I posted this before but evidently some of you missed it and claimed I was pulling info out of thin air.
The ATF fluids were less destructive with the two seal compounds at the temperatures investigated. The non-ATF fluid tended to extract unattached and un-bonded compounding ingredients from the rubber matrix. This leads to excessive shrinkage, increasing hardness, reduced lip flexibility, reduced interference and seal leakage.
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Table 1--single point viscosity (cp) of
heated 7 fluids measured using Brookfield
viscometer spindle #2 with guard
at room temperature
15W40 Dexron
Original viscosity 46.4 cp 11.89 cp
1,000 hrs. at 93[degrees]C 46.1 11.8
1,000 hrs. at 104[degrees]C 45.8 11.9
1,000 hrs. at 121[degrees]C 45.1 11.6
Average viscosity 45.67 11.77
Viscosity reduction 0.73 0.12
Vis. degradation. Index 0.02 0.01
(VDI) *
* VDI = (initial value - final value)/initial value
Figure 15--comparative physical
characteristics of new seal and
warranty seals exposed to non-ATF gear
fluids (hardness data on case-1 missing)
ID, lip load and IRHD hardness
Spr. I.D. Spr. lip load IRHD hardness
New seal 25.05 23.33 71.0
Case-1 26.49 17.48 Lip load
Case-2 26.57 15.78 86.2
Case-3 26.45 15.02 88.3
Case-4 26.413 17.633 85.2
Note: Table made from bar graph.
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