Castrol TRANSMAX CVT

CastrolCastrol TRANSMAX linegear and transmission

Fully synthetic fluid for belt- and chain-type CVTs, meeting the requirements of Toyota CVT Fluid TC and FE, Nissan NS-2 and Honda HCF-2.

Classification
Product line Castrol TRANSMAX 18 oils
Base oil fully synthetic
Intended use gear and transmission
Approvals
Meets the requirements of What an approval means
Typical properties
Viscosity at 40 °C 34 mm²/s
Viscosity at 100 °C 7.1 mm²/s
Viscosity index 179
Pour point -51 °C
Flash point 214 °C
Density 849 kg/m³

The car maker has not officially approved the entries in the “Meets the requirements of” row.

Description

Castrol TRANSMAX CVT is a fully synthetic fluid for passenger-car CVTs, chiefly in Japanese and Korean models.

No official approvals are given; Castrol states that it meets Toyota CVT Fluid TC and FE, Nissan NS-1, NS-2, NS-3, Honda HCF-2, Subaru i-CVT Fluid, i-CVT FG, Lineartronic II, Lineartronic High Torque Chain CVTF, Hyundai/Kia SP-CVT 1, SP-III, MMC CVT Fluid J1, J4, J4+, MMC DIAQUEEN ATF SP-III, Suzuki CVT Fluid Green 1, Green 2, 3320, Suzuki CVTF TC, NS-2, Daihatsu AMMIX CVT Fluid DC, CVT Fluid DFE, Mazda CVTF 3320, GM DEX-CVT, Ford CVT23, Chrysler CVTF+4, NS-2, BMW EZL 799, MB 236.20, VW TL 52180, TL 52516.

It is not intended for Honda Fit/Jazz CVTs with a starting clutch.

Application

Belt- and chain-type continuously variable transmissions (CVTs) in most passenger cars, chiefly Japanese and Korean makes; not for Honda Fit/Jazz CVTs with a starting clutch.

Worth knowing

Castrol’s list for this fluid is not divided into approvals and recommendations: all 32 names follow the words “Suitable for use where the following are called for”, so each rests only on the fluid maker’s word. Some designations there are more precise than in the catalogue entry: BMW EZL 799 is tied to the Mini Cooper, and beside VW TL 52180 and TL 52516 stand the part numbers of the original Volkswagen fluids, G 052 180 and G 052 516. The three parts that make up such lists, and the difference between them, are described in the article on long specification lists on automatic transmission fluids.

The only names this fluid shares with the stepped-automatic ATFs of the TRANSMAX line are Hyundai/Kia SP-III and Mitsubishi SP-III, which also appear in TRANSMAX ATF Dexron-VI Mercon LV Multivehicle and TRANSMAX ATF Z. CVT names such as Nissan NS-3, Toyota CVTF FE or Subaru Lineartronic CVTF II appear in neither of those two fluids’ lists, and among TRANSMAX fluids for automatic gearboxes they are claimed only here.

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