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castrol multi import ATF vs Genuine Nissan Matic J?
Just curious, I did the radiator bypass, lost a little bit of fluid. So I figured I will do my first flush an drain tonight. 60,000 miles. Only thing I could get was Castrol Multi Import ATF, says it'll work for Nissan Matic J. Does anyone else here use it or ever hear of problems not using Genuine Nissan Matic J? How many people don't use genuine Nissan?
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It's my understanding that Nissan has replaced the "Matic J" with "Matic M".
The Castrol might work fine, but for tranny oil, I'll stick with OEM fluid. |
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Matic-J was replaced with Matic-S. I dump and refill my 05 Frontier about every 3rd engine oil change and use the now new Matic-S.70K+ and no problems to report.I did however replaced the radiator 2 weeks ago just in case.
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yep it's matic "S" now, there's a TSB somewhere.
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Well, heck I have about 4.5 quarts of castrol in mine now.....
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oooops, sorry!
i stand corrected (so much for my memory!) hope i didn't cause any confusion........ |
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atf
i did the simple drain around 68,000 miles and by 102,000 miles my atf fluid was cooking oil color...
could not find nissan matic J or S down here. used pennzoil synthetic (listed that it was compatible) 10,000 miles later checked atf fluid and it was burnt... had to use the same brand again untill i found the nissan matic S . so i would use matic S , you can find it online for 8.99 per quart. |
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I hear you guys, I had to get it done over the weekend and dealership was closed. I don't know how accurate this link is,but whats your opinions? The truth about Matic J - Nissan Frontier / Navara Forum
I am definately pretty paranoind about the castrol atf, but I do like contributing to BP lol... Anyways I hate the nissan dealership here, aswell as where I bought the Pathy from before I moved. I cant stand contributing more money to Nissan. ExterraMescio: Thanks for the advice, I might end up going that route, but I wonder what my 3 different fluid combination would do. Did you do the radiator bypass? |
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atf..
i have not done the by-pass atf mod.. because i replaced my radiator at 136,000 miles and swithed to the Matic S. i did the poor mans atf flush to remove all 11+ quarts...
i got my matic S by googling/ mynismo.com nissan matic S they had it for 8.99 |
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When you did the poor mans flush did you poor new fluid down the filler tube and drain the coolant line into a bucket?
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i purchased a small clear hose just in case i would have too much atf...
i drained the aprox 4 to 5 quarts of atf..... then filled 4 to 5 through dip stick..... then i had a friend help me.. we drained via hose from radiator (atf cooler line) and basically started the engine and drained 1 quart at a time followed by adding |
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1 quart of atf.... i did end up with a little too much atf on dip stick... so i lowered the clear hose down dip stick tube and removed atf to correct level.
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No issues for a year and 32000 miles
Had the ATF cooler inside the radiator fail almost a year ago at 88000 miles. Flushed and refilled with the Castrol Import Multivehicle ATF and no problems with 32000 miles on it so far.
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atf, castrol, genuine, import, matic, multi, nissan |
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