Starting transmission

19 May 2014  

Almost half a million miles of road testing has resulted in Carlube MTF-U, which completes its range of universal transmission fluids. The firm says that garages will now only need to stock six different types of gearbox oil to cover 97% of the UK’s cars. MTF-U comes in two viscosities, 75W-80 and 75W-90 and are designed to cover the widest range of performance parameters for manual transmission fluid. Shazad Shah, technical development manager for Carlube Oils, said: “It’s easy to make the mistake of thinking that you no longer need gearbox oil as so many modern gearboxes are designed to be filled for life. However, as everyone in the industry knows, the moment a gearbox has to be repaired or replaced, it needs to be filled with oil.” One of the six oils is DCT-U, which is designed for the latest Ford, VW Group and BMW dual clutch transmissions. CVT-U is for when a continuously variable transmission needs to be repaired.