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Old 11-17-2012, 10:45 PM   #50 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by mackerel View Post
I don't know if this is just Subaru's, or if other transmission makes will have similar issues.
A friend of mine had a Scion xB second gen which started to develop transmission issues. He found out the last shop had put in GM trans lube instead of Toyota stuff. Replaced it and I think things stopped getting worse but the damage was done. He replaced it with a 4Runner.

Moral of the story is, it's fine to change out motor oil brands but keep the trans fluid factory correct.
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