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Old Sep 13, 2012 | 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by 05ap2ftw
I bought some royal purple 75 w 90. Im in illinois so temperatures get cold as f@#k. I called a local honda and they said they use generoc 75 w 90. Iono if i should stick to royal purple or get some mobile 1. Or w.e the f that generic brand honda uses

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I think the 3 most mentioned diff fluids on the forum are Amsoil, LE and Mobil-1. Choose one of these. Stay with the Royal Purple if your happy with it. Never heard of Generoc which may be good too but I'd feel a little better with one of the more common name brand products.
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Old Sep 13, 2012 | 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by 2003AP1
Im using Amsoil Severe Gear SAE 75W-90

Why you guys using such a high weight?
SAE 110 in today's fluid classification occupies the thicker end of the original SAE90 spectrum when the S2000 was first engineered. They reclassified fluids since the S2000 was first engineered, and 110 was introduced into the classification as a new range. When that happened SAE90 was limited to the thinner end of the previous SAE90 range, with 110 occupying the thicker end of the range. I think today's 110 better matches the old SAE90 spec. That is not to say that there is anything wrong with today's 90 weights. They tend to be on the thinner side of the old spec., though they may work perfectly fine, particularly when choosing a high end synthetic fluid.
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Old Sep 13, 2012 | 05:50 PM
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I used LE 1605 and 607 in my last S2000 for 50k miles. Never had any issues.
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Old Sep 13, 2012 | 05:55 PM
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Originally Posted by JackS
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I bought some royal purple 75 w 90. Im in illinois so temperatures get cold as f@#k. I called a local honda and they said they use generoc 75 w 90. Iono if i should stick to royal purple or get some mobile 1. Or w.e the f that generic brand honda uses

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I think the 3 most mentioned diff fluids on the forum are Amsoil, LE and Mobil-1. Choose one of these. Stay with the Royal Purple if your happy with it. Never heard of Generoc which may be good too but I'd feel a little better with one of the more common name brand products.
Generic* i gues ikk just go with mobil 1. Seems to be the favorite

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Old Sep 13, 2012 | 09:12 PM
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Originally Posted by 05ap2ftw
I bought some royal purple 75 w 90. Im in illinois so temperatures get cold as f@#k. I called a local honda and they said they use generoc 75 w 90. Iono if i should stick to royal purple or get some mobile 1. Or w.e the f that generic brand honda uses

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That dealer doesn't adhere to Honda's own recommendations. Canadian dealers got this memo years ago. USA dealer got a similar memo. If something happens to their customer's S2000 because they used a non-authorized fluid, they may be up for tag for a new diff.
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Old Sep 14, 2012 | 04:40 AM
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Originally Posted by DangerZone9K
I'm going to be changing my diff fluid for the first time and I know this topic has been covered many times before.
So why do you think this thread will produce different results? You'll be fine with any of a number of brands of fluids that have been endlessly discussed in prior threads.

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Never heard of Generoc which may be good too but I'd feel a little better with one of the more common name brand products.
It's not a brand. It's a typo for generic.
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Old Sep 14, 2012 | 04:41 AM
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redline shockproof heavy a+
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Old Sep 14, 2012 | 06:03 AM
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Thanks for the replies! I'm going to order the Amsoil 75w-110 diff fluid because I daily my car and it see's winter.
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Old Sep 14, 2012 | 06:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Leviisbigred
redline shockproof heavy a+
You might want to send in a sample of your used RL "shockproof" in for analysis. I experimented with this over 10 years ago. The analysis came back indicating that the fluid was pretty much done after only 2500 miles. It got an "F" by analysis. RL "Shockproof" is for a specific purpose - for a lot of short runs under high stress and then changed early and very frequently, like at the dragstrip. Daily driving and regular recommended change intervals may not work with this fluid.
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Old Sep 14, 2012 | 06:02 PM
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Swapped my trans fluid today with honda mtf and dif fluid with amsoil. Car feels good. I did however notice my trans has been taken apart before, kinda worries me since i got inly 35 k miles on her.

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