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have you ever taken one apart?
i have seen the "cling" issue on synthetics on a tranny i took apart (honda 5-spd), literally drove it, and within 5 hours it was apart and laid out on cardboard, and virtually no oil, parts almost dry (mobil 1 10W30 synthetic), vs pulling a spare trans that was almost empty sitting for years, and oil was on everything, i just needed one part (shift fork from the donor trans with reg oil), and it completely soaked the cardboard for a week!!!
so I'm not really convinced, seeing that made me



Are you talking about fresh oil in a freshly rebuilt transmission verses sludge, varnish and moisture contaminated build-up in an old transmission that sat around for years? Wouldn't one have to compare two freshly rebuilt transmissions, one with good, clean dino juice versus one with good, clean synthetic to have a relevant comparison?

Don't get me wrong, there are lots of very competent and talented mechanics out there, but when one thinks they see something with only one snap shot in time, the assumptions fly and the myths abound.