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Hey I am wondering if Royal Purple ATF is ok to use. I can not find my manual to see what kind to use besides the Honda brand.

 
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SHort answer=yes, you can use it, but it is not going to do anything except possibly 'possibly' shorten tranny life. hasn't been proven yet, but thats the rumor going around.

 
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I honestly don't think it will shorten tranny life.

7g auto trannies are notorious for randomly failing ... one person probably put an aftermarket atf in their auto tranny and they just happened to be one of the lucky ones to have their auto tranny fail ... and probably blamed it on the atf.

 
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I have been told by multiple shops to only use Honda MTF (Manual Tranny). Not sure if it's the same case for autos though.

 
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The Honda ATF has some certain viscosity it has to be, make sure the fluid is that viscosity. Don't go by the label that says it can be used in Honda's in general, because not all Honda's have the same tranny. I'm not sure of that viscosity off the top of my head, but I'm sure you can search and find it.

 
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I'm about to change my manual tranny fluid on my 02 HX, and was going to use that Redline stuff. Others have said it works really good.

 
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People are using Redline ATF and it works just fine. Apparently you don't HAVE to use Honda ATF... they just recommend it so that they can make more money.

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