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Originally Posted by BigBlack48is (Post 1007516)

I think it's funny how ZF suggests you only use their "ZF lifeguard fluids" ... even tho they don't even make them!!

I guess I just don't like sales propaganda :( but at least they squash the discussion of " lifetime zf fluid changes "

They may not actually produce the Lifeguard fluid, but they did write a spec for it and whoever provides the fluid most meet the specifications that ZF wrote.

If my X had the ZF trans I would be using ZF Lifeguard fluid.

Who to believe...

someone who says " if I had one, I would... "

or

someone who " has one and has already done it "