Postby venum » December 17th, 2010, 9:59 pm
I would suggest that you use the white bottle one as that has teh rating that the CS3 tranny requires
reason that I say this is because the CVTJ1 is a newer oil, but I have never seen any documentation as yet that states that the J1 is backward compatible with teh SPIII
you can assume that because it is newer that it is compatible, but CVT trannies are very dependant on the tranny fluid for proper and long term operation and if the J1 is not compatible with the SPIII, using it will . . . mess up your tranny
so I advise that when in doubt, do what your tranny will do - go into fail safe mode and use what is specified
the J1 was released by Mitsubishi for their newer CVT transmissions, as CVT's have evolved since teh days taht the F1C1A tranny (in the CS3) was designed.
as soon as I see the documentation that directly confirms or has technical specification that will conclude backward compatibility between CVTJ1 and SPIII tranny fluid, I will switch to the J1 in both CS3's that I maintain
just my TT$0.02 on the topic