tranny no other ones.....also he has a f23 transmission which runs on atf 3 and which is also in the jbody which gm recommended upgrading to the bot0063










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My transaxle specifies Castrol Burmah BOT 0063 yet I can not find any specifications for this fluid, nor can I find just this fluid. Any help would be appreciated.

 

 

2007 GME Sweden F35 (MU3, MC2)

2007 Model Year Summary
General Motors Powertrain – Europe F35 five-speed manual car transaxle

● There are no changes for the 2007 Model Year


LOW MAINTENANCE

The MU3 uses a Castrol Burmah (BOT 0063) manual transmission fluid, and is validated as "fill-for-life". No maintenance is required for normal operation.

OVERVIEW

The F35 is a Saab-designed five-speed manual transaxle built in Saab’s Gothenburg, Sweden, powertrain plant. This extensively tested manual transmission was originally introduced in the 1984 Saab 9000, and today it is used in the Saab 9-3 and 9-5, Saturn Ion Red Line, Chevrolet Cobalt SS and on various Opel applications.

The F35 features a two-axis conventional transverse layout, fully synchronized gears, and compact packaging. It features higher torque carrying capacity than many other manual transaxles currently in use in North American small cars.

Different versions of the transaxle are available, depending upon application. Both cable and rod shift mechanisms are available, as well as application-specific clutch housings. The MU3 and MC2 are differentiated by ratios (see specs), with the MC2 available with a lower top-gear ratio.

Design features include triple-cone synchronizers on 1st and 2nd gears, and single-cone synchronizers for 3rd, 4th, 5th and reverse gears.

A limited-slip differential is available for high-output applications. This torque-sensing differential is an all-mechanical geared unit that uses no clutch packs or preloading to transfer torque from one axle to the other, and torque transfer occurs automatically when one wheel loses traction. Torque transfer also occurs gradually, without steps.

 

posts like urs are confusing.. i got one group of people saying its cool, and the other saying its not...

 

You do know that the Corvette has been filled at the factory with M1 since 97 right? So that means the engine is never broken in?

 

dont put synthetic in like the first 1000 miles while everything is still seating in the engine

its honed and machined to closer tolerances

the same with the lsj vs the other ecotecs

 

from my purchase or in general? i got it at 2800 its now at 3040

 

from build til today so not until the odometer says 1000 or so

 

i should be good then, its at 3k....

 

yeah your good to go...some people like to do 500, 1000, 1500, 3000 on new cars but if you just do the usual 3000 your good to go with synthetic