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It is important to find the correct transmission fluid for your car.
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What is a Transmission?
The transmission is an indispensable part of every passenger car. It is responsible for converting the power produced by the engine into torque (rotational force) and for conveying the torque to the wheels to move the car. The challenge for the transmission arises as different driving situations pose different demands for the conversion of power: While a lot of torque is needed when starting and accelerating the car, for example, less torque is required when the car goes at high speeds. To adjust to the different requirements and to manage the trade-off between torque and speed, the transmission uses multiple gears.
Which Transmission Types Exist?
Transmissions differ in how many gears and what kind of gears they use, how the gears are arranged and how they are shifted. In general, four main types of transmissions are differentiated:
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Manual transmissions
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Automatic transmissions
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Continuously variable transmissions
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Dual-clutch transmissions
What Happens if I Use the Wrong Transmission Fluid?
Using the wrong transmission fluid will lead to the fluid not fulfilling the tasks necessary to ensure optimal transmission performance and longevity. These tasks include the cooling of the transmission, its lubrication, its protection against wear, synchronizer and solenoids as well as managing friction during gear shifts and the prevention of shuddering. If one or even several of these tasks are not performed properly, the transmission will take damage. This can lead to difficulties in gear shifting, to shuddering and a loss of acceleration and – in the worst-case scenario – to a premature failure of the transmission. Such failures are especially likely when putting in a conventional automatic transmission fluid into a manual or a dual-clutch transmission as used in many AUDI, BMW and VW models. This is due to a lack of wear protection and incompatibility with materials used in dual-clutch transmissions.
How Does FUCHS Help Customers to Use the Right Transmission Fluids?
As one of the biggest OEM first-fill suppliers for transmission fluids, FUCHS offers the most comprehensive portfolio of transmission and gear oils in the market, covering the whole range of automatic, manual, dual-clutch and continuously variable transmissions. We provide any repair shop with the perfect solution for their customer base and ensure they can maximize the lifetime of their customers’ vehicles. In addition, our Gear+ Flushing Devices make transmission fluid changes more convenient then they have ever been!
To find the right transmission fluid for your car visit our Online Oil Chooser.
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MAINTAIN FRICOFIN LL
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FUCHS Lubricants MAINTAIN range of engine coolants is based on monoethylene glycol, which is free from nitrite, amine and phosphate and offers tested reliability. It meets all functions and requirements of today’s ideal antifreeze product:
- Frost protection – reliable protection against coolant - freezing, even at extremely low temperatures.
- Protection against the formation of deposits, keeping the coolant circuit fully functional over the long term.
- Protection against overheating, which, if deposits are present can interfere with heat dissipation.
- Protection against ageing and oxidation, offering full protection over the entire duration of the service interval.
- Corrosion protection, ensuring that all metallic coolant-circuit materials such as cast iron, cast aluminium, steel and brass are not corroded.
Without a coolant additive, water and high temperatures in the coolant circuit will create corrosion. This damages the metallic components and can cause the coolant pump or the entire coolant circuit to fail, leading to engine over-heating and failure.
MAINTAIN range of antifreeze contains corrosion inhibitors. These inhibitors are deposited on the metal surfaces within a vehicle’s cooling circuit and forms a gossamer-thin, but robust and effective protective film which further combats corrosion.
Find a MAINTAIN range of coolant additives, brake fluids, screenwash and fuel additives.
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- Frost protection – reliable protection against coolant - freezing, even at extremely low temperatures.
- Protection against the formation of deposits, keeping the coolant circuit fully functional over the long term.
- Protection against overheating, which, if deposits are present can interfere with heat dissipation.
- Protection against ageing and oxidation, offering full protection over the entire duration of the service interval.
- Corrosion protection, ensuring that all metallic coolant-circuit materials such as cast iron, cast aluminium, steel and brass are not corroded.
Without a coolant additive, water and high temperatures in the coolant circuit will create corrosion. This damages the metallic components and can cause the coolant pump or the entire coolant circuit to fail, leading to engine over-heating and failure.
MAINTAIN range of antifreeze contains corrosion inhibitors. These inhibitors are deposited on the metal surfaces within a vehicle’s cooling circuit and forms a gossamer-thin, but robust and effective protective film which further combats corrosion.
Find a MAINTAIN range of coolant additives, brake fluids, screenwash and fuel additives.
https://www.fuchs.com/.../service-links/product-finder/...