Do you happen to have the site, or email that states that this is Warranty compliant with FCA? My friend emailed RP about their transmission gear oil, and they said that they recommend the Synchromax for our car, but as you said was not compliant possibly. They said if warranty was an issue, to stick with Chrysler fluids. They did not mention the Gear Max, and this was back in April. I have heard a lot of great things about RP trans fluids from those who changed them, but I still have 40k on my Powertrain warranty, so I don't want to screw that up at all because I wanted to save a few bucks, and for the slightly better performance.
I have been running the Gear Max in my transmission for about a month or 2 and havent had any issues whatsoever... But here is the link to the website where it says "warranty" vs "non-warranty"
Well yeah you probably won't see any issues, especially after 2 months. Lol And probably never. My trans has always been a bit weird, and don't want something to fail on it, and then them blame me having not Mopar fluids in there. I can see it happening now. I see the warranty info at the bottom, but I think I will still go with Mopar for the $2 more a quart. I will however, be jealous of you all for having more superior fluid
I do see where it says warranty compliant recommendation though!
Lol that's why I went with the gear Max approved for the warranty!Well yeah you probably won't see any issues, especially after 2 months. Lol And probably never. My trans has always been a bit weird, and don't want something to fail on it, and then them blame me having not Mopar fluids in there. I can see it happening now. I see the warranty info at the bottom, but I think I will still go with Mopar for the $2 more a quart. I will however, be jealous of you all for having more superior fluid
Okay I changed my mind. I will go for it as well. Plus the Mopar stuff is not on Prime shipping but RP is!
So I got a lot of fire from the Master techs who actually know their stuff. Not just the blowing hot air guys on Facebook. They state, as said earlier in this thread, that the car does not accept multi-weight oil for the trans. That probably won't be the killer. They have emails directly from them just a few months ago stating the only oil they have for our specific transmission is the Syncromax. So not entirely sure why it's also on their site to work with our car, and is also warranty compliant. If this is the case, then it's definitely not compliant, and might cause issues further further down the road.
Please keep looking into this... I did tons of research online about gear oils and standard oils and the differences between the two (which isnt much). From everything that I found, the only difference between the straight weight and multi-weight oils is that the multi-weight oils can adapt better to temperature differences. And for us living in the midwest, I would have to say using a oil that can adapt to the severe weather changes we deal with would be better than a straight weight oil that may get extremely gooy and thick in -20degree weather. Not saying that it will cause issues with the transmission, but having an oil that will stay at a closer consistency from 90degrees+ down to -20degrees may be better for a us.
They actually are not recommending against manufacture stuff. They actually recommend the Synchromax lol But here is the kicker. Royal Purple is wrong. So here is exactly why you shouldn't run it.
Man... thats terrible... What a bad day today, nothing but bad news all around... The gear oil im using wasnt listed correctly, largest mass shooting in US history, Tom Petty dies and now reports of more shooting at USC. WTF...
Follow up reports state there was no evidence of shooting at USC after investigation. Hopefully that makes today a little less terrible, but it's certainly been a rough couple days.
this has just been a bad year period.
Agreed, well I emailed royal purple... Well see how long it takes for a response
They got back to me in just a few hours (during the day). You will probably hear back from them tomorrow!
Still nothing from them... I asked for a refund or a replacement couple bottles of synchromax so I wouldn't be surprised if they just ignore me.
Good news! Well at least they have a great customer support. Cody seems to be the guy that replies to everyone. I am sure they don't get tons of emails, so it's probably just him lol
I will definitely let you know when I change it... Again... Lol
Well I have been running the gear Max for this long and have had zero issues. Royal purple was also nice enough to send me 2 qts. Of the synchromax since the gear Max techinally isn't the "warranty replacement" for the darts manual transmission. I would have to say that either or fluid from royal purple will be fine for your dart. The gear Max would be better for the people who live in colder climates so the fluid doesnt turn too thick in the winter and the synchromax for those who live in warmer climates so the fluid doesn't get too thin during the summer.
