Basically, for forever, fleets have used a straight 50 weight oil in their transmissions, but Gene Jensen, Chevron Lubricants’ Lubricants Trainer, points out transmissions have evolved – a lot – over the years, and OEMs decided that they want more flexibility and transmission fluids and in the process the number of available options for each transmission type increased three fold.
Jenson joins Jason and Matt this week on CCJ's 10-44 to talk transmission fluids, gear oils and coolant for some bumper-to-bumper coverage.
01:33 Selecting gear oil
02:10 OEM transmission market
04:22 Confusing transmission oil with gear oil
