Dear Scotty,
I have a 05 ford focus 1.6 diesel, 90,000 miles with a CVT transmission. CVTs are your favourite, haha,
Is it ok to top up the fluid level, using another brand of CVT fluid, i.e. would mixing a small amount of another type of CVT fluid cause any problems?
Background:
I changed the fluid and filter in summer of this year, now in winter the car enters limp mode if I turn quickly or go uphill after starting. P0700, suspect that not enough fluid put in. Have a bottle of CVT fluid in the house but it is a different brand to the one I used in summer.
Cheers Scotty.
Hi guys,
Thanks for your responses,
Car was going into limp mode regularly so went ahead and added to other brand of fluid. Roughly 300ml.
Test drove it and problem solved so far but time will tell.
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I think you'll be fine.
Owner's Manual will tell you what to use. I would not worry about mixing brands but I would not mix regular transmission fluid with synthetic.
