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Old 11-10-2012, 05:20 AM
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Odd question about Honda's DW-1 fluid

Hi guys,

I just bought a case of DW-1 online. I plan on doing a 3x3 along with my pressure switches, and a few other maintenance things. The case arrived last night. The issue is this: the bottles look different than the pics I've seen online. The pics I've seen show a grey bottle with a very green. square-cut label. My bottles, while also grey, have a much darker, greyish-green label. Also, the top and right side of the label isn't square-cut, but rather wavy. Everything else about the bottle looks fine. I just want to make sure I'm not using substandard or fake fluid.

Here's a pic of the bottle I usually see:




And here's what arrived:




Any input at all? Thanks much in advance!!!

Eric

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Old 11-10-2012, 09:20 AM
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i got the same one and im abt to do my 3x3 in a little the fluid looks ok when i opened it....u got it from amazon
Old 11-10-2012, 09:37 AM
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It says "Honda Genuine"

Link to where you bought it from?

They could have just updated the bottle or changed the label.
Old 11-10-2012, 11:12 AM
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What you have is correct. I bought my DW-1 fluid from a Honda dealership a few weeks ago and it has the same logo as yours.
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this could be an old label since I bought my at Honda dealer and it has green color on the label.


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It's just the new bottles. I work at the dealer and Acura ATF comes in the new bottle too.
Old 11-10-2012, 12:40 PM
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Thanks guys! And sorry about the pics I posted the thread on my phone, and the IMG link didn't want to cooperate.
Old 11-10-2012, 06:49 PM
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didn't they just update the ATF? which I would probably associate with the change
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Originally Posted by Coins
What you have is correct. I bought my DW-1 fluid from a Honda dealership a few weeks ago and it has the same logo as yours.
^this...................... same here
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Originally Posted by Eric Perry
Hi guys,





Eric
my dealer had this
Old 11-12-2012, 06:28 AM
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Cool. Thanks guys! I did the first of my 3x3 yesterday, and all is well so far
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