In the last 3 weeks we have drained/filled three different SVT's, all stock MTX's. One had ATF (SVT EDDIE 98.5, my old car,)and the fluid had been swapped out twice before. The fluid looked dark red, no odor. Filled with MTL.

The next was a '99 (path914) running MTL, fluid had an amber appearance, again no odor. I think the fluid was used for 20k miles. Filled with MTL.

Lastly my '99 with 42k, drained MTL which had been run for 4 months and 3k miles. Fluid looked like it was poured from the bottle light amber with a pinkish hue, again no odor. I filled it with ATF (to flush per TH) and will drain and fill with honey this weekend.

During all this we noticed color variances in the MTL. We poured some samples straight from the bottle onto a white paper plate. I had MTL left over from May, it looked more amber had a different label than the MTL purchased last week. The newer MTL had a more red/pink color. We also observed a small amount of black particles (like very fine soot) in the bottom of the MTL bottles. This was present in both batches of the MTL. No experts out here, no stake in the game, no opinion. Simply passing along what we observed.

I also plan on draining/filling a '03 2.3L Focus MTX this weekend, curious to find out what the factory fill is, should be honey. I plan on running RP Synromax in the Focus.



1999 Toreador Red SVT, DOB 4/22/99, 2005 Of 2760. "Many posted questions are answered by farm boys"