Cvt oil!

ziftawi · Oct 25, 2009, 10:11 AM

Well I have been trying to get original CVTF-J1 here in Egypt with no success, cant even find it in Europe, the dont use the 4b11, they use the diesel. Anyways with some cross referencing with JATCO(they make our CVT) I came to the conclusion that the Outlander and X-trail have the same transmission. The Outlander uses CVTF-J1 so I got the X-trail oil which is Nissan NS-2 and took the dive and changed the oil. I am keeping my fingers crossed. One other thing Nissan owns Jatco.

evo_soul · Oct 25, 2009, 06:56 PM

Use Eneos CVT fluid, it is compatible . Someone can export it to you for sure .

ziftawi · Oct 27, 2009, 07:35 AM

Thanks Evo_Soul, the Nissan stuff didnt work. I got stuck in traffic for about a half hour and the transmission light came on. I guess nissan uses a different oil than mitsubishi, even though they are the same transmission.

evo_soul · Oct 29, 2009, 12:11 PM

Thats really strange, cause the Nippon Oil is rated for our Mitsubishi Tranny, Nippon Oil aka Eneos is actually owned by Mitsubishi Chemical (Japan).

what is the transmission code your getting.

Remember. If you have the wrong fluid in their from the start it will trigger a code cause the damage that can be caused is permanent. Find out the code number using a scan tool and let me know.

Cheers

evo_soul · Oct 29, 2009, 12:14 PM

Read here
http://www.eneos.us/product/7

ziftawi · Oct 29, 2009, 05:38 PM

I forgot to mention that after I parked the car for an hour. The tranny light went away and did not come back on, but to be safe, after driving home I drained the oil and put back the old oil( I had saved it) and it has been fine since. I will try and get the code in about a week when I goto a friends who has a scan. I have also emailed about everyone in the world and no one ships fluids international. I like the CVT, but if I cannot get any oil soon I will have to start thinking about a manual conversion. One other thing Eneos states that there oil is ATF SPIII compatible, but they don't mention CVTF J1, I don't know if that makes a difference.

evo_soul · Oct 31, 2009, 07:34 AM

INVECS-III Sports Mode 6-CVT ATF-SP III

Should be the same, because I checked mitsubishi doesnt run any other variants of the Jatco CVT. their CVT is the same as the one in the Dodge Caliber and very similar to the ones produced in most of the CVT Nissan line up.

If your still confused, Mitsubishi Motors Japan will answer your question, just provide them a part number and they can confirm for you if it is safe to use the Nippon Oil. I know of someone who may ship it to you so once you get confirmation just PM me and I will help you find an exporter. mind you, it wont be cheap. but once you get it in there, the fluid is good for like 100,000km +.

cheers

evo_soul · Oct 31, 2009, 07:53 AM

after searching around, this document should make you feel more safe.

http://www.lubegard.com/pdfs/CVTFlui...ationChart.pdf

ziftawi · Nov 1, 2009, 01:08 PM

Really appreciate your help!! Just an update after I put back the original oil, I got caught in bad traffic and the transmission light came on one for about 10 seconds and went away when I started going again, soon as I parked I checked the oil and found that the level was about 5 mm over the hot level and there were some bubbles on the dipstick. Still have not found a code reader, hoping to get it read by Wednesday.

I also got an email back from a friend in Japan who did some searching for me there and this is what he found out. The Lancer in Japan is called Grand Fortis and it has the same transmission as the Nissan Bluebird Sylphy which uses Nissan NS 2 CVT OIL, so I am almost certain that it is ok for our transmission.